Wei Xuan (魏玄) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wei Xuan was a general and Official.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Sengzhi	僧智	Sengzhi

AD 570 後以疾卒於位
Cause illness 疾 · Died in office
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passages 227-228

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AD 569 天和四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passages 218, 226
AD 570 天和五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passages 218, 227
AD 557 孝閔帝踐阼
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 214
AD 570 後以疾卒於位
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passages 227-228
AD 531 to AD 532 普泰中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 175
AD 555 魏恭帝二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 194

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Wei Xiu (魏休)
sixth-generation ancestor 六世祖 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 171
Child of Wei Chengzu (魏承祖)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 173
Child of Mother of Wei Xuan (魏玄母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 186
Sibling of Younger Brother of Wei Xuan (魏玄弟)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 186

Line Wei clan from Rencheng 任城魏氏
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 170-171

defender of Baichao 白超防主
AD 567 二年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passages 222-223
Equal to the Three Dukes with a Separate Office 開府儀同三司
AD 564 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 216
General of Agile Cavalry 驃騎大將軍
AD 564 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 216
defender of Fulu 伏流防主
AD 569 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 226
Attendant at Court 奉朝請
AD 531 to AD 532 普泰中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 175
governor of Xiong province 熊州刺史
AD 568 三年 · Transferred to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 224

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governor of He province 和州刺史
AD 569 四年 · Transferred to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 226
fief of nine hundred households in all 增邑通前九百戶
AD 557 孝閔帝踐阼 · Increased
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 214
marquis 侯
AD 567 二年 · Advanced to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 222
duke 公
AD 569 四年 · Advanced to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 226
earl 伯
AD 557 孝閔帝踐阼 · Advanced to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 214
Viscount of Guangzong County 廣宗縣子
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 188
Entered
Died in office
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 228

Northern Zhou 北周
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passages 214-215
Polity Name Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passage 188
At Rencheng 任城
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 170
AD 561 保定元年
At Manggu 蠻谷 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 215
AD 567 二年
At Baichao 白超 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 223
AD 568 三年
At Xiong province 熊州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 224

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AD 564 四年
At Yanhan 閻韓 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 216
AD 569 四年
At Fulu 伏流 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 226
AD 569 四年
At He province 和州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 226

Ambushed
AD 566 天和元年 · Military · Commander · With Dugu Yongye (獨孤永業) · At south of Lulu Crossing 鹿盧交南
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 218, 220-221
Besieged
AD 564 四年 · Military · Participant · With Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥) · At Luoyang 洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passages 216-217
Fought skirmish
AD 566 天和元年 · Military · Scout commander · With Dugu Yongye (獨孤永業) · Outcome Killed and wounded dozens; captured horses, armor, and spears; Yongye withdrew
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 221
Resisted and defeated
AD 570 五年 · Military · Commander · With Hulu Guang (斛律光) · At Yiyang 宜陽 · Outcome Won every engagement
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 227
Returned south of passes prioritizing loyalty over retrieving mother and brother
AD 543 邙山之役 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 186-187
Suppressed Yong Fangjun rebellion
AD 550 大統十六年 · Military · Commander · With Yong Fangjun (雍方雋)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 192-193

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Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 217
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuchi Gang (尉遲綱)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 220
Relation Opponent of · Person Hulu Guang (斛律光)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 227
Relation Commander of · Person Yuwen Neng (宇文能)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 220
Relation Commander of · Person Zhao Gan (趙乾)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 220

Assessment among the several generals whose strength held the Yi and Luo and eased Zhou concern for the east · Mode historian-judgment
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passages 196, 199
Assessment His rule was simple and generous, and the people were content · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 225
AD 566 天和元年
Item horses, armor, and spears 馬并甲矟等 · Relation Captured
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 221