Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝

Sui Wendi

Attested AD 581 - AD 602

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wen of Sui was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 602 仁壽二年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 191
AD 593 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 27, passage 185
AD 581 to AD 600 開皇之時
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 240
AD 589 開皇九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 27, passages 182, 184

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 184, 240

Works and attributed material

AD 602 仁壽二年
Edict · Authority · With Yao Cha (姚察) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 191
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 184

Events and relationships

Relation Patron of · Person Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 184

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 184, 240

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 2 passages

文帝知察蔬菲，別日乃獨召入內殿，賜果菜，乃指察謂朝臣曰「聞姚察學行當今無比，我平陳唯得此一人」。 Emperor Wen knew Cha lived on vegetables. One day he summoned him alone to the inner hall, gave him fruit and vegetables, and pointing to Cha told the court, "I hear Yao Cha's learning and conduct are unmatched today. In pacifying Chen I gained only this one man."

察所撰梁、陳史雖未畢功，隋文帝開皇之時，遣內史舍人虞世基索本，且進上，今在內殿。 Though Cha's Liang and Chen histories were unfinished, in Sui Wendi's Kaihuang era the court sent secretariat aide Yu Shiji to demand the draft and receive it; it is now in the inner palace.