Wei Zhao (204–273), courtesy name Hongsi , was an official, historian, and scholar of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He shared the same personal name as Sima Zhao ( 司馬 昭 , an ancestor of the Jin dynasty emperors). In order to avoid naming taboo , the historian Chen Shou changed Wei Zhao's personal name to "Yao ( 矅 )" when he wrote Wei Zhao's biography in the Sanguozhi (the authoritative source for the history of the Three Kingdoms period).
4-902: Wei Zhao and Zhao Wei may refer to: People surnamed Wei [ edit ] Wei Zhao (Eastern Wu) (韋昭; 204–273), Chinese scholar during the Three Kingdoms period Wei Zhao (footballer) (魏釗; born 1983), Hong Kong football goalkeeper People surnamed Zhao [ edit ] Zhao Wei (赵薇; born 1976), Chinese actress, singer and director Zhao Wei (basketball) (赵薇; born 1963), Chinese Olympic basketball player Zhao Wei (hammer thrower) (趙巍; born 1979), female Chinese hammer thrower Zhao Wei (footballer) (赵伟; born 1989), Chinese footballer Zhao Wei (legal assistant) (趙威; born 1991), Chinese human rights activist Wei Zhao (computer scientist) , (赵伟) Chinese-American computer scientist Zhao Wei (gangster) (赵伟; born 1952) Chinese gangster and
8-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wei Zhao (Eastern Wu) Wei Zhao was appointed as the first Erudite Libationer (博士祭酒; i.e. President) of the precursor to the Imperial Nanking University by the third Wu emperor, Sun Xiu , in 258. He was the chief editor of the Book of Wu , an official history of Wu. While he was compiling
12-473: The ' Book of Wu , the fourth Wu emperor Sun Hao attempted to force him to rewrite certain portions of the book, but Wei Zhao refused on the grounds that such amendments would infringe the principle of history. Wei Zhao's insistence on producing a historically accurate Book of Wu resulted in his execution by Sun Hao. Wei Zhao also wrote several other works, such as Annotations to Guoyu (國語注) and Argument and Interpretation of Names ( 辯釋名 ). Wei Zhao's tomb
16-505: The founder of Hong Kong-registered company Kings Romans Group [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wei_Zhao&oldid=1230910171 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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