Ancient China · Legendary Exemplar

Weisheng 尾生

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Weisheng was a Legendary Exemplar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 63

Assessments and attributes

尾生之行
Assessment paragon-of-trustworthiness · Mode speech Speaker Wei Wuzhi (魏無知)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 63

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 63

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 1 passage

今有尾生、孝己之行而無益處於勝負之數，陛下何暇用之乎？ Even if a man possessed the virtue of Weisheng or Xiaoji, yet contributed nothing to the reckoning of victory and defeat, would Your Majesty have the leisure to employ him?