Yu Wenbi (宇文弼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yu Wenbi was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Gongfu	公輔	Gongfu

Life and dates

Death

AD 604 to AD 618 竟坐誅死，時年六十二
Execution · Age 62
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 207

Age

Years 62 · Reckoning Sui · At death
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 207

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 618 ○宇文弼
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 154
AD 583 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 188
AD 557 to AD 581 仕周為禮部上士
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 158
AD 598 十八年，遼東之役
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 199
AD 581 to AD 618 史臣曰
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 293
AD 578 宣帝嗣位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 173-174

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AD 588 to AD 589 平陳之役
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 190-191
AD 576 建德五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 169-170
AD 604 煬帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 201
AD 581 開皇初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 186
AD 604 to AD 618 竟坐誅死，時年六十二
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 207

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhen (珍)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 157
Parent of Jian (儉)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 209
Parent of Yuan (瑗)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 209
Child of Zhiliguan (直力覲)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 156

Origins and identity

His ancestors shared a common origin with the house of Zhou
Polity Zhou 周
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 155

Career and standing

administering director to the prince of Han's headquarters 元帥漢王府司馬
AD 598 十八年，遼東之役 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 199
right vice director of the secretariat 尚書右丞
AD 581 開皇初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 186
chief administrator of Bingzhou 并州長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 197
governor of Huang prefecture 黃州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 185
governor of Kuai prefecture 澮州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 182
governor of Quan prefecture 泉州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 202

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minister of punishments 刑部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 192
registrar to the governor-general of Si prefecture 司州總管司錄
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 172
Senior Yitong 上儀同
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 172
vice minister of the imperial stud 太僕少卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 189
campaign commander 行軍總管
AD 598 十八年 · Concurrent
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 199
campaign administering director 行軍司馬
AD 583 三年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 188
campaign commander holding credentials as coordinator of the armies 持節為諸軍節度，仍領行軍總管
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 190
leader of the crown prince's guard of honored attendants 太子虞候率
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 192
senior officer in the ministry of rites 禮部上士
Held · Polity Northern Zhou 周
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 158
supervising general 監軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 174
junior clerk of personnel 少吏部
Promoted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 161
minister of punishments 刑部尚書
Reappointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 203
governor-general of Shuo, Dai, and Wu prefectures 朔、代、吳三州總管
Successively held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 200
minister of punishments 刑部尚書
AD 604 煬帝即位 · Summoned
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 201
left guardian of the ancestral temple 左守廟大夫
AD 578 宣帝嗣位 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 173
governor of South Ding prefecture 南定州刺史
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 185
governor of South Si prefecture 南司州刺史
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 182
left vice director of the secretariat 尚書左丞
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 188
minister of rites 禮部尚書
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 203
senior officer of the imperial secretariat 內史都上士
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 162
vice minister of personnel 吏部侍郎
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 189
duke of Pingchang county 平昌縣公
AD 581 開皇初 · Enfeoffed · Fief Increase Households: 1200
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 186
duke of Wuwei county 武威縣公
Enfeoffed · Fief Households: 1500
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 172
duke of Anle county 安樂縣公
Re enfeoffed · Fief Increase Households: 600
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 181
Kaifu 開府
Added
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 192
Edict recalled him
Recall to service
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 198
Left office to mourn his father
Mourning leave · With Zhen (珍)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 198
Executed
Execution · Age 62 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 207

Places and affiliations

AD 581 開皇初
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 186
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 158
At Luoyang in Henan 河南洛陽
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 155

Works and attributed material

prose and fu writings of over 200,000 words 辭賦二十餘萬言
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 208
Five Rites 五禮
Relation Compiler · Revised and presented
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 160
Notes on the Classic of Filial Piety 孝經注
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 208
Notes on the Documents 尚書注
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 208
Speech · Speaker · With Gao Jiong (高熲) · Direct quotation · Units s0205, s0206
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 205-206
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · Direct quotation · Units s0163, s0164, s0165, s0166, s0167
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 163-167

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Speech · Speaker · With Hou Mo Chen Chang (侯莫陳昶) · Direct quotation · Units s0175, s0176, s0177, s0178, s0179
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 175-179

Events and relationships

Advanced a plan against attacking Heyang and for striking the Fen bend
Military · Adviser · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · At Heyang 河陽
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 163, 166, 168
Debated with the doctors; words clear and far reaching
Scholarly · Debater
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 193
Followed the emperor in pacifying Qi
Military · Officer · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 172
Fought Fan Yi at the Zhang River mouth from dawn till noon; three battles, three victories; 3000 captives
Military · Commander · With Fan Yi (樊毅) · At mouth of the Zhang River 漳口
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 184
Gave chase but failed to overtake Sima Xiaonan
Military · Pursuer · With Sima Xiaonan (司馬消難)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 183
Had a share in the planning of Liu Ren'en's defeat of Lü Zhongsu
Military · Planner · With Liu Ren'en (劉仁恩)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 191

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Held credentials and pacified the western Qiang; established Yanzhe and Puchang commanderies
Diplomatic · Envoy · At Yanzhe and Puchang 鹽澤、蒲昌
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 187
Held credentials to inspect Hebei
Inspection · Inspector · At Hebei 河北
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 201
Led troops with Liang Shiyan to capture Shouyang
Military · Commander · With Liang Shiyan (梁士彥) · At Shouyang 壽陽
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 181
Promoted eight men to county magistrate who achieved unusual success
Personnel · Selector
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 161
Received three wounds yet fought on without ceasing
Military · Soldier
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 171
Recruited several hundred bold young men of the three adjuncts as a separate detachment and followed the emperor in capturing Jin prefecture
AD 576 建德五年 · Military · Commander · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · At Jin prefecture 晉州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 170
Served as envoy
Diplomatic · Envoy · At state of Dengzhi and the Qiang of Heishui and Longge 鄧至國及黑水、龍涸諸羌 · Outcome More than thirty tribes submitted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 159

Assessments and attributes

Assessment a knower of men · Mode named-source-report Source Work the age 時
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 161
Assessment all under Heaven considered the execution unjust · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 207
Assessment generous and possessed of great integrity; broadly learned and widely versed · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 158
Assessment good beginning, failed to keep a fine ending · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 294
Assessment in office stern-faced; the hundred officials feared him · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 188
Assessment reputation was universally acknowledged · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 293

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Assessment talent and capacity renowned; reputation very weighty; public discussion often praised him · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 204
Assessment winning a name for competence at each post · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 200
Item fifteen hundred bolts of goods, a hundred fifty slaves and maidservants, and more than a thousand horses, cattle, and sheep 物千五百段，奴婢百五十口，馬牛羊千餘頭 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 172
Item rewards distributed according to rank 頒賜各有差 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 195
Item six hundred bolts of goods, with dependents and horses added 物六百段，加以口馬 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 181
Item twelve qing of public fields and a hundred shi of grain 公田十二頃，粟百石 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 160