Wei Yue

Wei Yue (韋說[1]) (died August 24, 927?[2][3][4]) was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, and Tang's successor states Later Liang and Later Tang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Later Tang's first two emperors Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan. As a chancellor commissioned by Li Cunxu, he did not fit in with the officials trusted by Li Siyuan, and was eventually exiled and forced to commit suicide.

  1. ^ 說 in this place is pronounced as Yue, not Shuo. See, e.g., Heming Yong, Jing Peng, Chinese lexicography: a history from 1046 BC to AD 1911.
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 276.
  3. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  4. ^ August 24, 927 was the date that the Later Tang emperor Li Siyuan issued the edict ordering Wei's death; it was not clear whether the order was carried out the same day or later.