Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Wei. Kangxi radical stroke count: 11. Page number: 110, entry 05. Pronounced wěi. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Extraordinary. Xu says: Exceptional and imposing human talent. Zengyun (Expanded Rhyme Dictionary): Large. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Chen: Once Zhang Fu saw him at a funeral, he looked specifically at Wei Ping. Han Shi Wai Zhuan (Outer Commentary on the Classic of Poetry by Han): The benevolent admire what is great; those who are harmonious admire what is refined. Also a surname. During the Han Dynasty, there was a Minister of the Imperial Guards (Guangluhun) named Wei Zhang. Also pronounced wèi according to Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes). Lu Ji, Essay on Literature (Wenfu): Though the hazel and the arrowroot are not pruned, they also receive glory by gathering the kingfisher. When appending vulgar folk songs to the snow-white rhymes, I also achieve that which is considered great.