Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat and General

Yuchi Dun 尉遲惇

Attested AD 580

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuchi Dun as an aristocrat, general, and rebel. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuchi Dun 尉遲惇 Yuchi Dun
Title Duke of Wei'an 魏安公
Personal Dun Dun
Descriptive kinship Son of Yuchi Jiong 迥子
Surname Yuchi 尉遲

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0058

Family

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  • Child of Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥)
    Kinship Term: Jiong's son / 迥子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated at Qin River · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0078, zhoushu:021:s0082
  • Kind: military · Role: captured · Action: pursued and captured · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0096

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan · 7 passages