Yuwen Hao (宇文顥) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuwen Hao was a Royal Family Member and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Hui	惠	Huì

Life and dates

Death

died in battle 戰歿 · At Southern River of Wuchuan 武川南河
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passages 8-9

Attested activity

AD 561 保定初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 10, passage 10

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress De (德皇后)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 6
Sibling of Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
elder brother 長兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 4
Child of Emperor De (德皇帝)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 10, passages 5-6
Parent of Yuwen Shifen (宇文什肥)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 13
Parent of Yuwen Dao (宇文導)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 13
Parent of Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 13

Kinship Role sons · Count 3
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 13

Career and standing

Grand Preceptor 太師
AD 561 保定初 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 10
Duke of Shao 邵國公
AD 561 保定初 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passages 10-11

Assessments and attributes

Assessment supremely filial · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 7

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 10Volume 10 Biographies 2: Duke Hao of Shaohui; Duke Lian of Qijian; Duke Luosheng of Juzhuang; Duke Zhong of Yuguo · 11 passages

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邵惠公顥子什肥導 Duke Hui of Shao Yuwen Hao; sons Shifen and Yuwen Dao

邵惠公顥，太祖之長兄也。 Duke Hui of Shao Yuwen Hao was the elder brother of Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai.

生顥，次杞簡公連，次莒莊公洛生，次太祖。 She bore Yuwen Hao, then Duke Jian of Qi Yuwen Lian, then Duke Zhuang of Ju Yuwen Luosheng, and finally Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai.

顥性至孝，德皇后崩，哀毀過禮，鄉黨咸敬異焉。 Yuwen Hao was supremely filial; when Empress De died, his mourning went beyond ritual bounds, and all in the neighborhood looked on him with respect and wonder.

德皇帝與衛可孤戰於武川南河，臨陣墜馬，顥與數騎奔救，擊殺數十人，賊衆披靡，德皇帝乃得上馬引去。 When Emperor De fought Wei Kegu at the Southern River of Wuchuan and fell from his horse in the field, Yuwen Hao galloped to his aid with a few riders, cut down dozens of the enemy, put their force to flight, and enabled Emperor De to remount and escape.

俄而賊追騎大至，顥遂戰歿。 Soon the enemy pursuit cavalry came up in strength, and Yuwen Hao fell fighting.

保定初，追贈太師、柱國大將軍、大冢宰、大都督、恆朔等十州諸軍事、恆州刺史。 At the beginning of Baoding (561), Yuwen Hao was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor, pillar-of-state grand general, grand chancellor, chief commander, commander of all military affairs in ten provinces including Heng and Shuo, and governor of Heng Province.

封邵國公，邑萬戶。 He was enfeoffed as Duke of Shao, with a fief of ten thousand households.

諡曰惠。 His posthumous title was Hui (Kind).

顥三子什肥、導、護。 Yuwen Hao had three sons: Shifen, Yuwen Dao, and Yuwen Hu.

什肥年十五而惠公歿，自傷早孤，事母以孝聞。 Shifen was fifteen when Duke Hui died; grieving his early loss, he served his mother with a filial devotion that became renowned.