Sui and Tang · Son of Yu Di

Yu Jiyou 于季友

Attested c. AD 805 - AD 824

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yu Jiyou was a Son of Yu Di.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 813 八年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 51
c. AD 805 憲宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 40
AD 821 to AD 824 穆宗
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 69

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yu Di (於頔)
son 子
son 男
his son 其子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 40; Old Book of Tang 160, passages 51, 69
Spouse of Princess Yongchang (永昌公主)
married princess 尚公主 · Marriage
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 51

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Imperial Son-in-Law Commandant 駙馬都尉
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 51
Vice Director of the Palace Domestic Service 殿中少監
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 57
Entered
AD 813 八年春 · Ranks stripped
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 57

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 51

Events and relationships

Appealed posthumous name while hunting
Ritual · Petitioner · With Emperor Muzong (穆宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 69
Awaited punishment at Jianfu Gate
Legal · Accompanying son
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 51

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 40

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 3 passages

頔率其男贊善大夫正、駙馬都尉季友，素服單騎，將赴闕下，待罪於建福門。 Di led his sons Zheng and Jiyou, the imperial son-in-law, in plain dress on horseback to the palace to await punishment at the Jianfu Gate.

殿中少監、駙馬都尉季友，追奪兩任官階，令其家循省。 Jiyou, Vice Director of the Palace Service and imperial son-in-law, had two ranks stripped and was ordered to reflect on his household's conduct.

其子季友從獵苑中，訴於穆宗，賜謚曰「思」。 His son Jiyou, while hunting in the imperial park, appealed to Emperor Muzong, who changed the posthumous name to Si, "Reflective."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 3 passages

次子季友奪二官，正及方免官。 His second son Jiyou lost two ranks; Zheng and Fang were removed from office.

又坐季友居喪荒宴，削金紫光祿大夫。 He was also stripped of his Golden Purple Radiance Grand Master rank because Jiyou held riotous feasts while in mourning.

季友尚憲宗永昌公主，拜駙馬都尉。 Jiyou married Xianzong's Princess Yongchang and was appointed Commandant of the Imperial Sons-in-Law.