Sui and Tang · Sui Minister of the Household

Wei Chong 韋沖

Wéi Chōng

Attested AD 605 - AD 618

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Chong was a Sui Minister of the Household.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 605 to AD 618 大業年間
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 59, passage 222

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Lady Wei, consort of Yang Jian (暕妃韋氏)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 222

Career and standing

Minister of the Household 民部尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 222

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 222

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 4 passages

性謙沖，言色恂恂，未嘗忿怒。 By nature he was modest and self-effacing; in speech and countenance he was gentle and deferential, and he was never seen angry.

在貴能謙，居沖益慎。 Though exalted in rank he remained humble; dwelling in modesty he grew ever more careful.

沖情玉裕，令問金相。 His modest heart was rich as jade; his fine reputation shone like gold.

暕妃韋氏者，民部尚書沖之女也，早卒，暕遂與妃姊元氏婦通，遂產一女，外人皆不得知。 Zheng's consort was Lady Wei, daughter of Minister of the Household Chong; she died young, and Zheng then had relations with his consort's elder sister, wife of the Yuan clan, who bore a daughter—outsiders knew nothing of it.