Claim: Wei Heng was born in 1915 to a poor family but attended school, became a lawyer, and was eventually elected to the National Congress.
Evidence: Wei attended primary and secondary school and then became a primary school teacher. He joined the Communist Party of China in October 1938, and was selected as a delegate to the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party held in Yan'an in 1945. Wei Heng (Chinese: 卫恒; 1915 – 29 January 1967), also known as Wei Laiyu (魏来玉), was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician from Shanxi province. Wei Heng was born in 1915 to a poor peasant family in Shapochi village (沙泊池) in Lingchuan County, Shanxi province.