Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Grand Guardian

Wei Guan 衛瓘

Attested AD 264 - AD 291

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wei Guan was a Grand Guardian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 291 元康元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 205
AD 280 太康初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 50
AD 290 太熙元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passages 82-83
AD 264 魏咸熙元年六月
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 275

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wei Ting (衛庭)
son 息
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 205

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Guardian 太保
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 205
Minister of Works 司空
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 82
General Who Guards the West 镇西将军
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 275

Places and affiliations

AD 280 太康初
Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 50
Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 82

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Wei Shu (魏舒) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 82

Events and relationships

Joined the Feng and Shan proposal
AD 280 太康初 · Ritual policy · Memorialist
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 50

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 50, 82

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 2 passages

舒與衛瓘、山濤、張華等以六合混一，宜用古典封禪東嶽，前後累陳其事，帝謙讓不許。 Shu joined Wei Guan, Shan Tao, Zhang Hua, and others in arguing that, with the realm reunited, the court ought to revive the classical Feng and Shan sacrifices on Mount Tai; they pressed the point in memorial after memorial, but the emperor modestly refused.

司空衛瓘與舒書曰：「每與足下共論此事，日日未果，可謂瞻之在前，忽焉在後矣。」 Minister of Works Wei Guan wrote him, "We spoke of this again and again yet never settled it—truly it was always 'right before our eyes,' then 'gone in an instant,' as the saying goes."

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 41Volume 41: Book of Shu 11: Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, and Fei · 1 passage

《襄阳记》曰：魏咸熙元年六月，镇西将军卫瓘至於成都，得璧玉印各一枚，文似“成信”字，魏人宣示百官，藏于相国府。 The Xiangyang ji records that in the sixth month of Wei Xianxi 1 (264), General Who Guards the West Wei Guan reached Chengdu and found a pair of jade seals inscribed with characters resembling "completed faith"; Wei officials displayed them to the court and stored them in the chancellor's mansion.