Wen Hui

Wen Hui
Official of Cao Wei
Born (Unknown)
Died (Unknown, aged 44-45)[1]
Names
Traditional Chinese 溫恢
Simplified Chinese 温恢
Pinyin Wēn Huī
Wade–Giles Wen Hui
Courtesy name Manji (Chinese: 曼基; pinyin: Mànjī; Wade–Giles: Man-chi)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wen.

Wen Hui (birth and death years unknown),[2] courtesy name Manji, was a minister of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Wen Hui was a reputed administrator in Wei. After many successful performances as a local official in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Wen Hui returned to the capital and ended up becoming a chancellor of records. Cao Cao quickly took notice of Wen Hui's skill and promoted him to many other important positions in the future.

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References

  1. Wen Hui's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms mentioned that he died of illness at the age of 45 (by East Asian age reckoning) but no dates or years were provided. (道病卒,時年四十五。)
  2. de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill. p. 861. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.


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