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Overview Yuwen Guang was a Royal Family Member and Administrator.
Identity Historical · Male
Other names Type English Chinese Pinyin
Courtesy name
Qiangui
乾歸
Qiánguī
Life and dates Death died from grief-induced illness 以毀薨 Attested activity Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations Northern Zhou 北周
Relation Served
At Longxi 隴西 · Relation Buried atAssessments and attributes Assessment filial and kind · Mode historian-judgmentAssessment followed ritual propriety; court and countryside praised him · Mode historian-judgmentReferences in the histories
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 10 Volume 10 Biographies 2: Duke Hao of Shaohui; Duke Lian of Qijian; Duke Luosheng of Juzhuang; Duke Zhong of Yuguo · 14 passages
什肥子胄 導子廣 亮 翼 椿 衆 杞簡公連 莒莊公洛生 子菩提 虞國公仲 子興
Shifen's son Yuwen Zhou; Yuwen Dao's sons Guang, Liang, Yi, Chun, and Zhong; Duke Jian of Qi Yuwen Lian; Duke Zhuang of Ju Yuwen Luosheng; son Puti; Duke Zhong of Yuguo Yuwen Zhong; son Xing
導五子，廣、亮、翼、椿、眾。
Yuwen Dao had five sons: Guang, Liang, Yi, Chun, and Zhong.
廣字乾歸。
Yuwen Guang, style name Qiangui.
武成初，進位大將軍，遷梁州總管，進封蔡國公，增邑萬戶。
In the early Wucheng era (559), he was advanced to grand general, transferred to governor-general of Liang Province, advanced to Duke of Cai, and his fief was increased by ten thousand households.
廣性明察，善綏撫，民庶畏而悅之。
Yuwen Guang was clear-sighted and skilled at comforting and governing; the people revered and delighted in him.
時晉公護諸子及廣弟杞國公亮等，服玩侈靡，踰越制度，廣獨率由禮則，又折節待士，朝野以是稱焉。
At the time the sons of Duke of Jin Yuwen Hu and Guang's younger brother Duke of Qi Yuwen Liang and others were extravagant in dress and luxuries beyond regulations; Guang alone followed ritual propriety, humbled himself to treat scholars, and court and countryside praised him for it.
廣以晉公護久擅威權，勸令挹損，護不能納。
Because Duke of Jin Yuwen Hu had long monopolized authority, Guang urged him to restrain himself; Hu would not heed him.
及孝公追封豳國公，詔廣襲爵。
When Duke Xiao was posthumously enfeoffed as Duke of Bin, an edict summoned Yuwen Guang to inherit the title.
初，廣母李氏以廣患彌年，憂而成疾，因此致沒。
At first, Yuwen Guang's mother Lady Li, because Guang's illness had lasted years, worried herself into sickness and thereby died.
廣旣居喪，更加綿篤，乃以毀薨。
Yuwen Guang having entered mourning, his illness grew still worse, and he died from grief-induced destruction.
世稱母為廣病，廣為母亡，慈孝之道，極於一門。
The age said the mother died of Guang's illness and Guang died for his mother—filial piety and kindness reached their utmost in one clan.
竊惟故豳國公臣廣，懿親令望，具瞻攸在，道冠羣后，功懋維城。
We venture to consider the late Yuwen Guang, Duke of Bin: an excellent kinsman of fine reputation, the focus of all eyes, whose conduct surpassed the feudal lords and whose merit fortified the realm.
豳國公廣藩屏令望，宗室表儀，言著身文，行成士則。
Yuwen Guang, Duke of Bin, screen of the realm and excellent reputation, model of the imperial clan, words manifest in conduct, conduct forms a gentleman's standard.
豳國公薨，以亮為秦州總管，廣之所部，悉以配焉。
When Yuwen Guang, Duke of Bin, died, Yuwen Liang was made governor-general of Qin Province, and all troops formerly under Guang were assigned to him.