Sui and Tang · Official

Wei Zhen 韋楨

Wéi Zhēn

Attested AD 782

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Zhen as an official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Zhen 韋楨 Wéi Zhēn
Personal name Wei Zhen 韋楨 Wéi Zhēn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 京兆少尹韋楨 · Western Year: AD 782
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0022

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: enforcer · Action: harshly enforced merchant-loan collection in the capital
  • Kind: administrative · Role: petitioner · Action: requested exemptions for small sums after popular protest

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 2 passages