surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
曹魏曹魏cao2 wei4
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
东魏東魏dong1 wei4
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
汉末魏初漢末魏初han4 mo4 wei4 chu1
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
后魏後魏hou4 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
拓跋魏拓跋魏tuo4 ba2 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
围魏救赵圍魏救趙wei2 wei4 jiu4 zhao4
lit. to besiege 魏 and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
魏伯阳魏伯陽wei4 bo2 yang2
Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
魏德迈魏德邁wei4 de2 mai4
Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
魏都魏都wei4 du1
Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市, Henan
魏都区魏都區wei4 du1 qu1
Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市, Henan
魏格纳魏格納wei4 ge2 na4
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
魏国魏國wei4 guo2
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
魏晋魏晉wei4 jin4
Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
魏晋南北朝魏晉南北朝wei4 jin4 nan2 bei3 chao2
Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
魏京生魏京生wei4 jing1 sheng1
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
魏玛魏瑪wei4 ma3
Weimar
魏收魏收wei4 shou1
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐, compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书
魏书魏書wei4 shu1
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐, 114 scrolls
魏巍魏巍wei4 wei1
Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war
魏文帝魏文帝wei4 wen2 di4
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
魏县魏縣wei4 xian4
Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
魏源魏源wei4 yuan2
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
魏征魏徵wei4 zheng1
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
魏忠贤魏忠賢wei4 zhong1 xian2
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
西魏西魏xi1 wei4
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏