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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 武 | Wu |
| Given | Yong | 邕 | 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0206, zhoushu:004:s0020
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · zhoushu:009:s0001
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:072:s0039
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 578Explicit · suishu:072:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 九月辛未 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 十二月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 周武平齊 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit · suishu:072:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 周滅齊 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0174
- Source Date: Text: 夏四月庚子 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0140, zhoushu:004:s0152
- Source Date: Text: 天和三年三月 · Western Year: AD 568Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0098
- Source Date: Text: 高祖卽位 · Western Year: AD 561Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 齊亡 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit 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 557Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0020
- Label: Grand Minister of Works / 大司空 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0098
- Title: Duke of Lu / 魯國公 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛未 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0130
- Title: Emperor Wu of Zhou / 周武 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:072:s0039
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruledExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0206, suishu:072:s0171
- Polity: Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruledExplicit · suishu:072:s0039
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: conquered Qi · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周武平齊 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit · suishu:072:s0039
- Kind: official-appointment · Role: appointing-ruler · Other Person Id: Niu Hui (紐回) · Action: honored his neighborhood and appointed him Magistrate of GantangExplicit · suishu:072:s0171
- Kind: political · Role: designated-successor · Action: named-heir-to-throne · Other Person Id: Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 庚子 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0152, zhoushu:004:s0153
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: erred in marrying a Turkic empress for external advantage · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
References in the histories
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