Wei

alternative Ngwei

1. A county of Handan, Hebei, China.
2. historicalAn ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty

   TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.

   1991, Gao Yuan, “Stratagem 2: Besiege the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao”, in Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27

3. historicalLiang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
4. historicalA kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.

   After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.

   1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59

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   Cao Cao was the final chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, who went on to form his own state during the political turmoil of the Three Kingdoms period. He died in 220 AD in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, and was posthumously named Emperor of the Wei state that he founded.

   2009 December 27, Beijing Newsroom, Lucy Hornby, “China says discovers tomb of famed general Cao Cao”, in Sugita Katyal, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025

   Synonyms: Liang

alternative Wey

1. historicalAn ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty

1. A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.

   Synonyms: Wei River