Overview
Shiwen was an official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 581 to AD 618 運屬欽明Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 74, passage 298
Places and affiliations
- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Sui 74, passage 298
Works and attributed material
- Historian remark · Subject · Paraphrased · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 298-301
Events and relationships
- Relation Grouped with · Person Wang Wentong (王文同)Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 298
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment lived in an age of enlightened rule without fierce villains; ignorant of moral power and truly harbored cruelty; flayed flesh as wood and stone; valued life less than straw dogs; persisted in wickedness without repentance and came to ruin · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 298-300
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 298
References in the histories
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