Overview
Wei Xin was an aristocrat.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 135 to BC 112 嗣後坐酎金Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 55, passage 115
- BC 135 綰卒子信代Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 105
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Wei Wan (衛綰)son 子Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 115; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 105
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Marquis of Jianling 建陵侯SucceededDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 105
- Marquis of Jianling (heir) 嗣侯InheritedDirectly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 115
- convicted over ritual gold 坐酎金失侯Lost marquisate · DeprivedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 106
- marquisate abolished for sacrificial gold 坐酎金，國除PunishedDirectly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 115
References in the histories
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