Wei Fangzhi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wei Fangzhi (died October 1, 690), formally the Duke of Fuyang, was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who served as chancellor during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong.Wei Fangzhi's grandfather Wei Yunqi had served as an official both during the early Tang Dynasty and Tang's predecessor Sui Dynasty, but was killed in 626 shortly after the coup known as the Incident at Xuanwu Gate -- as his superior Dou Gui, with whom he had a poor relationship, suspected him of being an associate of Li Jiancheng the Crown Prince, who had been killed during the incident by his brother Li Shimin the Prince of Qin (the later Emperor Taizong and grandfather of Emperor Ruizong).