Sui and Tang · Consort and Empress

Yuchi Chifan 尉遲熾繁

Died AD 595

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuchi Chifan as a consort and nun. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Zhou

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuchi Chifan 尉遲熾繁 Yuchi Chifan
Personal name Chifan 熾繁 Chifan
Title Empress Yuchi 尉遲皇后 Yuchi huanghou
Religious name Huashou 華首 Huashou
Surname Yuchi 尉遲 Yuchi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Nun

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隋開皇十五年 · Western Year: AD 595 · Age: Value: 30
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0149

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大象二年三月 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0144
  • Source Date: Text: 隋開皇十五年 · Western Year: AD 595
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0149

Family

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  • Spouse of Yuwen Yun (宇文贇)
    Kinship Term: installed as / 立為 · Union Category: marriage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年三月 · Western Year: AD 580
  • Descendant of Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥)
    Kinship Term: granddaughter / 孫女 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Father of Yuchi Chifan
    Kinship Term: granddaughter / 孫女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Spouse of Yuwen Wen (宇文溫)
    Kinship Term: married / 適 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended

Career and standing

  • Status: nun · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0148

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 6 passages
文帝元皇后 文宣叱奴皇后 孝閔帝元皇后 明帝獨孤皇后 武帝阿史那皇后 武帝李皇后 宣帝楊皇后 宣帝朱皇后 宣帝陳皇后 宣帝元皇后 宣帝尉遲皇后 靜帝司馬皇后 Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Chinu, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Min Yuwen Jue; Empress Dugu, consort of Emperor Ming Yuwen Yu; Empress Ashina, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Li, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Yang, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Zhu, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Chen, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuchi, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Sima, consort of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan