Wei Xiang

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1. 1095 路提點刑獄公事 紹聖

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• 子駿 字
• 韋讓 别名、曾用名

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• [為官者：文]
• [財政官員]

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1. [1] Name, dates and period Wei Xiang, courtesy name Zijun, was originally named Wei Rang; he was a Northern Song official and writer, born in 1033 and dead in 1105.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records his name as Wei Xiang, his birth and death years as 1033 and 1105, his dynasty as Song, and his courtesy name 子駿 and former name 韋讓.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Chinese Biographical Dictionary of Past Dynasties gives his dates as 1033–1105, his original name as Rang, his change of name to avoid the taboo on the Prince of Pu, and his courtesy name Zijun; his period is given as the Northern Song.
   • WikidataWei Xiang (Q16077564)Wikidata gives his name as Wei Xiang, with the aliases Zijun and Wei Rang, born 1033 and dead 1105.
2. [2] Ancestry and native place Wei Xiang's family had long lived in Quzhou; his father Wei Gao moved to Qiantang, present-day Hangzhou.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry records that his family had long lived in Quzhou and that his father moved to Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou); the Biographical Dictionary calls him a man of Qiantang in Hangzhou, and the Complete Song Prose likewise places him in Qiantang.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records his father as Wei Gao and his native place as Qiantang.
3. [3] Examination and first appointment In 1053 Wei Xiang passed the jinshi examination and was appointed warden of Shouchang in Muzhou, a post he did not take up because of his mother's death; the county is also written Shou.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Biographical Dictionary and the Complete Song Prose date his jinshi degree to the fifth year of Huangyou, the latter giving Shouchang county in Muzhou, while the Complete Song Poetry has Shou county and states that he did not take up the post because of his mother's death.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB lists his examination as jinshi and his post as warden of Shouchang.
4. [4] Provincial posts after mourning After mourning he served as judicial officer of the Xingguo Army, as magistrate of Wuyi, Pingxiang and Haimen, and as assistant prefect of Chuzhou and Chuzhou.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry records that after the mourning period he served as judicial officer of the Xingguo Army, as magistrate of Wuyi in Wuzhou, Pingxiang in Yuanzhou and Haimen in Tongzhou, and as assistant prefect of Chuzhou and Chuzhou; the Complete Song Prose gives the same sequence in shorter form.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB lists the posts of judicial officer of the Xingguo Army, magistrate of Wuyi, and magistrate of Pingxiang and of Haimen.
5. [5] Central government posts Wei Xiang then entered the central government as recorder of the Directorate of Imperial Workshops, later serving in the Palace Library and the Ministry of Works and holding the court ranks of Grand Master for Court Service and director of the Bureau of Revenue.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry records his entry as recorder of the Directorate of Imperial Workshops; the Complete Song Prose adds the posts of senior editor of the Palace Library and vice director of the State Farms Bureau, and the rank of Chaofeng lang; his title list also includes the directorship of the Bureau of Revenue.
6. [6] Yuanyou promotions In 1086 he was promoted to assistant transport commissioner of the Lizhou circuit and transferred to Fujian; in 1092 he was summoned to be director of the Bureau of Receptions.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry records his promotion in the first year of Yuanyou to assistant transport commissioner of Lizhou circuit, his transfer to Fujian circuit, and his summons to the Bureau of Receptions in the seventh year of Yuanyou; the Biographical Dictionary gives the Fujian transport post and the post of director of the Bureau of Receptions.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB lists a judgeship and an assistant transport commissionership in the Fujian circuit and a post in the Bureau of Receptions of the Ministry of Rites.
7. [7] Kuizhou and Mingzhou He was later judicial commissioner of the Kuizhou circuit from 1095 to 1098 and afterwards prefect of Mingzhou; the date of the Mingzhou appointment is given as either 1098 or the beginning of the Jianzhong Jingguo era.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry and the Complete Song Prose record his service as judicial commissioner of Kuizhou and as prefect of Mingzhou, while the Biographical Dictionary dates the Mingzhou appointment to the beginning of the Jianzhong Jingguo era, differing from the Yuanfu dating.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB dates his judicial commissionership of Kuizhou circuit from the second year of Shaosheng to the first year of Yuanfu, and his prefectship of Mingzhou to the first year of Yuanfu.
8. [8] Last years and death In his last years he supervised the Dongxiao Palace at Hangzhou and retired with the rank of Grand Master of Court Consultation of the Left; he died in 1105 at the age of seventy-three.
   • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Biographical Dictionary records his appointment as supervisor of the Dongxiao Palace at Hangzhou with the rank of Grand Master of Court Consultation of the Left; the Complete Song Poetry adds that this came late in life and that he died in the fourth year of Chongning aged seventy-three; the Complete Song Prose says he retired from the Dongxiao Palace post.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB lists the office of supervisor of the Dongxiao Palace at Hangzhou and the rank of Grand Master of Court Consultation of the Left.
9. [9] Kinship He married a daughter of Shi Xiuzhi, his mother-in-law being Lady Hu; his sons included Wei Shoulong, Wei Shouqing and Wei Shoucheng, and his son-in-law was Shi Shisheng.
   • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records his father-in-law as Shi Xiuzhi and his mother-in-law as Lady Hu, Shi Xiuzhi's wife; it lists Wei Shoulong as eldest son, Wei Shouqing as fourth son and Wei Shoucheng as fifth son, and Shi Shisheng as son-in-law.
10. [10] Contact with Huang Tingjian Wei Xiang exchanged poems and writings with Huang Tingjian, who sent him poems and prose.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records that he received poems and writings presented by Huang Tingjian.
11. [11] Letters sent He wrote letters to Fan Chunren, Han Zhen, Li Qingchen, Lü Dafang, Wang Tinglao and Han Wei.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records letters addressed by him to Fan Chunren, Han Zhen, Li Qingchen, Lü Dafang, Wang Tinglao and Han Wei, with two letters each to Li Qingchen and Wang Tinglao.
12. [12] Letter received from Xu Jingheng Xu Jingheng also wrote to Wei Xiang.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records that he received a letter from Xu Jingheng.
13. [13] Epitaphs composed His commemorative writing included epitaphs for Shi Xiuzhi, Lady Hu, Shi Yanzhi, Lady Shi, Lady Zhu, Wu Tianzhi, Chen Kuang and Zhang Zao.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records epitaphs written by him for Zhang Zao, Lady Hu (Shi Xiuzhi's wife), Shi Xiuzhi, Shi Yanzhi, Lady Shi (Shi Yanzhi's wife), Lady Zhu (Shi Jingli's wife), Wu Tianzhi and Chen Kuang.
14. [14] Writing for Zhang Zao He wrote an account of conduct and a sacrificial address for Zhang Zao; a further record names Zhang Zao as the writer of a sacrificial address for him.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records an account of conduct and a sacrificial address written by him for Zhang Zao; a further entry reverses the relation and has Zhang Zao writing a sacrificial address for Wei Xiang, both being kept as recorded.
15. [15] Biographies, records and prefaces He wrote biographies of Xiang Gong and Bai Tinghui, a school record for Shi Zhen, a preface for a work by Xia Xidao, and inscriptions for buildings of Fan Daoqing.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records biographies of Xiang Gong and Bai Tinghui, a school record for Shi Zhen, a preface for a work by Xia Xidao, and inscriptions, records and naming for buildings of Fan Daoqing.
16. [16] Posthumous epitaph After his death his epitaph was written by Chen Shixi and survives in the appendix to the Qiantang Wei xiansheng wenji.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB records that his epitaph was written by Chen Shixi, noted as the 'Epitaph of Lord Wei' and connected with the Qiantang collection.
    • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Prose records that Chen Shixi's epitaph of Lord Wei is found in the appendix to the Qiantang Wei xiansheng wenji.
17. [17] Works He was skilled in poetry and prose; his collected writings ran to twenty juan of prose and twenty juan of fu, known as the Qiantang ji, of which sixteen juan survive, the text being incomplete.
    • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Biographical Dictionary records that he excelled in poetry and prose and had a Qiantang collection; the Complete Song Poetry gives twenty juan of prose and twenty of fu with the surviving Qiantang ji incomplete; the Complete Song Prose gives the Qiantang ji as twenty juan, sixteen surviving.
    • CBDBWei Xiang (14996)CBDB lists his writings as the Qiantang ji in twenty juan and fu in twenty juan.
18. [18] Biographical record The Xianchun Lin'an zhi, juan 66, contains his biography.
    • Souyun韋驤 (34445)The Complete Song Poetry records that juan 66 of the Xianchun Lin'an zhi contains his biography.