Li Wei (李緯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Wei was an envoy.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 天保初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 35, passage 129
AD 534 to AD 550 聘梁使
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 46

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Zun (李遵)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 4, 46
Child of Mother of Li Hun
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 7, 46
Sibling of Li Hun (李渾)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 46

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 29Volume 29 Biographies 21: Li Hun; Zi Zhan; Hun Dihui; Zuzi Gongxu; Li Yu; Di Jin; Zu Dixiao; Zheng Shuzu; Zi Yuande · 1 passage

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渾與弟繪、緯俱為聘梁使主，湛又為使副，是以趙郡人士，目為四使之門。 Hun and his brothers Hui and Wei had all been chief envoys on missions to Liang; Zhan again served as deputy envoy — hence men of Zhao commandery called them the Gate of Four Envoys.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 1 passage

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文襄臨幷州，辟為主簿，累遷通直散騎常侍，副李緯使梁。 When Gao Cheng took Bingzhou he made Songnian his secretary; he rose to regular attendant of the scattered cavalry and went to Liang as deputy to Li Wei.