Wei Xuan (Western Han) / 卫玄

Overview

Wei Xuan / 卫玄 is synthesized as a 汉平帝 maternal relative first honored but kept outside Chang’an in Hanji 609, then named in the punishment wave after the 狗血案 in Hanji 616.

Current Profile

The sources do not make Wei Xuan an independent actor. His importance is evidentiary: Hanji 609 shows Wang Mang containing Pingdi’s maternal relatives through title plus distance, and Hanji 616 shows that the later dog-blood case damages the Wei clan far beyond the immediate participants.

Key Characteristics

• Wei-clan relative connected to Pingdi’s maternal family.
• Maternal relative honored with title while kept outside Chang’an.
• Named victim in the case’s expanded punishment wave.
• Evidence for the near-destruction of the Wei consort-kin network.

Evidence

• Early title without access: Hanji 609 says Wei Xuan receives a Guannei Hou title but remains outside the capital with Pingdi’s maternal relatives.
• Punishment wave: Hanji 616 names Wei Xuan among the Wei relatives punished after the dog-blood case.
• Clan damage: Hanji 616 says the Wei clan is nearly destroyed and declines after the case.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 609 and Hanji 616. It does not settle Wei Xuan’s exact genealogy, office, or individual conduct.

What Changed

• Added Hanji 609 as the title-without-access stage before Wei Xuan is named in the Hanji 616 punishment wave.

Relationships

• 卫太后 - maternal-clan center whose blocked access starts the case chain.
• 卫宝 - Wei relative punished in the same aftermath.
• 王莽 - dominant actor whose purge destroys the Wei network.
• 狗血案 - case that gives Wei Xuan his source role.