Overview
Wei Lun was an official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 785 貞元元年Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 138
- AD 752 天寶十一載Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 178, 181
- AD 760 敗於秦隴Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 32
- AD 785 貞元元年Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 137, 166
Key source chapters
- Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157 Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 141 Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao 1 passage
Career and standing
- Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子少保AD 785 貞元元年 · HeldDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 138
- Inner Works Aide 內作判官HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181
- Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子少保HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 166
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With Yuan Gao (袁高)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 138
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 166
- Proposal · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181
Events and relationships
- Hired skilled mint workersPolicy · Proposer · Outcome Corvee reduced output increasedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181
- Praised Yuan Gao and asked that he receive special favorDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 138
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 138; New Book of Tang 54, passage 181
References in the histories
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