Five Dynasties · Aristocrat

Yuwen 欲穩

Yùwěn

Attested AD 916 - AD 916

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuwen as an aristocrat, family member, official, and tribal leader. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuwen 欲穩 Yùwěn
Descriptive kinship Elder brother of Empress Chunqin 淳欽皇后兄欲穩
Personal name Yiwen 欲穩

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Official
  • Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 916-926 · Western Year: AD 916
    Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0105
  • Source Date: Text: 太祖平薊 · Western Year: AD 916
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0102

Family

Career and standing

  • Office: 叠烈部夷離堇 / yilijin of the Dielie Division · Western Year: AD 916 · Source Date: Text: Taizu reign
    Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0105

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ancestral-service · Action: Assisted Taizu with merit and became yilijin of the Dielie Division.
    Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0105

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 98Volume 98 Biographies 28: Xiao Wuna, Yelu Yan, Liu Shen, Yelu Hulu · 1 passage