Feng Wei (封渭) | 24 Histories

Overview

Feng Wei was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xisou	希叟	Xisou

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 904 昭宗遷洛
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 90

Family

Kin of Feng Shunqing (封舜卿)
nephew 从子
uncle 叔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 88, 90

Career and standing

Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 90

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 3 passages

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舜卿從子渭， Shunqing's nephew Wei,

〈（《世係表》：渭，字希叟。）〉 (The genealogical tables give his style as Xisou.)〉

昭宗遷洛時，為翰林學士，舜卿為中書舍人，叔侄對掌內外製。 When Emperor Zhaozong moved to Luoyang, Wei was a Hanlin academician while Shunqing was a Secretariat drafting secretary — uncle and nephew together controlled inner and outer edict drafting.