Yuwen Chan (宇文闡) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuwen Chan as a ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yuwen Chan	宇文闡	Yuwen Chan
Posthumous name	Emperor Jing	靜帝	Jingdi
Personal name	Yuwen Chan	宇文闡	Yuwen Chan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:009:s0001

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大象元年二月 · Western Year: AD 579
Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0210
Source Date: Text: 宣帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0070

Family

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Spouse of Sima Lingji (司馬令姬)
Kinship Term: taken as empress / 納為皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象元年七月 · Western Year: AD 579
Child of Yuwen Yun (宇文贇)
Kinship Term: bore Emperor Jing / 生靜帝 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Zhu Manyue (朱滿月)
Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 9 passages

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宣帝崩，靜帝尊為太皇太后。 When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as grand empress dowager.

宣帝崩，靜帝尊為太帝太后。 When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as Grand Imperial Empress Dowager.

帝崩，靜帝尊後為皇太后，居弘聖宮。 When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as empress dowager, and she resided at Hongsheng Palace.

帝年少，召而幸之，遂生靜帝。 The emperor was young; he summoned and favored her, and she bore Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan.

以靜帝故，特尊崇之，班亞楊皇后焉。 Because of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan, she was specially honored and ranked just below Empress Yang.

宣帝崩，靜帝尊為帝太 When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as Imperial

靜帝司馬皇后名令姬，柱國、滎陽公消難之女。 Empress Sima, consort of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan, was named Lingji, daughter of Pillar of State and Duke of Xingyang Xiaonan.

大象元年二月，宣帝傳位於帝，七月，為帝納為皇后。 Second month of the first year of Daxiang, Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun transferred the throne to Emperor Jing; seventh month, she was taken in marriage for the emperor as empress.