Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Zhou Envoy and Writer

Yuan Wei 元偉

Attested AD 570 - AD 576

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Wei was a Zhou Envoy and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 570 to AD 576 Houzhu reign diplomatic visit
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

Works and attributed material

Rhapsody on a Journey 述行賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

周使元偉來聘，作《述行賦》，敘鄭莊公克段而遷姜氏，文雖不工，當時深以為愧。 Yuan Wei, an envoy from Zhou, came on a diplomatic visit and composed the "Rhapsody on a Journey," recounting how Duke Zhuang of Zheng crushed his brother Duan and banished their mother Lady Jiang; though the prose was crude, the court felt deeply shamed.