Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yuwen Xin 宇文忻

Attested AD 576

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Xin was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 576 時高祖已去晉州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passage 145

Career and standing

Opening-the-feudatory 開府
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 145

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 145

Events and relationships

Commanded picked cavalry
AD 576 時高祖已去晉州 · Military · Rear guard · With Yuwen Xian (憲)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 145

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 4: Prince Xian of Qiyang · 1 passage

憲與開府宇文忻各統精卒百騎為殿以拒之，斬其驍將賀蘭豹子、山褥瓌等百餘人，齊衆乃退。 Yuwen Xian with Opening-the-feudatory Yuwen Xin each commanded one hundred picked troops as rear guard to resist them; they beheaded their fierce generals Helan Baozi, Shan Ruguai, and more than one hundred men; Northern Qi forces then withdrew.