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Yuan Wei袁隗

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Grand Tutor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, uncle of Yuan Shao, who sided with Dong Zhuo in deposing and establishing emperors, and was later executed.

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Yuan Wei, and the people around them.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

Blood, marriage and sworn bonds

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

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In fiction · Book of the Later Han

Yuan Wei held the position of Grand Tutor and was the uncle of Yuan Shao. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Yuan Wei sat with Dong Zhuo at a banquet and agreed with his proposal to depose and establish an emperor. When Dong Zhuo rebuked Yuan Shao for opposing the deposition, saying 'Your nephew is rude,' Yuan Wei was implicated as well. Later, as Dong Zhuo seized power, Yuan Wei was ultimately executed.

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Yuan WeiYuan WeiYuan ShaoYuan ShaoDong ZhuoDong ZhuoZheng XuanZheng XuanYang CiYang Ci
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Sources: Book of the Later Han, 列女传; Book of the Later Han, 刘虞公孙瓒陶谦列传; Book of the Later Han, 孝献帝纪; Book of the Later Han, 崔骃列传; Book of the Later Han, 张曹郑列传; Book of the Later Han, 杨震列传; Book of the Later Han, 窦何列传; Book of the Later Han, 袁张韩周列传

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