Yanzong 延宗

Other names

Family

• Kin of Houzhu (後主)
  elder brother 阿兄
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 157
• Descendant of Gaozu (高祖)
  Gaozu 高祖
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 163

Career and standing

• Chancellor 相國
  AD 577 十二月十三日晡時 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 156, 204
• Governor of Bing Province 并州刺史
  AD 577 十二月十三日晡時 · Appointed · At Bing Province 并州
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 156, 204
• overall command of military affairs west of the mountains 總山西兵事
  AD 577 十二月十三日晡時 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 156
• Prince of Ande 安德
  Held
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 171
• Captured
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Captive
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 195
• confiscation of more than a thousand inner attendants' households 籍沒內參千餘家
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Confiscated
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 170

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 162, 165
• Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 151, 156
• AD 577 十二月十三日晡時
  At Bing Province 并州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 156, 204
• AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年
  At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Defended
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 176-177

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝) · Direct quotation · Extent s0197
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 197
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝) · Direct quotation · Extent s0207, s0208
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 207-208
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Houzhu (後主) · Direct quotation · Extent s0154
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 154
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Houzhu (後主) · Direct quotation · Extent s0158
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 158
• Edict · Author · Direct quotation · Extent s0162, s0163, s0164, s0165
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 162-165

Events and relationships

• Charged twice into Zhou army
  AD 576 平陽之役 · Military · Commander
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 152
• Could not restore order after troops drank
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 189
• Counterattack at gate with Jingxian
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Commander · With Moduolou Jingxian (莫多婁敬顯) · At Jinyang 晉陽
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 184
• Emptied treasury and palace women to reward troops
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Reward · Giver
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 170
• Faced Zhou Prince of Qi at north wall
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Commander · With Prince Xian of Qi (齊王憲) · At Jinyang north wall 城北
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 178
• Fought until strength failed fled north captured in commoner house
  AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Commander · At north of the city 城北
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 195

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment people laughed at his posture until he blazed into action · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 168
• full and sturdy of build; seated he leaned back, lying down he sprawled
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 168
• strength beyond compare; charging through battle lines swift and fierce as flight
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 169
• AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年
  Item cap and robes 衣帽 · Relation Restored
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 200
• Item great spear 大矟 · Relation Wielded
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 178

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 151