Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Rebel

Tang Yuzhi 唐宇之

First attested AD 485; died AD 486

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tang Yuzhi was a rebel.

Life and dates

Death

AD 486 禽斬宇之
Beheaded
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passage 167

Attested activity

AD 485 to AD 486 永明三年冬至被斬
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passages 142, 167

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Grandfather of Tang Yuzhi
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passage 140
Child of Father of Tang Yuzhi
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passage 140
Sibling of Tang Shaozhi (唐紹之)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passage 154

Events and relationships

AD 485 to AD 486 永明三至四年
Rebellion · Leader
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 44, passages 142, 167

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 25: Xu Xiaosi, Shen Wenji · 12 passages

富陽人唐宇之僑居桐廬，父祖相傳圖墓爲業。 Tang Yuzhi of Fuyang had settled in Tonglu; his father and grandfather had handed down tomb geomancy as their trade.

宇之自云其家墓有王氣，山中得金印，轉相誑惑。 Yuzhi claimed that his family tomb bore imperial aura, that he had found a gold seal in the mountains, and he deceived others in turn.

三年冬，宇之聚黨四百人，於新城水斷商旅，黨與分布近縣。 In the winter of the third year Yuzhi gathered four hundred followers, cut off travelers on the waters at Xincheng, and distributed his partisans through nearby counties.

宇之向富陽，抄略人民，縣令何洵告魚浦子邏主從係公，發魚浦村男丁防縣。 Yuzhi advanced on Fuyang, plundering the populace; Magistrate He Xun informed the patrol chief of Yupu, Zigong, and mobilized the village men of Yupu to defend the county.

宇之遂陷富陽。 Yuzhi then captured Fuyang.

宇之至錢塘，錢塘令劉彪、戍主聶僧貴遣隊主張玕於小山拒之，力不敵，戰敗。 When Yuzhi reached Qiantang, Magistrate Liu Biao and garrison chief Nie Sengui sent squad chief Zhang Gan to hold the Little Hill against him; they were outmatched and defeated in battle.

宇之進抑浦登岸，焚郭邑，彪弃縣走。 Yuzhi pressed the ford, went ashore, burned the outer wards of the city, and Biao abandoned the county and fled.

是春，宇之於錢塘僭號，置太子，以新城戍爲天子宮，縣廨爲太子宮。 That spring Yuzhi at Qiantang usurped an imperial title, installed a crown prince, made the Xincheng garrison the Son of Heaven's palace, and the county offices the crown prince's palace.

獻鋌數千口爲宇之作仗，加領尚方令。 He presented several thousand iron ingots to forge arms for Yuzhi and was additionally appointed Director of the Imperial Workshops.

又遣偽會稽太守孫泓取山陰，時會稽太守王敬則朝正，故宇之謂乘虛可襲。 They also sent the false Kuaiji Administrator Sun Hong to take Shanyin; as the Administrator Wang Jingze was at court for the new year audience, Yuzhi judged that the moment could be seized.

上在樂遊苑，聞宇之賊，謂豫章王嶷曰：「宋明初，九州同反，鼠輩但作，看蕭公雷汝頭。」 The emperor was in the Leyou Park; hearing of Yuzhi's rebels he told Prince Yuzhang Yi, "At the beginning of Emperor Ming of Song the nine provinces rebelled together—such vermin merely stir; watch how Lord Xiao will thunder at your heads."

官軍至錢塘，一戰便散，禽斬宇之，進兵平諸郡縣。 When government troops reached Qiantang, a single battle scattered the rebels; Yuzhi was captured and beheaded, and the army advanced to pacify the commanderies and counties.