Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Yuwen Yong 宇文邕

Attested AD 557 - AD 578

Passages
23
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuwen Yong as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 23 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuwen Yong 宇文邕 Yuwen Yong
Title Duke of Fucheng 輔城公
Title Duke of Lu 魯國公
Regnal name Emperor Wu 周武 Zhou Wu
Posthumous name Emperor Wu 武帝 Wudi
Title Emperor Wu of Zhou 周武帝 Zhou Wudi
Title Emperor Wu of Zhou 周武 Zhōu Wǔ
Posthumous Emperor Wu of Zhou 周武 Zhōu Wǔ
Temple name High Ancestor 高祖 Gaozu
Posthumous name Wu Wu
Given Yong Yong
Descriptive kinship Younger brother of Emperor Ming 介弟
Personal name Yuwen Yong 宇文邕 Yuwen Yong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: reign of Emperor Wu of Zhou · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578
    Explicit · suishu:072:s0171
  • Source Date: Text: 九月辛未 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0130
  • Source Date: Text: 十二月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 周武平齊 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit · suishu:072:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 周滅齊 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0174
  • Source Date: Text: 夏四月庚子 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0140, zhoushu:004:s0152
  • Source Date: Text: 天和三年三月 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0060
  • Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0171
  • Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 559
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖卽位 · Western Year: AD 561
    Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0049
  • Source Date: Text: 齊亡 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:031:s0206

Family

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  • Spouse of Empress Ashina (阿史那皇后)
    Kinship Term: welcomed as empress / 迎后 · Union Category: marriage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天和三年三月 · Western Year: AD 568
  • Spouse of Li Ezi (李娥姿)
    Kinship Term: bestowed upon / 賜高祖 · Union Category: concubinage
  • Child of Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
    Kinship Term: bore High Ancestor / 生高祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 介弟 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
  • Child of Empress Chinu (叱奴皇后)
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yuwen Yun (宇文贇)
    Kinship Term: Emperor Xuan as Wu's successor / 宣帝 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Sibling of Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 介弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Master of the Palace for Carriage Masters / 載師下大夫 · Action: appointed-holder · Holder Person Id: Lu Yanshi (陸彥師)
    Explicit · suishu:072:s0039
  • Label: pillar-of-state / 柱國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 庚辰 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0020
  • Label: Grand Minister of Works / 大司空 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 559
    Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0098
  • Title: Duke of Lu / 魯國公 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛未 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0130
  • Title: Emperor Wu of Zhou / 周武 · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:072:s0039

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 42: Favored by Nobles · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 2 passages
Book of Zhou, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Ming · 5 passages
辛亥,以大宗伯、梁國公侯莫陳崇為大司徒,大司寇、高陽公達奚武為大宗伯,武陽公豆盧甯為大司寇,柱國、輔城公邕為大司空。 On xinhai day Grand Director of Ceremonies Houmochen Chong, Duke of Liang, was made grand minister of education; Grand Minister of Justice Daxi Wu, Duke of Gaoyang, was made grand director of ceremonies; Doulu Ning, Duke of Wuyang, was made grand minister of justice; and Pillar-of-State Yuwen Yong, Duke of Fucheng, was made grand minister of works.
Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 14 passages
文帝元皇后 文宣叱奴皇后 孝閔帝元皇后 明帝獨孤皇后 武帝阿史那皇后 武帝李皇后 宣帝楊皇后 宣帝朱皇后 宣帝陳皇后 宣帝元皇后 宣帝尉遲皇后 靜帝司馬皇后 Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Chinu, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Min Yuwen Jue; Empress Dugu, consort of Emperor Ming Yuwen Yu; Empress Ashina, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Li, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Yang, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Zhu, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Chen, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuchi, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Sima, consort of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan