Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Yuwen Yong 宇文邕

Yuwén Yōng

Born c. AD 543

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Yong was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	High Ancestor	高祖	Gāozǔ

Life and dates

Age

30
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 57

Attested activity

AD 572 及晉公護誅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 12, passages 40-41, 46, 52-53, 57
AD 573 建德（二）年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 72-73, 75

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Yuwen Xian (宇文憲)
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 41, 63

Kinship Role younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 73

Career and standing

emperor 帝
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 41, 57

Works and attributed material

Prince's Admonition 王箴
Relation Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 72-73
Speech · Speaker · With Pei Wenju (裴文舉) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 53-65
Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Xian (宇文憲) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passages 41-43

Events and relationships

Curtailed younger brothers
AD 573 建德（二）年 · Political · Sovereign
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 73
Personally oversaw government
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Court · Sovereign
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 46
Summoned
AD 572 及晉公護誅 · Court · Sovereign · With Yuwen Xian (宇文憲)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 40

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greatly pleased with the Prince's Admonition · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 73
Assessment harsh toward kin · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 46
Assessment read the Essentials and praised them · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 75

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 4: Prince Xian of Qiyang · 9 passages

及晉公護誅，高祖召憲入，憲免冠拜謝。 When Duke of Jin Yuwen Hu was executed, High Ancestor Yuwen Yong summoned Yuwen Xian in; Xian removed his cap and bowed in apology.

帝謂之曰：「天下者，太祖之天下，吾嗣守鴻基，常恐失墜。 The emperor said to him: "The realm is Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai's realm; I succeed and guard the great foundation, constantly fearing it may fall.

時高祖旣誅宰臣，親覽朝政，方欲導之以政，齊之以刑，爰及親親，亦為刻薄。 At the time High Ancestor Yuwen Yong had already executed the chief minister and personally oversaw court affairs; he wished to guide by governance and align by punishments, yet toward kin he was also harsh.

高祖亦悉其心，故得無患。 High Ancestor Yuwen Yong also fully knew his heart, so he remained without trouble.

開府裴文舉，憲之侍讀，高祖常御內殿，引見之。 Opening-the-feudatory Pei Wenju was Yuwen Xian's tutor; High Ancestor Yuwen Yong often received him in the inner hall.

豈有三十歲天子而可為人所制乎。 How can a thirty-year-old Son of Heaven be controlled by others?

休徵後又以此箴上高祖。 Liu Xiuzheng later also submitted this admonition to High Ancestor Yuwen Yong.

高祖方剪削諸弟，甚悅其文。 High Ancestor Yuwen Yong was then curtailing his younger brothers and was greatly pleased with the text.

高祖覽而稱善。 High Ancestor Yuwen Yong read them and praised them.