Yuwen Xian (宇文憲) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuwen Xian was a prince and General.

AD 577 仲春
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 176, 185, 214, 227
AD 576 先是
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 228
AD 578 高祖欲親征北蕃
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 231

overall commander of the armies 任總元戎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 201

Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 176, 189, 201
At Xindu 信都 · Relation Arrived
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 214
At You and Ji 幽冀 · Relation Marched toward
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 201
At Zhang Er's mound 張耳冢 · Relation Visited
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 214
At Zhao Province 趙州 · Relation Passed through
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 180

Skill comforting and controlling troops 撫御 · Level especially skilled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 225
Skill planning and stratagems 謀算略 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 225

Letter · Author · With Gao Jie (高湝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 185-213
Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Yong (宇文邕) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 233
Speech · Speaker · With Gao Jie (高湝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 219
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 182-183

Ascended Zhang Er's mound to observe Gao Jie's lines
Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 214
Broke Gao Jie the next day, capturing and slaying 30000
Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 218
Declined the northern campaign on grounds of illness
Court · Decliner
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 231, 233-234
Ordered to suppress Gao Jie at Xindu
Military · Commander · With Gao Jie (高湝)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 176
Questioned Gao Xiaoheng
Diplomatic · Questioner · With Gao Xiaoheng (高孝珩)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 223-224
Received two captured spies and displayed them to former Qi generals
Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 180-181

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Released the spies as envoys and wrote Gao Jie a letter
Diplomatic · Author · With Gao Jie (高湝)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 183-184
Returned Gao Jie's wife and children and supplied him generously
Personal · Benefactor
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 222
Secretly wished to withdraw as his reputation grew heavier
Court · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 230
Supervised Yuwen Zhao and others in suppressing Liu Moduo
Military · Supervisor · With Liu Moduo (劉沒鐸)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 228
Victory at Bing Province without private plunder
Military · Commander · At Bing Province 并州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 227

Assessment Qi people feared his courage and strategy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 226
Assessment went before the soldiers; subordinates served him willingly · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 225
afflicted with eruptive illness and said he could not command troops
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 233