Xiahou Wei 夏侯威

Xiahou Yuan's wife was the younger sister of Taizu's wife. The eldest son, Xiahou Heng, inherited the title, and in the Huangchu era the middle son, Xiahou Ba, and in the Taihe era Xiahou Ba's four younger brothers were all granted the rank of Marquis Within the Passes. Records, Wei 9 §27

In the Zhengshi era Xiahou Ba became Protector of the Army for the Campaign against Shu and General of the Right and had always enjoyed Cao Shuang's generous favor, so when he heard that Cao Shuang had been executed, he grew fearful for himself and fled to Shu. In consideration of Xiahou Yuan's past merit, Xiahou Ba's sons were pardoned and moved to Lelang Commandery. Chen Shou goes on to record that Xiahou Ba's younger brother Xiahou Wei rose in office to Inspector of Yan Province, that Xiahou Wei's younger brother Xiahou Hui was Administrator of Le'an, and that Xiahou Hui's younger brother Xiahou He was Intendant of Henan. Records, Wei 9 §27–28

Xiahou Wei also appears in the passage on the physiognomist Zhu Jianping in the Biographies of the Technicians. When Cao Pi was General of the Household of the Five Offices, at a gathering of more than thirty guests, he asked Zhu Jianping about his own lifespan and also had him read the faces of all the guests. Zhu Jianping said to Xiahou Wei, 'At forty-nine you will rise to the position of provincial governor, but you will meet a calamity. If you get past the calamity, you will live to seventy and rise to the rank of a chief minister (gongfu).' Records, Wei 29 §38

Xiahou Wei became Inspector of Yan Province, and in the first ten days of the 12th month of the year he turned forty-nine he fell ill. Remembering Zhu Jianping's words, he was convinced he would surely die and had his testament and funeral preparations all made ready in advance. By the last ten days of the month his illness had eased and he was almost recovered. Records, Wei 29 §42

On the 30th day, as the sun was declining, Xiahou Wei invited his chief officials to a banquet and said, 'My illness is gradually subsiding. When the cock crows tomorrow I will be fifty, so I will surely get past Zhu Jianping's warning.' But after he had sent the guests away, as night fell his illness flared up again, and in the middle of the night he died. Records, Wei 29 §43

Chen Shou records that none of the things Zhu Jianping foretold failed to come about as he said. He does not state the year in which Xiahou Wei died. Chen Shou's assessment at the end of Records of Wei 9 names Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and others, and does not assess Xiahou Wei separately. Records, Wei 29 §42 · 44Records, Wei 9 §132