Xiahou Wei

Xiahou Wei

Xia houwei (year of birth and death unknown), the word Ji Quan, Pei state Qiao (now Bozhou, Anhui) people. During the Three Kingdoms period, the general of Cao Wei, the fourth son of Xia Houyuan, a general in the west, and the younger brother of Xia Houba, a right general.

Xia Hou Wei is a chivalrous man, and has been a governor of Jingzhou and Yanzhou. He is friendly with Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. At that time, Yanghu, a native of Taishan, was erudite, literate and good at talking. Xiahouwei was very different from his talent. He married his elder brother xiahouba's daughter to Yanghu, and then Yanghu became a famous general. Zhu Jianping, the Pei state, was good at physiognomy. He once called Xia Hou Wei at Cao Pi's banquet and said, "when you are 49 years old, you will go to Zhou mu. However, there should be adversity. If you pass this adversity, you will be 70 years old and become a public assistant."

Later, Xia Hou Wei was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou. When he was 49 years old, he fell ill in the first ten days of December. He thought that he would die, so he made a memorial order in advance and prepared all the things for his funeral. Who would have expected the disease to turn worse in the last ten days of the same month, and then gradually recovered. On the evening of December 30, xiahouwei asked Yanke, a senior official in the county's central discipline, to set up wine, and pointed out that Jianping's precepts were not necessarily accurate. However, after Xiahou Wei's death, he closed his eyes and became ill again. He died in the middle of the night that night and was named Marquis mu.

Life of the characters

Xia houwei has a chivalrous demeanor, and has the ability to learn from others. Cao Shizhi, the fourth Marquis of Wei Dynasty, was very friendly with him. When Xia houwei first met the young Yanghu, he thought he was knowledgeable, literate, and good at talking. He appreciated him very much, so he proposed to marry his elder brother Xia Houba's daughter to Yanghu. Later, Yanghu became a general. Later, Zhu Jianping, who is good at physiognomy, said to Xia houwei at Cao Pi's banquet, "when you are 49 years old, you will be able to be a prefectural herdsman, but you will also encounter disaster. If you can survive this disaster, you will live to 70 years, and you will be able to reach public and auxiliary positions in your official career." When Xia houwei was 49 years old, he was indeed appointed as the governor of Yanzhou. At the same time, he was really ill in the early December of that year. Xia houwei remembered Zhu Jianping's criticism in that year, and thought that he could not escape this misfortune, so he wrote down his will and arranged his funeral in advance. his condition suddenly deteriorated in the last ten days of the same month. Unexpectedly, it suddenly improved and gradually recovered. In the evening of December 30, Xia houwei invited the county officials to his mansion for a banquet and a drink. He said: "my pain has gradually stabilized. When the rooster crows tomorrow, I will be 50 years old. Zhu Jianping's admonition, I will certainly be able to pass." But when the banquet was over, Xiahou Wei suddenly closed his eyes. It turned out that his illness broke out again and he died in the middle of the night. His son, Xia Houjun, was later the governor of Bingzhou. His second son, Xiahou Zhuang, was later the prefect of Huainan. Sun Xiahou Zhan and Xiahou Guangji were both prominent in Jin Dynasty.

Textual research on birth and death

The biography of Xia Hou yuan in Wei Zhi quoted Shi Yu as saying that Xia Hou Wei was the governor of Lijing and Yanzhou. The biography of Zhu Jianping in Wei Zhi said that Xia Hou Wei was the governor of Yanzhou. He was 49 years old and got sick in early December On the 30th He died in the middle of the night. " He died in office. According to Wang Rui's statistics, the history of Xia Hou Wei's appointment as governor of Yanzhou should be around 249 A.D., after Huan fan and Ling Huyu, and before Huang Hua (see Wang Rui's research on the regional political situation of Qing Xu Yan in the Sixteen States of Wei and Jin Dynasties, pp. 131-132). Based on this, we can infer that Xia houwei should have been born around 201 A.D.

Historical evaluation

Cao Zhi: "the villagers have the power of Xia Hou, but few of them are adults. Yu Shangqi is a good friend. Wang Shizhen sent the rest to Wei state. He was sentimentally moved and shed tears for it. It's a poem about leaving friends. " Guo promulgated: "the character of Xia Hou Wei is chivalrous." Pan Yue: "Xianzu Yaode, Muyan and Jing." Xia Hou Zhan: "my emperor's ancestor, marquis mu, worships jueji to show his ambition and elucidates my destiny with restoration."

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An overview of the romance

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xia houwei appeared in the 102 th chapter. At that time, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, sent five troops out of Qishan to attack Wei. Sima Yi recommended Xia houwei and his elder brother Xia Houba to Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei Ming, and became the leader of Shu army. In this battle, Xia houwei and Xia Houba took Sima Yi's plan to attack Wang Ping and Zhang Yi in Weinan and won a great victory. Later, Xia houwei went to Xiangping from Sima Yi to fight gongsunyuan, and then he and Xia Houba set foot on the Bank of Liang River, defeated gongsunyuan and Yang Zuo; then he followed gongsunyuan and his son around and became active.

Historical records

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