魏 (w)

(wèi) surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods

魏 (w)

(wèi) tower over a palace gateway (old)

魏京生 (w)

(wèijīngshēng) Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

魏国 (w)

(wèiguó) Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms

魏巍 (w)

(wèiwēi) Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war

魏征 (w)

(wèizhēng) Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书

魏德迈 (w)

(wèidémài) Wedemeyer

魏忠贤 (w)

(wèizhōngxián) Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

魏收 (w)

(wèishōu) Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐, compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书

魏文帝 (w)

(wèiwéndì) Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226

魏晋 (w)

(wèijìn) Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

魏晋南北朝 (w)

(wèijìnnánběicháo) Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui

魏书 (w)

(wèishū) History of Wei of the Northern dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi dynasty 北齊|北齐, 114 scrolls

魏格纳 (w)

(wèigénà) Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

魏玛 (w)

(wèimǎ) Weimar

魏县 (w)

(wèixiàn) Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei

魏都 (w)

(wèidū) Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan

魏都区 (w)

(wèidūqū) Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan