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  1. surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history

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wèi

tower over a palace gateway (old)

魏书Wèi shū

History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls

魏县Wèi Xiàn

Wei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei

魏国Wèi guó

Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms

魏巍Wèi Wēi

Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1 fang1] about the Korean war

魏征Wèi Zhēng

Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书

魏收Wèi Shōu

Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]

魏晋Wèi Jìn

Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

魏源Wèi Yuán

Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar

魏玛Wèi mǎ

Weimar, Germany

魏都Wèi dū

see 都區|魏都区[Wei4 du1 Qu1]

魏京生Wèi Jīng shēng

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

魏伯阳Wèi Bó yáng

Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

魏德迈Wèi dé mài

Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander

魏忠贤Wèi Zhōng xián

Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

魏文帝Wèi Wén dì

Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226

魏格纳Wèi gé nà

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

魏都区Wèi dū Qū

Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan

魏晋南北朝Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo

Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui