Overview
Yuwen Xian was a Royal Family Member and General.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Zhou
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 576 五年Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 113
- AD 574 其秋Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 78
- AD 575 四年Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 96-98
- AD 575 是歲Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 112
- AD 572 晉公護之誅也Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 88
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Yuwen Xianborn of a different mother 異生 · maternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passage 91
- Sibling of Yuwen Yong (高祖)born of a different mother 異生 · Paternal half siblings
younger brothers 諸弟 · Paternal half siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 91, 97 - Sibling of Yuwen Zhi (直)brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblingsStrongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passages 85-86
Origins and identity
- not of the principal consort line (非正嫡)Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 91
Career and standing
- superior pillar-of-state 上柱國AD 575 是歲 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 112
- Duke of Qi 齊公HeldDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 89
- Prince of Qi 齊王HeldDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 91
- 俱非正嫡Not principal heirDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 91
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 78
- AD 576 五年At Hongtong 洪同 · Relation CapturedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 115
- AD 576 五年At Sparrow-Mouse Valley 雀鼠谷 · Relation HeldDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 113
- AD 576 五年At Yong'an 永安 · Relation Encamped atDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 115-116
- AD 575 四年At Liyang 黎陽 · Relation Advanced onDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 108
- AD 575 四年At Luokou 洛口 · Relation BesiegedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 110
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- AD 575 四年At Wuji 武濟 · Relation CapturedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 110
Works and attributed material
- memorial offering private wealth 表上私財AD 575 四年 · Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 99-106
- Memorial · Author · Addressed to Yuwen Yong (高祖) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 99-106
- Speech · Speaker · With Chun (椿) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 119-121
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 79-80
Events and relationships
- Bowed in thanksDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 83
- Captured citiesAD 575 四年 · Military · Commander · At Wuji and Luokou 武濟、洛口Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 110
- Directed subordinatesAD 576 五年 · Military · Overall commanderDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 118
- Endorsed eastern campaignAD 575 四年 · Political · EndorserDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 98
- Led forward armyAD 575 四年 · Military · Commander · At Liyang 黎陽Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 108
- Offered private wealth for military fundsAD 575 四年 · Military · DonorDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 99, 106
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- Relieved with cavalryDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 123
- Turned army to aid ChunDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 126
- AD 576 五年Military · Vanguard commander · At Sparrow-Mouse Valley 雀鼠谷Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 113
- AD 574 其秋Military · Forward army commanderDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 81
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuwen Yong (高祖)Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 78, 108
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment a minister ought to be like this; the emperor valued his heart not the goods · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Yong (高祖) · Mode speech Speaker Yuwen Yong (高祖)Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 107
- Assessment concealed resentment and treated Zhi with friendship and respect · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 86-87
- Assessment drank wine and ate meat as on ordinary days during mourning · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Zhi (直) · Mode allegation Speaker Yuwen Zhi (直)Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 90
- Assessment intentions-and-conduct-already-known-to-the-emperor · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Yong (高祖) · Mode speech Speaker Yuwen Yong (高祖)Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 89
- Assessment none of the younger brothers surpassed him in talent and strategy · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Yong (高祖) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 97
- AD 575 四年Item gold, treasures, and other items in sixteen kinds 金寶等一十六件 · Relation OfferedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 106-107
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 78
References in the histories
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