Overview
The translated histories identify Yuwen Huaji as an aristocrat, assassin, family member, and general. This record brings together 24 passages from 8 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yuwen Huaji | 宇文化及 | Yuwen Huaji |
| Descriptive kinship | Eldest son of Yu Wenshu | 長子 | |
| Personal name | Huaji | 化及 | |
| Personal | Huaji | 化及 | Huàjí |
| Given | Huaji | 化及 | Huàjí |
| Personal name | Huaji | 化及 | Huàjí |
| Personal name | Huaji | 化及 | Huaji |
| Surname | Yuwen | 宇文 | Yuwen |
| Surname | Yuwen | 宇文 | |
| Surname | Yuwen | 宇文 | Yǔwén |
| Personal name | Yuwen Huaji | 宇文化及 | Yuwen Huaji |
| Personal | Yuwen Huaji | 宇文化及 | Yǔwén Huàjí |
| Personal name | Yuwen Huaji | 宇文化及 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:059:s0100
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Assassin
- Family Member
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Rebel
- Statesman
- Warlord
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 二年三月丙辰 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:005:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 化及反 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0257
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及之弑帝 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · beishi:088:s0182, suishu:077:s0164
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及之弑逆 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0064, suishu:079:s0184
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及弑逆之際 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0100
- Source Date: Text: 宇文氏之亂；化及敗於聊城 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0249, suishu:036:s0250
- Source Date: Text: 煬帝為宇文化及所害 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · chenshu:007:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 述于江都遇疾 · Western Year: AD 616Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0111
Family
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- Sibling of Yuwen Zhiji (宇文智及)Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full
- Child of Yuwen Shu (宇文述)Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: Right Garrison Guard General / 右屯衞將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:005:s0036
- Label: Grand Chancellor / 大丞相 · Action: self-styled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年三月 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:005:s0038
- Action: repeatedly pardoned after capital offenses; dismissed three times, restored, twice exiled, and recalled · Authority Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣) · Provenance: Mode: edict-report · Source Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0100
- Polity: Yuwen clan / Xu regime / 宇文氏 · Relation: ledStrongly inferred · suishu:036:s0249, suishu:036:s0250
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: perpetrator · Action: committed regicideExplicit · suishu:079:s0064
- Kind: military · Role: defeated-leader · Action: defeated · Place: Liaocheng / 聊城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宇文氏之亂；隋軍至聊城 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0249, suishu:036:s0250
- Kind: political · Role: kingmaker · Action: enthroned · Other Person Id: Yang Hao (秦王子浩) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年三月 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:005:s0038
- Kind: political · Action: installed Yang Hao as emperor · Other Person Id: Yang Hao (秦王子浩) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0117, suishu:059:s0150
- Kind: political · Role: perpetrator · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Sui Yangdi (隋煬帝) · Place: Jiangdu Palace / 江都宮 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年三月丙辰 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:005:s0036
- Kind: regicide · Role: leader · Action: murdered Emperor Yang and overthrew the traveling palace · Other Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
- Explicit · suishu:077:s0164
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 化及反 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0257
- Explicit · beishi:088:s0182
- Relation: rebelled-against · Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝)Explicit · suishu:059:s0257
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: mediocre, fierce, cruel, greedy, corrupt, and worse than beasts · Provenance: Mode: quoted-judgment · Source Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
References in the histories
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