Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wei Zican 韋子粲

Attested AD 532 - AD 550

Passages
9
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Zican as an administrator and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Zican 韋子粲 Wei Zican
Courtesy name Huimao 暉茂
Personal name Wei Zican 韋子粲
Given name Zican 子粲

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 城陷歸國 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 550
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0107, beiqishu:027:s0108
  • Source Date: Text: 孝武入關 · Western Year: AD 534
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0106
  • Source Date: Text: 從尒朱天光平關右 · Western Year: AD 532
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0105

Family

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  • Descendant of Wei Lang (韋閬)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Wei Juan (韋雋)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Sibling of Dao Xie (道諧)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kinship Role: household-kin · Count: 100 · Note: sons, nephews, and relatives of the whole gate
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0109
  • Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 13
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0109

Career and standing

  • Label: chief clerk of Bing Province / 幷州長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0108
  • Label: governor of Southern Fen Province / 南汾州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0106
  • Label: commandery merit clerk / 郡功曹史 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0105
  • Label: gentleman of the great mobile headquarters / 大行臺郎中 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0105
  • Label: governor of Yu Province / 豫州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0108
  • Status: captivity · Action: captured-and-released
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0107

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: disregarded kindness and righteousness toward his brother · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0112

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 27Volume 27 Biographies 19: Moqi Pu; Liu Feng; Poliuhan Chang; Jin Zuo; Wei Zican; · 9 passages