赵韪 / Zhao Wei (late Han)

Overview

赵韪 / Zhao Wei is a Yi Province official whose profile moves from Liu Yan follower and Liu Zhang succession supporter to old-minister rebel. Hanji 1053 makes him a key case in 刘璋’s integration failure: senior advice goes unheard, Dongzhou troop abuses inflame locals, and Zhao Wei turns that resentment into revolt.

Current Profile

Hanji 939 backfills Zhao Wei’s earlier attachment to 刘焉. The episode identifies him as taicang ling and says he follows Liu Yan into 益州 together with 董扶, making him part of Liu Yan’s first provincial entourage before the later succession role.

Hanji 981 then places Zhao Wei among the senior Yi Province officials who support Liu Zhang after Liu Yan dies. The episode names him among the provincial figures who prefer Liu Zhang’s mildness and petition for his appointment. After Liu Zhang is recognized, Zhao Wei is appointed expeditionary general of the east and sent against 刘表, with the army stationed near Quren.

Hanji 1053 reverses the practical outcome of that support. Zhao Wei repeatedly advises Liu Zhang but is ignored. As a senior old minister, he becomes resentful. He then uses local anger against Dongzhou troops to raise a revolt with tens of thousands of troops, sends gifts to Liu Biao, and gains responses from Shu, Guanghan, and Qianwei commanderies.

Key Characteristics

• Enters Yi Province as part of Liu Yan’s early entourage rather than as a native-only local actor.
• Helps legitimate Liu Zhang’s succession because Liu Zhang appears mild and acceptable.
• Holds an eastern military assignment against Liu Biao before becoming connected to Liu Biao through revolt diplomacy.
• Turns ignored senior advice and local resentment into armed rebellion.
• Illustrates how imported-troop abuse can become a political resource for an ambitious or alienated insider.

Evidence

• Liu Yan entourage: Hanji 939 says Zhao Wei follows Liu Yan into Yizhou with Dong Fu.
• Succession support and military post: Hanji 981 presents Zhao Wei as a senior official supporting Liu Zhang and then being sent east against Liu Biao.
• Ignored advice and rebellion: Hanji 1053 says Zhao Wei’s advice is repeatedly ignored, he resents Liu Zhang, and he raises tens of thousands of troops.
• Local resentment channel: Hanji 1053 connects Zhao Wei’s rebellion to Dongzhou troop abuses and reports responses from Shu, Guanghan, and Qianwei.

Qualifications

Zhao Wei’s rebellion is not presented as pure local justice. The source gives real grievances against Dongzhou troops and Liu Zhang’s weak control, but Zhao Wei also acts from old-minister resentment and seeks outside linkage through Liu Biao. The page therefore treats him as both symptom and exploiter of Yi Province’s fracture.

What Changed

• Migrated the page to synthesis-v1 while preserving the Hanji 939 and Hanji 981 evidence order.
• Added Hanji 1053’s ignored-advice resentment, Dongzhou resentment mobilization, revolt, Liu Biao linkage, and commandery responses.

Relationships

• 刘焉 - earlier patron Zhao Wei follows into Yi Province.
• 董扶 - fellow Liu Yan follower in the Hanji 939 Yizhou move.
• 刘璋 - successor Zhao Wei first supports and later rebels against.
• 刘表 - outside ruler whom Zhao Wei contacts with gifts during the rebellion.
• 益州 - provincial setting for Zhao Wei’s succession role and rebellion.
• 外来武装与本土豪族裂缝 - concept explaining how Dongzhou troop resentment becomes Zhao Wei’s mobilization platform.
• 州牧集权与地方割据 - institutional frame for Liu Yan’s move and the inherited autonomy Zhao Wei helps staff.
• 安全第一政治生存 - adjacent frame because Zhao Wei turns dissatisfaction into survival-seeking rebellion and outside alignment.