Yuwen Xian 憲

Family

• Kin of Yuwen Yun (宣帝)
  uncle 叔 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
• Child of Mother of Yuwen Xian (達步干氏)
  birth mother 所生母
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 260
• Sibling of Eleventh Uncle (十一叔)
  eleventh uncle 十一叔 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
• Sibling of Ninth Uncle (九叔)
  ninth uncle 九叔 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
• Parent of Yuwen Gui (貴)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Parent of Yuwen Zhi (質)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Parent of Yuwen Cong (賨)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Parent of Yuwen Qianxi (乾禧)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Parent of Yuwen Qianqia (乾洽)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Parent of Yuwen Gong (貢)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Sibling of Yuwen Yong (高祖)
  uncle 叔 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passages 235, 240

• Kinship Role sons · Count 6
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 265
• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 244

Career and standing

• Grand Preceptor 太師
  AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位 · Offered · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 240-242
• Seized
  AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位 · Captivity
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 246
• Executed
  AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位 · Strangled · Authority Yuwen Yun (宣帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 254, 258

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235

Works and attributed material

• AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
  Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Yun (宣帝) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 241-244
• AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 251-252

Events and relationships

• Did not loosen his belt and attended at her side during illness
  Personal · Caregiver · With Mother of Yuwen Xian (達步干氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 263
• Hunted at Yan Province
  Hunt · Leader · With Yuwen Gui (貴) · At Yan Province 鹽州
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 270
• Served on campaigns east or west and sent couriers when he sensed his mother ill
  Military · Campaigner · With Mother of Yuwen Xian (達步干氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 264
• Summoned alone and seized
  AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位 · Political · Victim · With Yuwen Yun (宣帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 246

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment utmost nature; famed for filial piety in serving his mother · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 262
• expression and color did not waver; gaze like torches
  Demeanor
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 247, 249
• AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
  Item court tablet 笏 · Relation Cast down
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 253

Source notes

• Value historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235