Wei Yuanfu (韋元甫) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wei Yuanfu was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

AD 771 大歷六年八月
Illness · At in office 於位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 70

Attested activity

AD 771 大歷六年八月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 70
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 67
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 63-64

Career and standing

Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed · Concurrent true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 68
Vice Director of the Right Department of the State Chancellery 尚書右丞
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 67
Chief Administrator of Yangzhou 揚州長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 68
Huainan Military Governor and Observation Commissioner 淮南節度觀察等使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 68
Military Governor and Observation Commissioner of Zhexi West 浙江西道都團練觀察等使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 66
Prefect of Su 蘇州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 66

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Requisition Officer 支使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 64
Warden of Baima in Hua Prefecture 滑州白馬尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 63

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 62

Learning and skills

Skill document drafting 簡牘 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 65

Assessments and attributes

Assessment careful conduct; quick in learning and action · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 62
Assessment governed with lenience and simplicity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 133
Assessment non-disturbing government; affairs in reasonable order · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 69

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 4 passages

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韋元甫，少修謹，敏於學行。 From youth Wei Yuanfu cultivated careful conduct and was quick in both learning and action.

元甫精於簡牘，錫詳於訊覆，涉推誠待之，時謂「員推韋狀。」 Yuanfu excelled at drafting documents and Xi at interrogation; She trusted both openly, and contemporaries called them "Yuan pushes the case, Wei writes the brief."

元甫有器局，所蒞有聲，累遷蘇州刺史、浙江西道都團練觀察等使。 Yuanfu had breadth of vision; wherever he served he made a reputation, rising to prefect of Su and military governor and observation commissioner of Zhexi West circuit.

國珍守黔溪，瓘修禮法，括推誠馭下，元甫為政寬簡，少遊規檢集事，皆可稱者。 Guozhen held the Qian streams secure, Guan restored ritual and law, Kuo dealt sincerely with subordinates, Yuanfu governed with lenience and simplicity, and Shaoyou kept to regulations and brought affairs to completion—each has something to praise.