Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Wei Zhou 韋宙

Attested AD 870 - AD 880

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Zhou was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 870 to AD 880 AD 870-880
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 148

Family

Kin of Lady Wei (韋氏)
niece 猶女 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 148

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 1 passage

唐咸通中，宰相韋宙出鎮南海，謙時為牙校，職級甚卑，然氣貌殊常，宙以猶女妻之。 During Tang Xiantong, Chief Minister Wei Zhou governed the Southern Sea. Qian was a lowly guards officer, but his bearing was extraordinary; Zhou gave him his youngest daughter in marriage.