Qin and Han · Senior Han official and memorialist

Wei Xiang 魏相

First attested BC 74; died BC 59

Passages
46
Chapters
11
Histories
2

Overview

Wei Xiang was a Senior Han official and memorialist.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Ruoweng 弱翁 Ruòwēng
Posthumous name Marquis Xian 憲侯

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Family

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 85 Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji 29 passages
  2. Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu 1 passage
  3. Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96 Biography of Chancellor Zhang 7 passages
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 2 passages
  5. Book of Han, Chapter 68 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan 1 passage

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46 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
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孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.
Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 29 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 7 passages
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復使人脅恐魏丞相，以夫人賊殺待婢事而私獨奏請驗之，發吏卒至丞相舍，捕奴婢笞擊問之，實不以兵刃殺也。 Zhao then sent men to threaten and intimidate Chancellor Wei, and privately submitted a memorial accusing the chancellor's wife of murdering a maidservant, requesting an investigation. He dispatched officials and soldiers to the chancellor's residence, where they seized the household slaves and interrogated them under the lash, yet in truth no blade had been used to kill her.
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage
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將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、邴吉、于定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、邵信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢之屬，皆有功跡見述於後。 Among the generals and chief ministers were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian. Among those skilled in governing the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wenggui, Zhao Guanghan, and others. All had notable achievements recorded in later accounts.