The surname Wei is mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Henan, and the four provinces account for about 77% of the total population of the surname Wei. Shanxi is the largest province with the surname Wei, accounting for about 24%. Secondly, it is distributed in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Shandong and other provinces and cities. In the 12th issue of "Top Ten Who's Who of Ancient and Modern Families with Hundred Family Names", the editor tries to select 10 celebrities who are well-known, well-known and influential as much as possible, and arrange them in historical order. Below, the 12th place of the hundred family names - Wei's.
Wei Wei (?) -131 BC), a native of Wenshui, Shanxi, and prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, he became a Lang official with the skill of making cars, and became a general of Lang in Qianzhong, and became the crown prince of Hejian. During the Emperor Jing of Han, he was promoted to lieutenant during the Ping Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, and was given the title of Marquis of Jianling, paying homage to the crown prince and imperial master. Emperor Wudi of Han succeeded to the throne, and the official became prime minister.
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WEI Qing (?) -106 BC), character Zhongqing. A native of Linfen City, Shanxi, he was a Western Han military strategist, foreign relative, and national hero. Brother of Emperor Wu of Han's empress Wei Zifu and uncle of the Great Sima Hussar general Huo Qubing. Seven times in his life, he attacked the Xiongnu and collected Henan land, and paid homage to the great general Sima for meritorious service.
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Wei Zifu (?—91 BC), a native of Linfen, Shanxi, was the second empress of Emperor Wudi of Han. Yuan Shuo gave birth to a male son Liu Zheng in the first year, and was made empress. His younger brother Wei Qing was made a great sima and a general for his merits in defeating the Xiongnu, and his nephew Huo Qubing also became a general of great sima and hussar with military merit.
Wei Yu (220–291), courtesy name Boyu, was a native of Xia County, Shanxi. He was a heavy minister and calligrapher from the late Cao Wei dynasty of the Three Kingdoms to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the son of Cao Wei Shangshuwei.
Wei Hong, character Jingzhong, a native of Tancheng, Shandong, was an Eastern Han dynasty writer and scholar. The main work, "Preface to Mao's Poems", comprehensively discusses the nature, content, expression methods and social role of poetry. Many of these ideas had a great influence on the development of mainland poetry.
Wei Lihuang (1897-1960), character Junru, a native of Hefei, Anhui, a famous anti-Japanese general and national hero. In 1917, he served as Sun Yat-sen's guard and platoon commander of the guard regiment. In 1929, he served as the commander of the 45th Division of the Kuomintang Army and from 1931 as the commander of the 14th Army, and under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, led his troops to attack the revolutionary base area of Dabie Mountain. In 1948, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's northeastern "suppression of the communists", but was removed from his post for investigation and prosecution for passive avoidance of war, and was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek. He returned to Beijing in March 1955 and was the first senior Kuomintang general to return from overseas. He has served as a standing member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a deputy to the Second National People's Congress, a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
Wei Juxian (1899-1989), also known as Wei Da, was a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi, and an archaeologist. In the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), he graduated from the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Studies. He has served as a professor at Jinan University, China Public School, and Zhizhi University. Representative works "History of Chinese Archaeology", "A Short History of Chinese Archaeology", "Introduction to the Thirteen Classics", "Ancient Money" and so on.
Wei Qingyuan (1917-2013), a native of Luoyang, Henan, joined the Communist Party of China in June 1938 and served as the chief of the supply section of the Jin-Hebei-Luyu Military Region Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Later, he served as the executive deputy director of the logistics department of the Urumqi Military Region (Xinjiang Military Region) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, an adviser to the logistics department of the Xinjiang Military Region, and a military leader.
Wei Hongyuan, born in 1965, professor of the School of Chemical Engineering of Tianjin University, doctoral candidate, member of the International Crystallization Committee, internationally renowned expert in industrial crystallization and chemical fluid mechanics, has been active in the field of industrial crystallization and reactor design, has a high international reputation, is the only Chinese expert elected as a member of the Scientific Committee of the 17th and 18th International Conference of Industrial Crystallization.
Wei Hantao, born in Hong Kong, China, is a famous male director in Hong Kong, China. Representative works include: "Baolian Lantern", "Peerless Double Pride", "Yangmen Female General", "That Starry Sky That Sea" and so on.
There are many, many celebrities of the Wei family, as mentioned earlier, the ones selected by the editor are more familiar to everyone. Welcome to leave a message to provide more materials.