Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Yuwen Tai 周文

Zhou Wen

Attested AD 537 - AD 554

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Tai was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Wen	文帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 554 南伐江陵後密遣使檢閱
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 32, passages 288-289
AD 537 從破沙苑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 32, passages 259, 264

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 32, passages 259, 266

Works and attributed material

Epithet · Speaker · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 279
Letter · Author · With Yong (永) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 259-261
Speech · Speaker · With Tang Jin (唐瑾) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 290-292

Events and relationships

Secretly inspected baggage
Investigative · Authority
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 289
Relation Patron of · Person Tang Jin (唐瑾)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 259, 262, 280

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 259

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies 24: Shen Hui; Lu Tong; Younger Brother Cheng; Liu Min; Lu Rou; Tang Jin · 6 passages

年十七，周文聞其名，乃貽永書曰：「聞公有二子：曰陵，從橫多武略； At seventeen, Yuwen Tai heard of him and wrote Yong: "I hear you have two sons: Ling, versatile and full of military stratagem;

白文帝，言瑾學行兼修，願與之同姓，結為兄弟，庶子孫承其餘論，有益義方。 He told Yuwen Tai that Jin's learning and conduct were both cultivated, that he wished to share a surname and become sworn brothers, so that their descendants might inherit their mutual teaching and benefit right conduct in the family.

文帝歎異者久之，更賜瑾姓 Yuwen Tai marveled for a long while, then further granted Jin the surname

時六尚書皆一時之秀，周文自謂得人，號為六俊。 At the time all six ministers were talents of the age; Yuwen Tai considered that he had found his men and called them the Six Outstanding.

或白文帝曰：「唐瑾大有輜重，悉是梁朝珍玩。」 Someone reported to Yuwen Tai, "Tang Jin has great baggage trains, all Liang court treasures and curios."

文帝初不信之，然欲明其虛實，密遣使檢閱之，唯見墳籍而已。 Yuwen Tai at first did not believe it, but wishing to clarify fact from falsehood, secretly sent an envoy to inspect; only books were found.