Overview
Yuwen Hu was a Royal Family Member and Statesman.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Zhou
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 556 太祖初崩Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 310, 312
- AD 557 革魏興周Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
Family
- Kin of Yuwen Tai (宇文泰)foster son 猶子 · Foster parentageDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 310, 312
Career and standing
- grand minister 冢宰HeldDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 317
- Duke of Jin 晉公HeldDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
Places and affiliations
- AD 557 革魏興周Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Founded and servedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
- AD 557 革魏興周Polity Western Wei 魏 · Relation OverthrewDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
Events and relationships
- Deposition and murder of Emperor XiaominDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 317
- Pacified house and realm, cut down opposition, overthrew Wei and raised Zhou, won peace far and nearPolitical · RegentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
- Relation Regent of · Person Emperor Xiaomin (閔皇) · received the charge of the mandate for the child heirDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment achievements already plain; faults not yet revealed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 313
- Assessment disloyal ambition without a lord, awakened by Li Zhi's plot · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 317
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 312
References in the histories
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