Wei's and Doulu's biographies in the History of the Five Dynasties gave two different (although not necessarily contradictory) portrayals of Wei as chancellor.

Like the History of the Northern Dynasties, the book was started by Li Dashi.

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Later editors reconstructed those volumes by taking material from the History of the Northern Dynasties dated to the 7th century.

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For example, the Song Dynasty historian Sima Guang, in his Zizhi Tongjian, commented, adopting a similar view from the History of the Five Dynasties:

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Dai Siyuan's biography in the History of the Five Dynasties gave no family background or birthdate for him.

According to the annotations to the History of the Five Dynasties, he was given posthumous honors.