Wei Bao (Western Han) / 卫宝

Overview

Wei Bao / 卫宝 is synthesized as a 汉平帝 maternal uncle first honored but kept outside Chang’an in Hanji 609, then used as a contact into 卫太后’s side during the failed access effort in Hanji 616.

Current Profile

Hanji 609 gives Wei Bao a narrow honor-without-access role: he receives a Guannei Hou title while remaining in Zhongshan rather than entering the capital. Hanji 616 then gives him a connector role. Wang Yu uses him to communicate with Wei Taihou before the memorial strategy. After the dog-blood case is exposed, Wei Bao is named among the Wei relatives caught in Wang Mang’s punishment, and his daughter survives only because she is married to Liu Cheng, king of Zhongshan, before being demoted and exiled to Hepu.

Key Characteristics

• Pingdi maternal-clan relative contacted by Wang Yu.
• Maternal uncle honored with title while kept outside Chang’an.
• Messenger or channel into Wei Taihou’s side of the case.
• Punished member of the Wei family after the case expands.
• Father of a daughter spared by marriage status but still demoted and exiled.

Evidence

• Early title without access: Hanji 609 says Wei Bao receives a Guannei Hou title but remains outside the capital with Pingdi’s maternal relatives.
• Contact role: Hanji 616 says Wang Yu secretly contacts Pingdi’s uncle Wei Bao.
• Punishment: Hanji 616 names Wei Bao among the Wei relatives nearly destroyed after the case.
• Daughter’s fate: Hanji 616 says Wei Bao’s daughter survives because of marriage to Liu Cheng but is demoted and exiled to Hepu.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 609 and Hanji 616. It does not reconstruct Wei Bao’s complete genealogy, office, or daughter beyond the case summary.

What Changed

• Added Hanji 609 as the title-without-access stage before Wei Bao becomes a contact in Hanji 616.

Relationships

• 卫太后 - Wei-clan center whom Wang Yu tries to help through Wei Bao.
• 汉平帝 - imperial nephew in the source’s phrasing.
• 王宇 - Wang-family actor who contacts Wei Bao.
• 卫玄 - Wei relative punished in the same aftermath.
• 狗血案 - case that destroys Wei Bao’s branch.