Wei Can 韋粲

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Wei Rui (韋叡)
  grandfather 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 3
• Kin of Liu Zhongli (柳仲禮)
  cousin by marriage 外弟 · Other
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 29
• Kin of Wei Ang (昂)
  cousin 從弟 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60
• Parent of Wei Zang (臧)
  eldest son 長子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 64
• Child of Wei Fang (韋放)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 3
• Parent of Wei Liang (韋諒)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 36, passage 88
• Parent of Wei Ni (尼)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60
• Sibling of Wei Zhu (助)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60
• Sibling of Wei Gou (構)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60
• Sibling of Wei Jing (警)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60

• Kinship Role relatives · Count 100 · Quantity Note 數百人 hundreds who died
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 60

Career and standing

• inspector of Hengzhou 衡州刺史
  AD 545 中大同十一年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 13
• colonel of the infantry guard 步兵校尉
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 8
• commander of the Eastern Palace guard 東宮領直
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 8
• General Who Wins the Distant 招遠將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 9
• staff adviser to the Prince of Xiangdong of the Anxi Army 安西湘東王諮議
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 10
• traveling aide on the staff of the Cloud-Banner Prince of Jin'an 雲麾晉安王行參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 5

Places and affiliations

• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 36, passage 88; Book of Liang 43, passages 1, 3
• At Jingzhao 京兆
  Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 36, passage 88
• At Hengzhou 衡州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 13
• At Qingtang 青塘 · Relation Died at
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 59

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · With Xiao Daxin (蕭大心)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 24-26
• Speech · Speaker · With Liu Xiaoyi (劉孝儀)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 21-23
• Speech · Speaker · With Pei Zhigao (裴之高)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 43-44
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 35-42

Events and relationships

• Hurried to rescue capital against Hou Jing
  Military · Commander · With Hou Jing (侯景) · At from Luling 廬陵
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 17
• Killed holding Qingtang
  Military · Commander · At Qingtang 青塘 · With Hou Jing (侯景)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 56, 59
• Relation Friend of · Person Zhang Shuai (張率)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 6
• Relation Friend of · Person Yu Zhongrong (庾仲容)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 6

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment haughty and proud; men of the day did not regard him as their equal · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 11
• eight chi tall, imposing appearance
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 4