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- 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
- Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
- Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Trad. 魏國
- 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 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
- Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1 fang1] about the Korean war
Trad. 魏徵
- Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
- 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 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]
Trad. 魏書
- 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 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls
Trad. 魏縣
- Wei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
Trad. 東魏
- Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
- Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
Trad. 魏伯陽
- Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
Trad. 魏德邁
- Wedemeyer (name)
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
Trad. 魏忠賢
- Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
Trad. 魏格納
- Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
Trad. 魏都區
- Weidu, a district of Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 圍魏救趙
- lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)
- fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
Trad. 阿育魏實
- seed of ajwain
- Semen Trachyspermi coptici
Trad. 漢末魏初
- late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
Trad. 魏晉南北朝
- Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties
- generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui