Yuwen Xian (宇文憲) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuwen Xian was a Royal Family Member, General, and Statesman.

AD 571 六年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 24-27, 29-31, 33-34, 36-38
AD 572 及晉公護誅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 40, 44-45, 47, 51-52, 66-67
AD 566 to AD 572 天和
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 47
AD 573 建德（二）年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 68, 71, 74

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Yuwen Yong (宇文邕)
kin of the same breath 同氣 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 43, 65
Child of Yuwen Tai (宇文泰)
son 兒 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passages 43, 63

grand chancellor 大冢宰
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 45
grand chancellor 冢宰
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Conferred from afar
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 51
prince 王
AD 573 建德（二）年 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 68
Duke of Qi 齊公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 62
Power taken away
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Authority reduced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 51

Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 24, 45
AD 571 六年
At Fen River 汾水 · Relation Diverted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 27
AD 571 六年
At Liangru Valley 兩乳谷 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 34
AD 571 六年
At Longmen 龍門 · Relation Departed from
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 24

Essentials 要略
Relation Compiled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 74
Essentials 要略
Relation Editor · five chapters
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 74
Prince's Admonition 王箴
Relation Recipient and praiser
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 71
Memorial · Author · With Yuwen Yong (宇文邕)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 74
Speech · Speaker · With Pei Wenju (裴文舉) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 67

Captured cities
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Fulong and three other cities 伏龍等四城
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 29
Captured
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Yaoxiang 姚襄城
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 31
Captured
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Zhangbi 張壁
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 30
Collected tallies and registers
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Court · Agent · At Yuwen Hu's residence 護第 · With Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 44
Diverted river
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Fen River 汾水
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 27
Personally directed battle
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 38-39

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Removed cap and apologized
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Court · Subject · With Yuwen Yong (宇文邕)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 40
Returned west
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 26
Sent grain
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · With Yuwen Sheng (宇文盛) · At Fen Province 汾州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 32-33
Sent out
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Longmen 龍門 · Force twenty thousand men 衆二萬
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 24
Surprised and took
AD 571 六年 · Military · Commander · At Baishe 柏社城
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 34

Assessment heart fully known by the emperor so he remained without trouble · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 50
Assessment long-standing intent of exhaustive loyalty · Mode self-report Speaker Yuwen Xian (宇文憲)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 67
Assessment praised the Prince's Admonition · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 71
Assessment renown too weighty for harmony · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 51
Item military tallies and registers 兵符及諸簿書 · Relation Collected · With Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 44
Item Qi military stores 軍實 · Relation Seized · At Zhangbi 張壁
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 30

From Tianhe onward his authority gradually rose after being entrusted by Yuwen Hu.
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 47
When Yuwen Hu wished to submit something, he often had Yuwen Xian hear and report it; Xian smoothed points that could not be approved, fearing a rift between sovereign and minister.
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 48-49