Emperor Xuan 宣帝

Family

• Parent of Yuwen Kan (宇文衎)
  begot 生
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 99-100, 102
• Parent of Yuwen Chan (宇文闡)
  begot 生
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 99-100
• Parent of Yuwen Shu (宇文術)
  begot 生
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 99, 102
• Spouse of Empress Zhu (朱皇后)
  empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 100
• Spouse of Lady Huangfu (皇甫姬)
  lady 姬 · Concubinage
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passage 102
• Spouse of Royal Lady, mother of Yuwen Kan (王姬)
  royal lady 王姬 · Concubinage
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passage 100

• Kinship Role sons · Count 3
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 99-100, 102

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Belonged to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 99

Events and relationships

• Purged imperial clan
  AD 578 to AD 579 宣皇嗣位 · Political · Ruler
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passages 139-140
• Succeeded to throne
  AD 578 to AD 579 宣皇嗣位 · Political · Ruler
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 139

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment cruelty and violence were notorious; he mowed down the root branches of the clan and cut away the royal kin · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 139-141

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 99
• Historian's counterfactual: had he adopted Ji and Liu institutional models and balanced worthy kin, the throne would have been secure against consort-clan usurpation.
  Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 145-149