Sui and Tang · Official

Wei Yuanzhong 魏元忠

Attested AD 685 - AD 697

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Yuanzhong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 685 to AD 697 魏元忠...幾不免
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 162

Events and relationships

Nearly destroyed by denunciation
Political · Participant
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 162

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 162

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

自唐之宗室與朝廷之士，日被告捕，不可勝數，天下之人，為之仄足，如狄仁傑、魏元忠等皆幾不免。 From imperial clansmen to court officials, denunciations and arrests came daily beyond counting. People everywhere lived in dread; even men like Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong barely escaped ruin.