Overview
Wei Zhongxian was an eunuch.
PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1627 莊烈帝既誅忠賢Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 37
Attested activity
- AD 1623 天啟三年六月Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passages 231, 233
- AD 1621 to AD 1624 天啟中Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passages 92, 98
- AD 1621 天啟元年Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passages 113, 117
- AD 1626 天啟六年Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passages 234-235
- AD 1624 天啟四年十一月Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passages 31, 33, 35-36, 39
- AD 1621 to AD 1627 天啟時Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 221
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- AD 1625 忠賢亂政Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passage 157
- AD 1621 to AD 1627 明忠賢當日Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 48
- AD 1621 to AD 1627 熹宗時Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 293
- AD 1627 莊烈帝既誅忠賢Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 37
- AD 1620 to AD 1627 諂事魏忠賢Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 36
Family
- Kinship Role clan members · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 293
Key source chapters
- History of Ming, Chapter 256 Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng 13 passages
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245 Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong 4 passages
- History of Ming, Chapter 77 Volume 77 Treatises 53: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage
Career and standing
- eunuch 宦官Strongly inferred · History of Ming 77, passage 293
- eunuch 宦官Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 92
- powerful palace eunuch 魏忠賢Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 31
- stripped of post 奪其職Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passage 235
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Works and attributed material
- Blamed Jingrong for letterDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 39
Events and relationships
- Clan received especially lavish grantsAD 1621 to AD 1627 魏忠賢一門，橫賜尤甚 · Political · BeneficiaryDated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 293
- Drove out Eastern ForestAD 1624 四年十二月 · Political · ActorDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 98
- Had liu zhifeng rebukedDated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passage 233
- Ordered arrest of dismissed Tianjin generalDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 117
- Proposed ritual and personnel cutsAD 1624 天啟四年十一月 · Political · ProposerDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 35
- Proposed selling Southern Imperial Stud pastures for palace constructionAD 1626 天啟六年 · Political · ProposerDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passages 130-131
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- Ruined Ming fortune slaughtered worthies took bribes plotted rebellionDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 48
- Seized powerPolitical · UsurperDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 92
- Seized state powerAD 1624 天啟四年十一月 · Political · UsurperDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 31
- SummonedDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 98
- Relation Patron of · Person Wang Zhidao (王志道)Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 221
- Relation Patron of · Person Feng Quan (馮銓)Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 36
- Relation Superior of · Person Liu Qiao (劉僑)Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 117
- Relation Drove out · Person Zhao Nanxing (趙南星)Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 31
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clan received especially wanton grants · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 293
- Assessment threw the government into disorder · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 157
- Item lavish mansion 大宅 · Relation Prepared for · With Cui Jingrong (崔景榮)Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 33
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 293; History of Ming 256, passages 31, 92, 117
References in the histories
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