Su Wei

high level official during the Chinese Sui Dynasty

542 CE to 623 CE

Su Wei (542–623), courtesy name Wuwei, is a high level official of the Chinese dynasty Sui Dynasty.

He first becomes an important official during the reign of Sui's founder Emperor Wen,and after Emperor Wen's death continues to serve Emperor Wen's son Emperor Yang.

He is often praised for his abilities and integrity but criticized for pettiness.

After Emperor Yang is assassinated in 618, he is nominally an official under Emperor Yang's nephew Yang Hao, and then under the warlords Yuwen Huaji, Li Mi, and Wang Shichong.

After Wang Shichong's state of Zheng is destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in 621, neither the Tang general Li Shimin (the later Emperor Taizong) nor Li Shiimin's father Emperor Gaozu of Tang is interested in retaining Su as an official, and Su Wei dies soon thereafter.

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