卫伉 / Wei Kang (Western Han)

Overview

卫伉 / Wei Kang enters the wiki through Hanji 384-1 as 卫青’s son and successor to the Changping marquisate, executed in the early 巫蛊之祸 wave. The episode treats him as politically dangerous because he connects the Wei family, inherited military prestige, and potential support for 卫太子刘据.

Current Profile

The current evidence is narrow. Hanji 384-1 says Wei Kang is implicated and executed together with princesses and the Gongsun He side during the 91 BCE Wugu cases. The host’s interpretation is that his inherited title and military capability make him more threatening than Wei Qing’s other sons, Wei Buyi and Wei Deng, who are said not to have participated in court affairs and therefore avoid implication.

Wei Kang’s importance is therefore structural rather than biographical in this wiki: he marks the point where Wei Qing’s posthumous prestige no longer protects the family, and where the crown prince’s possible military support is treated as something to remove before open crisis.

Key Characteristics

• Son of Wei Qing and successor to the Changping marquisate.
• Early Wugu casualty whose death weakens the Wei-Zifu and Liu Ju side.
• Military-capable support figure in the episode’s interpretation.
• Contrast case with Wei Buyi and Wei Deng, who are said to avoid implication by staying out of court affairs.

Evidence

• Inherited position: Hanji 384-1 says Wei Kang inherits Wei Qing’s Changping marquisate.
• Political danger: Hanji 384-1 says Wei Kang can lead troops and is therefore a usable outside support for Wei Zifu and Liu Ju.
• Selective implication: Hanji 384-1 says Wei Buyi and Wei Deng are not implicated, plausibly because they did not engage in court affairs.

Qualifications

This page records Hanji 384-1’s compact account. It does not reconstruct Wei Kang’s full career, military service, exact legal charge, or the complete genealogy of Wei Qing’s descendants. The claim that military support made him a target remains the episode’s interpretation.

What Changed

• Created from Hanji 384-1 as the Wei-family military-support casualty in the Wugu prelude.

Relationships

• 卫青 / Wei Qing (Han general) - father whose death removes the protection surrounding the family.
• 卫太子刘据 / Liu Ju, Crown Prince of Western Han - crown prince whom Wei Kang could support as an outside military resource.
• 卫子夫 / Empress Wei Zifu (Western Han) - Wei-family court link whose position makes Wei Kang politically relevant.
• 公孙贺 / Gongsun He (Western Han) - parallel support-network casualty in the same Wugu wave.
• 巫蛊之祸 / Wugu Incident (Western Han) - broader crisis in which Wei Kang’s death belongs.