Wei Chu (1226–1286), courtesy name Taichu, style name Qingyan, was from Shunsheng, Hongzhou (present-day Yangyuan County, Hebei Province).

He was a grandnephew of Wei Fan, who served as an imperial historian in the late Jin Dynasty. His father, Wei Silian, held the position of Director of the Office of Appointments during the Jin Dynasty. Wei Chu enjoyed reading from a young age and was particularly skilled in the study of The Spring and Autumn Annals. He studied under Yuan Haowen. In the first year of the Zhongtong era (1260), he entered the Secretariat and was hired as a clerk, responsible for document recording. Later, he resigned from his post due to his mother's advanced age. In the seventh year of the Zhiyuan era (1270), he was appointed as an editor in the National History Institute and later promoted to Imperial Censor. He served as Deputy Inspector of Shaanxi and Hedong, and then as Acting Inspector in Yangzhou, eventually finishing his career as Inspector of Jiangxi. Xǔ Youren praised him, saying, "He spoke without reservation, and everything he said was appropriate. He acted with principle, and every action was forceful. His noble character and steadfast integrity are known to all." Wei Chu excelled in poetry; in his poem "Sending Yang Jihai," the lines "Friends and relatives have scattered like fallen leaves, my hair is as white as silk, two sleeves filled with a clear wind and a bundle of poems" gave rise to the idiom "two sleeves of clear wind." He authored The Qingyan Collection in ten volumes.

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魏初（1226年 - 1286年），字太初，號青崖，弘州順聖（今河北陽原縣）人。

金末翰林修撰魏璠的從孫，父魏思廉是金朝的甄官署令。魏初幼好讀書，尤長於《春秋》，師從元好問學習。中統元年（1260年），入中書省，被聘為椽史，掌文書記錄。後以母老辭官。至元七年（1270年）授國史院編修官，遷升為監察御史，歷官陝西、河東按察副使，行台揚州，終官江西按察使，許有壬說他「知無不言，言無不當。道無不為，為無不力。高風勁節，人能道之」。工於詩，《送楊季海》一詩有「交親零落鬢如絲，兩袖清風一束詩」之句，是【兩袖清風】之典故。有《青崖集》十卷。

其妻子王氏是王汝明之女。

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