Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Yuwen Yun 宣帝

Attested AD 578

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Yun was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Eleventh Uncle (十一叔)
eleventh uncle 十一叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
Kin of Ninth Uncle (九叔)
ninth uncle 九叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
Kin of Yuwen Xian (憲)
uncle 叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240
Child of Yuwen Yong (高祖)
succeeded 嗣位
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passages 235, 240

Career and standing

AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235

Works and attributed material

claimed Wang Xing and the others had joined Yuwen Xian in plotting
AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位 · Allegation · Author · With Wang Xing (王興) · Mode allegation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 258
AD 578 高祖崩，宣帝嗣位
Speech · Author · With Yuwen Xian (憲) · Direct quotation · Via Person Id Yuwen Xiaobo (宇文孝伯)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 240

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deeply feared and dreaded Yuwen Xian because of his exalted rank and reputation · With Yuwen Xian (憲) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 235

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 4: Prince Xian of Qiyang · 6 passages

尋而高祖崩，宣帝嗣位，以憲屬尊望重，深忌憚之。 Before long High Ancestor Yuwen Yong died; Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun succeeded to the throne. Because Yuwen Xian's rank and reputation were exalted and heavy, the emperor deeply feared and dreaded him.

帝又命智就宅候憲，因是告憲有謀。 the emperor again ordered Yu Zhi to wait at Yuwen Xian's residence and observe him; on this account he reported that Yuwen Xian had a plot.

帝乃遣小冢宰宇文孝伯謂憲曰：「三公之位，宜屬親賢，今欲以叔為太師，九叔為太傅，十一叔為太保，叔以為何如？」 The emperor thereupon sent Junior Grand Steward Yuwen Xiaobo to say to Yuwen Xian: "The Three Excellencies' posts should belong to close kin and the worthy; now we wish to make Uncle Grand Preceptor, Ninth Uncle Grand Tutor, and Eleventh Uncle Grand Protector—what does Uncle think?"

憲獨被引進，帝先伏壯士於別室，至即執之。 Yuwen Xian alone was summoned in; the emperor had first hidden strong men in a side room, and as soon as he arrived they seized him.

帝使于智對憲。 The emperor sent Yu Zhi to confront Yuwen Xian.

帝旣誅憲，無以為辭，故托興等與憲結謀，遂加其戮。 The emperor, having already executed Yuwen Xian, had no other pretext; therefore he claimed that Wang Xing and the others had joined Yuwen Xian in plotting, and thereupon added them to the slaughter.