Wei Bao (Western Han) / 卫宝

Overview

Wei Bao / 卫宝 enters the wiki through Hanji 616 as a Wei-clan relative of 汉平帝 whom 王宇 contacts during the failed effort to help 卫太后 reach Chang’an.

Current Profile

The source gives Wei Bao a narrow 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.
• 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

• 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 616. It does not reconstruct Wei Bao’s complete genealogy, office, or daughter beyond the case summary.

What Changed

• Created Wei Bao as the Wei-clan contact and punished relative 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.