Wei Zai (韋載) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wei Zai was a Liang and Chen official and general.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Deji	德基	Déjī

AD 569 to AD 582 太建中
At at home 於家
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 158

12
Reckoning Sui · Context visited Liu Xian
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 131
58
AD 569 to AD 582 太建中 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 158

AD 560 天嘉元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 156
AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passages 134-135
AD 569 to AD 582 太建中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 158
AD 558 永定二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 154
AD 557 永定元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 153
AD 555 紹泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 6, passages 19, 29

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Wei Rui (韋叡)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 128
Child of Wei Zheng (韋政)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 129
Kin of Wei Ling (韋稜)
uncle 叔父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 131
Kin of Wei Hui (韋翽)
younger clansman 族弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 147
Kin of Wei Hui (韋翽)
younger clansman 族弟
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 159-160

Light-chariot general 輕車將軍
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 154
Administrator of Yixing 義興太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 142
Attendant of the secretariat 中書侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 134
Champion general and administrator of Langye 冠軍將軍、琅邪太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 140
General who establishes might and administrator of Xunyang 建威將軍、尋陽太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 135
General who harmonizes with the Rong 和戎將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 153

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Legal aide to the Prince of Shaoling 邵陵王法曹參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 133
Scattered-cavalry regular attendant and right guard commandant to the crown prince 散騎常侍、太子右衛率
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 155
shut out human affairs 屏絕人事
Withdrawal · Entered
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 157
Left office
AD 560 天嘉元年 · Resigned · Reason illness 疾
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 156

Chen 陳
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 18, passages 156, 158
Chen
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 148, 153
Liang
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 133-134
At Duling in Jingzhao 京兆杜陵
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 127
At White Mountain in Jiangcheng 江乘縣之白山 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 157

Skill knowledge of the Book of Han 漢書 · Level precocious
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 131

silent-subject continuation of Wei Zai biography 載
Narrative · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 156-158
Speech · Speaker · With Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 150-151

Campaigned against
Military · Commander · With Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 135, 139
nearly ten years without crossing his gate 不入籬門者幾十載
Personal · Subject · Lived in seclusion · At White Mountain in Jiangcheng 江乘縣之白山
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 157
Persuaded
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Lu Xida (魯悉達)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 138
Resisted siege
Military · Defender · With Zhou Wenyu (周文育)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 143-145
Surrendered to
Political · Subject · With Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 148