Wei Teng
courtesy name 周林
Wei Teng was a Wu official who served as a county magistrate and Poyang commandery governor, known for Wu Fan risking his life to plead for his pardon.
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History · vol. 63Records of the Three Kingdoms
…素與魏滕同邑相善。滕嘗有罪，權責怒甚嚴，敢有諫者死，範謂滕曰：「與汝偕死。」…
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範爲人剛直，頗好自稱，然與親故交接有終始。素與魏滕同邑相善。滕嘗有罪，權責怒甚嚴，敢有諫者死，範謂滕曰：「與汝偕死。」滕曰：「死而無益，何用死爲？」範曰：「安能慮此坐觀汝邪？」乃髡頭自縛詣門下，使鈴下以聞。鈴下不敢，曰：「必死，不敢白。」範曰：「汝有子邪？」曰：「有。」曰：「使汝爲吳範死，子以屬我。」鈴下曰：「諾。」乃排閤入。言未卒，權大怒，欲便投以戟。逡巡走出，範因突入，叩頭流血，言與涕並。良久，權意釋，乃免滕。滕見範謝曰：「父母能生長我，不能免我於死。丈夫相知，如汝足矣，何用多爲！」〈《會稽典錄》曰：滕字周林，祖父河內太守朗，字少英，列在八俊。滕性剛直，行不苟合，雖遭困偪，終不迴撓。初亦迕策，幾殆，賴太妃救得免，語見《妃嬪傳》。歷歷山、潘陽、山陰三縣令，鄱陽太守。〉
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Wei Teng, courtesy name Zhoulin, was a native of Wu. He once served as a county magistrate and as Administrator of Poyang. He does not appear in the novel.
Deeds
- Wei Teng once committed an offense. Sun Quan was furious and reprimanded him severely, declaring that anyone who dared to remonstrate would be put to death. Wu Fan risked his life to rush in and plead on his behalf, and Sun Quan’s anger subsided; Wei Teng was therefore pardoned. (Recorded in historical sources)
- Wei Teng thanked Wu Fan, saying that although his parents had given birth to and raised him, they could not save him from death, and praised Wu Fan as a true friend.
- Wei Teng once served as county magistrate of Lishan, Poyang, and Shanyin, and as Administrator of Poyang. (Recorded in historical sources)
Relations
- He was from the same town as Wu Fan and was on friendly terms with him; Wu Fan once risked his life to plead on his behalf.
Lines
- 史 ch.63 §10→ Wu Fan
「死而無益，何用死爲？」
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