Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝

Sui Wendi

Attested AD 580 - AD 604

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wen of Sui as an official and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝 Sui Wendi
Title Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝 Sui Wendi
Personal name Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝 Sui Wendi
Title Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文帝
Title Emperor Wen of Sui 隋文 Sui Wen
Temple name Wen Wen
Temple name Wendi 文帝 Wendi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: as Zhou chancellor before Sui accession · Western Year: AD 580
    Strongly inferred · beiqishu:009:s0095
  • Source Date: Text: 隋文帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604
  • Source Date: Text: 隋文踐極 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0176

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: institutional · Role: reformer · Action: divided-elegant-and-popular-music

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 26Volume 26 Biographies 18: Zhang Sunjian; Zhangsun Shaoyuan; Younger Brother Cheng; Elder Brother Si; Hu Sizheng · 1 passage