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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:027:s0102
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0108
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 城陷歸國 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0107, beiqishu:027:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 孝武入關 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 從尒朱天光平關右 · Western Year: AD 532Explicit 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 gateExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0109
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 13Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0109
Career and standing
- Label: chief clerk of Bing Province / 幷州長史 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0108
- Label: governor of Southern Fen Province / 南汾州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0106
- Label: commandery merit clerk / 郡功曹史 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0105
- Label: gentleman of the great mobile headquarters / 大行臺郎中 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0105
- Label: governor of Yu Province / 豫州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0108
- Status: captivity · Action: captured-and-releasedExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0107
Places and affiliations
- Place: Jingzhao / 京兆 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0102
Events and relationships
- Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0112
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: disregarded kindness and righteousness toward his brother · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:027:s0112
References in the histories
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