Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba branch of the Xianbei people

the Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States period

Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty

The most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi, replaced by the Jin dynasty in 265.

Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Northern Wei [[北魏|北魏|Bei3 Wei4]]

Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Northern Wei [[北魏|北魏|Bei3 Wei4]]

Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient about the Korean War

Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar

Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

to relieve a besieged ally or unit by attacking the enemy's home base or a vulnerable point

Wei County, a county in Handan City, Hebei

The gum resin derived from plants of the genus Ferula, used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as Resina Ferulae for its digestive and antimicrobial properties.

Weimar, Germany

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), a high-ranking US Army commander who served in the China Theater during WWII

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

Weidu, a district of Xuchang City, Henan.

Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

Cao Pi [[曹丕|曹丕|Cao2 Pi1]], emperor of Wei 220-226

The late Han Dynasty and early Wei Dynasty (roughly the first half of the 3rd century AD).

The collective name for the Chinese historical period from 220 to 589 AD, encompassing the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of the Northern Qi Dynasty, compiler of the Book of Wei (Wei Shu)

Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

the fruit or seed of the ajwain plant (Trachyspermum ammi), used as a spice and in traditional Chinese medicine

History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories, compiled by Wei Shou in 554 during the Northern Qi Dynasty, consisting of 114 scrolls.