Sui and Tang · Daoist

Yu Zhi 虞芝

Attested AD 859

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Zhi was a Daoist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 859 懿宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 35

Career and standing

alchemist 方士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 35
Executed
AD 859 懿宗立 · Capital punishment · Authority Emperor Yizong (懿宗)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 35

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 35

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 1 passage

懿宗立，收玄伯及方士王嶽、虞芝等，俱誅死。 When Yizong came to the throne, Xuanbo and the alchemists Wang Yue and Yu Zhi were arrested and all put to death.