Overview
The translated histories identify Yu Shiji as an official, scholar, statesman, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yu Shiji | 虞世基 | Yu Shiji |
| Personal name | Yu Shiji | 虞世基 | Yu Shiji |
| Personal | Yu Shiji | 虞世基 | Yú Shìjī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beishi:088:s0174, suishu:077:s0157
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:005:s0037
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:059:s0265
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年三月丙辰 · Western Year: AD 618 · Manner: killed · Authority Person Id: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)Explicit · suishu:005:s0037
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 二年三月丙辰 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:005:s0036, suishu:005:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 大業二年 · Western Year: AD 606Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0265
- Source Date: Text: 大業五年 · Western Year: AD 609Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 更令虞世基、許善心 · Western Year: AD 609Explicit · beishi:088:s0174
Career and standing
- Label: Palace Secretary / 內史侍郎 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:005:s0037
- Label: Vice Director of the Palace Secretariat / 內史侍郎 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:059:s0265
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0265
Works and attributed material
- Work: Geographic Records (expanded) / 區宇圖志 · Relation: compilerExplicit · suishu:077:s0157
- Kind: lamentation for a funerary book · Role: author · Other Person Id: Yang Zhao (楊昭) · Provenance: Mode: commissioned-document · Speaker Person Id: Yu Shiji (虞世基)Explicit · suishu:059:s0265, suishu:059:s0029, suishu:059:s0030, suishu:059:s0031, suishu:059:s0032, suishu:059:s0033, suishu:059:s0034, suishu:059:s0035, suishu:059:s0036, suishu:059:s0037, suishu:059:s0038, suishu:059:s0039, suishu:059:s0040, suishu:059:s0041, suishu:059:s0042, suishu:059:s0043, suishu:059:s0044, suishu:059:s0045, suishu:059:s0046, suishu:059:s0047, suishu:059:s0048, suishu:059:s0049, suishu:059:s0050, suishu:059:s0051, suishu:059:s0052, suishu:059:s0053, suishu:059:s0054, suishu:059:s0055, suishu:059:s0056, suishu:059:s0057, suishu:059:s0058, suishu:059:s0059, suishu:059:s0060, suishu:059:s0061, suishu:059:s0062, suishu:059:s0063, suishu:059:s0064, suishu:059:s0065, suishu:059:s0066, suishu:059:s0067, suishu:059:s0068, suishu:059:s0069, suishu:059:s0070, suishu:059:s0071, suishu:059:s0072, suishu:059:s0073, suishu:059:s0074, suishu:059:s0075, suishu:059:s0076, suishu:059:s0077, suishu:059:s0078, suishu:059:s0079, suishu:059:s0080, suishu:059:s0081, suishu:059:s0082, suishu:059:s0083, suishu:059:s0084, suishu:059:s0085, suishu:059:s0086, suishu:059:s0087, suishu:059:s0088, suishu:059:s0089, suishu:059:s0090, suishu:059:s0091, suishu:059:s0092
References in the histories
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