Sui and Tang · Sui Official and Writer

Yu Shiji 虞世基

First attested AD 560; died AD 618

Passages: 7
Chapters: 6
Histories: 3

Overview

Yu Shiji was a Sui Official and Writer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 618 二年三月丙辰
Killed · Authority Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passage 37

Attested activity

AD 618 二年三月丙辰
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passages 36-37
AD 606 大業二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 265
AD 609 大業五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 77, passage 157
AD 605 大業初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 244
AD 560 to AD 561 天嘉前後
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 106
AD 609 更令虞世基、許善心
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 174

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AD 581 to AD 600 開皇之時
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 240

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yu Li (虞荔)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 106
Sibling of Yu Shinan (虞世南)
sons 子 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 106

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Palace Secretary 內史侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passage 37
Secretariat Aide 內史舍人
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 240
Secretariat Vice Director 內史侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 244
Vice Director of the Palace Secretariat 內史侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 265

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 265
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 240, 244

Works and attributed material

Geographic Records (expanded) 區宇圖志
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Sui 77, passage 157
AD 605 大業初
Memorial · Author · With Yao Silian (姚思廉)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 244
Lamentation for a funerary book · Author · With Yang Zhao, Prince of Jin (晉王昭) · Mode commissioned-document Speaker Yu Shiji (虞世基)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 29-92, 265

Events and relationships

Demanded draft
AD 581 to AD 600 開皇之時 · Administrative · Envoy · With Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 240

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 240

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 1 passage

帝不善之，更令虞世基、許善心演為六百卷。 The emperor was displeased with it and ordered Yu Shiji and Xu Shanxin to expand it into six hundred volumes.

Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 1 passage

子世基、世南，並少知名。 His sons Shiji and Shinan were both known in youth.

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 2 passages

察所撰梁、陳史雖未畢功，隋文帝開皇之時，遣內史舍人虞世基索本，且進上，今在內殿。 Though Cha's Liang and Chen histories were unfinished, in Sui Wendi's Kaihuang era the court sent secretariat aide Yu Shiji to demand the draft and receive it; it is now in the inner palace.

大業初，內史侍郎虞世基奏思廉踵成梁、陳二代史，自爾以來，稍就補續。 At the opening of Daye, secretariat vice director Yu Shiji memorialized that Silian should follow and complete the Liang and Chen histories; from then the work was gradually supplemented.

Book of Sui, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Gong · 1 passage

齊王暕，趙王杲，燕王倓，光祿大夫、開府儀同三司、行右翊衞大將軍宇文協，金紫光祿大夫、內史侍郎虞世基，銀青光祿大夫、御史大夫裴蘊，通議大夫、行給事郎許善心，皆遇害。 Prince of Qi Yang Jian, Prince of Zhao Yang Gao, Prince of Yan Yang Dan, Yuwen Xie (Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and acting General-in-Chief of the Right Wing Guard), Yu Shiji (Palace Secretary), Pei Yun (Censor-in-Chief), and Xu Shanxin (Acting Recorder)—all were killed.

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 1 passage

詔內史侍郎虞世基為哀冊文曰：:維大業二年七月癸丑朔二十三日，皇太子薨于行宮。 An edict directed Vice Director of the Palace Secretariat Yu Shiji to compose the lamentation text for the funerary book. It read: In the second year of Daye, on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, on the first day of the guichou cycle, the crown prince died at the traveling palace.

Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage

帝不善之，更令虞世基、許善心衍為六百卷。 The emperor was dissatisfied with it and had Yu Shiji and Xu Shanxin expand it to six hundred volumes.