Overview
The translated histories identify Yu Di as a general, military officer, musician, and official. This record brings together 23 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yu Di | 于頔 | Yu Di |
| Given | Di | 頔 | Di |
| Title | Duke of Yan | 燕國公 | Yan Guo Gong |
| Posthumous | Ferocious / Reflective | 厲 / 思 | |
| Title | Shannan Military Commissioner | 山南節度使 | |
| Surname | Yu | 于 | Yu |
| Personal name | Yu Di | 于頔 | Yu Di |
| Personal name | Yu Di | 于頔 | Yú Dí |
| Personal | Yu Di | 於頔 | Yu Di |
| Courtesy | Yunyuan | 允元 | Yunyuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0106, xintangshu:172:s0002
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0191, xintangshu:175:s0021
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Musician
- Official
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Statement: died disheartenedExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0048
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 貞元十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 798Explicit · xintangshu:172:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 山南東道節度使于頔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 山南節度使于頔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 779 · End: AD 805Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:022:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 憲宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0021
Family
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- Descendant of Yu Jin (于謹)Kinship Term: seventh-generation descendant / 七世孫 · Generation Distance: 7 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Bastard son of Yu Di (孽子)Kinship Term: bastard son / 孽子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Yu Min (于敏)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Yu Fang (于方)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Yu Jiyou (于季友)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Yu Zheng (于正)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Career and standing
- Label: attendant censor / 侍御史 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0003
- Label: Chang'an magistrate / 長安令 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0005
- Label: Chief Minister of Court of Judicial Review / 大理卿 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0012
- Label: director in Bureau of the Imperial Carriage / 駕部郎中 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0005
- Label: Grand Councilor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0031
- Label: Huayin magistrate / 華陰尉 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0003
- Label: Huzhou prefect / 湖州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0006
- Label: military governor of Shannan East Dao / 山南東道節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0191
- Label: Minister of Revenue / 戶部尚書 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0042
- Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0031
- Label: Shannan East military governor / 山南東道節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0016
- Label: Shannan Military Commissioner / 山南節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0106
- Label: Suzhou prefect / 蘇州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0009
- Label: Thousand-Ox guardsman / 千牛 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0003
- Label: Tibetan accounts commissioner / 吐蕃計會使 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0004
- Label: Tutor of Prince of En / 恩王傅 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0039
- Label: Grand Mentor / 太保 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0048
Works and attributed material
- Work: Following Sage Music / 順聖樂 · Relation: authorExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0106
- Work: Sun Wu Following Sage Music / 孫武順聖樂 · Relation: authorExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0106
- Kind: taunt to Wang Wei · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0012
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Action: defeated Wu Shaocheng forces and captured Li Can · Other Person Ids: Wu Shaocheng (吳少誠), Li Can (李璨) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞元十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 798Explicit · xintangshu:172:s0017
- Explicit · xintangshu:172:s0021
- Kind: administrative · Role: presenter · Action: presented very generous giftsExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0191
- Kind: public-works · Action: repaired dikes, dredged canals, and buried exposed bonesExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0007
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: brutal and overbearing · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0011
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0002
References in the histories
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