Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat and Statesman

Yuwen Hu 宇文護

First attested AD 534; died AD 572

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Hu was an aristocrat and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 572 建德元年，晉公護誅
Executed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 327

Attested activity

AD 534 to AD 556 太祖諸子年皆幼沖
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 296
AD 572 建德元年，晉公護誅
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 327
AD 557 晉公護執權
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 265

Family

Kin of Yuwen Tai (太祖)
sons 諸子 · paternal line
Uncertain · Book of Zhou 25, passage 296

Career and standing

Forced to kill himself
AD 557 逼遠令自殺 · Forced suicide · With Li Yuan (李遠)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 284
Killed
AD 557 於是護乃害植 · Execution · With Li Zhi (李植)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 284

Places and affiliations

At distant eastern or western command 東西作鎮 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 296

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Li Yuan (李遠) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 272-273, 277
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 279

Events and relationships

Had the emperor and Zhi confront each other before Yuan
Legal · Authority · With Li Zhi (李植)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 280
Handed Zhi over to Yuan
Legal · Authority · With Li Zhi (李植)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 274
Seized power
AD 557 晉公護執權 · Political · Regent
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 265
Sent out after learning of plot
Political · Authority · With Li Zhi (李植)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 267

Assessments and attributes

Assessment still wished to spare him because fame and merit were long weighty · With Li Yuan (李遠) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 271

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Li Xian; Brother Yuan · 9 passages

及晉公護執權，恐不被任用，乃密欲誅護。 When Duke Yuwen Hu of Jin seized power, fearing he would not be employed, Li Zhi secretly plotted to kill Hu.

謀頗漏泄，護知之，乃出植為梁州刺史。 The plot largely leaked out; Hu learned of it and sent Li Zhi out as governor of Liang Province.

旣至京師，護以遠功名素重，猶欲全宥之。 When he reached the capital, Hu, because Li Yuan's fame and merit had long been weighty, still wished to spare him.

乃引與相見，謂之曰：「公兒遂有異謀，非止屠戮護身，乃是傾危宗社。 He then led him in to meet and said: "Your son indeed had a different plot—not only to kill me but to overturn the state.

詰朝，將植謁護，護謂植已死，乃曰：「陽平公何意乃自來也？」 At dawn the next day he was about to lead Li Zhi to call on Hu; Hu thought Li Zhi was already dead and said: "Duke of Yangping, what intent is this that you have come yourself?"

護大怒曰：「陽平公不信我矣！」 Hu was furious and said: "Duke of Yangping no longer trusts me!"

於是護乃害植，幷逼遠令自殺。 Thereupon Hu killed Li Zhi and also forced Li Yuan to kill himself.

建德元年，晉公護誅，乃詔曰：「故使持節、柱國大將軍、大都督、陽平郡開國公遠，早蒙驅任，夙著勳績，內參帷幄，外屬藩維。 In the first year of Jiande, when Duke of Jin Yuwen Hu was executed, an edict said: "The late bearer of staff, pillar of state and grand general, chief commander, and founding Duke of Yangping Li Yuan, early received missions of trust and long showed merit, inwardly advising in the inner councils and outwardly guarding the frontiers.

時太祖諸子，年皆幼沖，章武公導、中山公護復東西作鎮，唯托意諸婿，以為心膂。 At that time all Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai's sons were still very young; Duke Dao of Zhangwu and Duke Hu of Zhongshan were posted on distant commands east and west; he relied only on his sons-in-law as his inner guard.