Overview
The translated histories identify Yuwen Hu as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 26 passages from 10 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yuwen Hu | 宇文護 | Yuwen Hu |
| Title | Duke of Jin | 晉公 | Jin gong |
| Title | Duke of Jin | 晉國公 | Jin guo gong |
| Title | Duke of Jin | 晉公 | |
| Title | Duke of Jin Hu | 晉公護 | |
| Title | Grand Minister of State | 大冢宰 | |
| Given | Hu | 護 | Hu |
| Personal | Hu | 護 | Hu |
| Surname | Yuwen | 宇文 | |
| Personal name | Yuwen Hu | 宇文護 | Yuwen Hu |
| Personal name | Yuwen Hu | 宇文護 | |
| Title | Zhou's chief minister | 周冢宰 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0090, suishu:054:s0095, suishu:054:s0149, suishu:079:s0037, zhoushu:009:s0001, zhoushu:023:s0376
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Royal Family Member
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0171
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 二年春正月乙未 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 信為宇文護所誅 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0037, suishu:079:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 周冢宰執政 · Western Interval: Start: AD 560 · End: AD 572Explicit · chenshu:029:s0090
- Source Date: Text: 周大塚宰宇文護 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 572Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 大塚宰宇文護 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Strongly inferred · suishu:054:s0095
- Source Date: Text: 大塚宰宇文護引為中外兵曹 (context, cf. part-a s0095) · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit · suishu:054:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 宇文護執政 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit · suishu:052:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:023:s0376, zhoushu:023:s0377
- Source Date: Text: 晉公護 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0150, zhoushu:046:s0172
- Source Date: Text: 晉公護東討 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 晉公護聞可孝行 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 572Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0172, zhoushu:046:s0177
- Source Date: Text: 武成元年春正月己酉 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0194
- Source Date: Text: 秋九月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0009, zhoushu:004:s0010
Family
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- Child of Yuwen Xun (宇文訓)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Inverse: true · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Princess Xinxing (新興公主)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
- Child of Lady Yan (閻氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
- Parent of Yuwen Xun (宇文訓)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Grand Tutor / 太師 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年春正月乙未 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0024
- Label: governor-general of Yong Province / 雍州牧 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏四月己巳 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0042
- Label: Grand Steward of the Tomb / 大塚宰 · Action: held · Polity: Zhou / 周Explicit · suishu:054:s0095, suishu:054:s0169
Events and relationships
- Explicit · suishu:052:s0125
- Kind: administrative · Role: authority · Action: ordered-subordinate-to-accompany · Other Person Id: Yuwen Xun (宇文訓) · With Person Id: Li Che (李徹)Explicit · suishu:054:s0171
- Explicit · suishu:054:s0169
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: returned-government · Other Person Id: Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武成元年春正月己酉 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0194
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: sent-envoys-to-welcome · Other Person Id: Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秋九月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0009
- Kind: patronage · Role: patron · Action: supported-widow-and-children · Other Person Id: Jing Ke (荊可)Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0177
- Relation: regent-of · Person Id: Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: treated Li Che with great courtesy because Che was careful, honest, and talented · Provenance: Mode: narrator-reportExplicit · suishu:054:s0170
References in the histories
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