Yuwen Da (宇文達) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuwen Da was a Duke of Dai; imperial younger brother.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Dujintu	度斤突	Dujintu
Posthumous name	the Proud	奰

Life and dates

Death

AD 580 其年冬
Cause Killed · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243

Attested activity

AD 574 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 234
AD 580 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passages 242-243
AD 580 大象二年七月庚子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 8, passage 31
AD 580 大象二年六月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 8, passages 12, 16
AD 580 大象二年十二月辛未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 8, passage 113
AD 579 大象元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 239

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AD 566 天和元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 222
AD 578 宣帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 238
AD 572 建德初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 223
AD 559 武成初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 221
AD 560 辛未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 4, passage 131

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Feng (馮氏)
bestowed consort 賜 · Concubinage
bestowed upon 賜 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 237
Parent of Yuwen Zhi (宇文執)
heir 世子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243
Child of Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
imperial younger brother 皇弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 4, passages 1, 131
Sibling of Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝)
imperial younger brother 皇弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 131
Sibling of Yuwen Zhuan (宇文轉)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243

Key source chapters

Career and standing

senior pillar-of-state 上柱國
AD 578 宣帝即位 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 238
pillar-of-state 柱國
AD 572 建德初 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 223
grand right assistant 大右弼
AD 579 大象元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 239
grand general 大將軍
AD 566 天和元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 222
left guard commander 左宗衞
AD 566 天和元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 222
right palace elder 右宮伯
AD 566 天和元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 222

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commander-in-chief of Jing-Huai fourteen provinces and ten defenses 荊淮等十四州十防諸軍事
AD 572 建德初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 223
governor of Jing Province 荊州刺史
AD 572 建德初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 223
commander-in-chief of Yizhou 益州總管
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 235
right first army commander-in-chief 右一軍總管
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 236
prince 王
AD 574 三年 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 234
Prince of Dai 代
AD 579 其年 · At Shangdang commandery in Luzhou 潞州上黨郡 · Households 10000 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 240
Duke of Dai 代國公
AD 559 武成初 · Households 10000 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 221
Duke of Dai 代國公
AD 560 辛未 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 131
達代國公
AD 560 辛未 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 131
exemption from hurrying at court; sword and shoes in audience 入朝不趨，劍履上殿
AD 580 大象二年七月庚子 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passage 31
Prince of Dai 代王
AD 574 三年 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 234
Duke of Dai 代國公
AD 559 武成初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 221
Suffered
AD 580 其年冬 · Fief abolished
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243
Executed
AD 580 大象二年十二月辛未 · Executed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passage 113

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 219, 221
At Jing Province 荊州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 223-224
At Yizhou 益州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 235

Learning and skills

Skill horsemanship and archery 騎射 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 220

Works and attributed material

Edict · Addressee · With Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 224
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 228
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 233

Events and relationships

Attended court
AD 580 二年 · Political · Subject · At capital 京
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 242
Came to court
AD 580 大象二年六月 · Political · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passages 12, 16
Eastern campaign
Military · Commander · With Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 236
Investigated corruption
Legal · Judge · With Cai Ze (蔡澤)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 225-229
Killed
AD 580 其年冬 · Political · Victim · With Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243
Plotted to seize power
AD 580 大象二年十二月辛未 · Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passage 113

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Took up fief
AD 579 大象元年 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 241
Relation Killed by · Person Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 243
Relation Supervisor of · Person Cai Ze (蔡澤)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 225
Relation Praised by · Person Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 224

Assessments and attributes

Assessment did not indulge in music and beauty · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 237
Assessment had administrative achievements in the province · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 224
Assessment handled affairs with thorough caution · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 230
Assessment loved frugality; simple meals; few serving women in plain silk; no accumulated property · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 231-232
resolute and decisive, skilled in horsemanship and archery
Character
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 220
AD 577 齊平
Item Lady Feng as bestowed consort 馮氏 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 237