Overview
The translated histories identify Zhangsun Wuji as an aristocrat, historian, official, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhangsun Wuji | 長孫無忌 | Zhangsun Wuji |
| Title | Grand Commandant | 太尉 | Taiwei |
| Given | Wuji | 無忌 | Wújì |
| Given | Wuji | 无忌 | Wújì |
| Given | Wuji | 無忌 | Wuji |
| Surname | Zhangsun | 長孫 | Zhǎngsūn |
| Surname | Zhangsun | 長孫 | Zhangsun |
| Personal name | Zhangsun Wuji | 長孫無忌 | Zhangsun Wuji |
| Personal name | Zhangsun Wuji | 長孫無忌 | Zhǎngsūn Wújì |
| Personal name | Zhangsun Wuji | 長孫无忌 | Zhǎngsūn Wújì |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:086:s0014
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Historian
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 顯慶元年五月己卯 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 656Explicit · suishu:086:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 永徽三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 652Explicit · suishu:086:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 顯慶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 656 · End: AD 661Explicit · xintangshu:020:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 顯慶二年九月 · Western Year: AD 657Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:027:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 高宗即位 · Western Year: AD 650Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:051:s0087, xintangshu:051:s0088
Career and standing
- Label: supervisor of compilation / 監修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永徽三年 · Western Year: AD 652Explicit · suishu:086:s0020
- Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯慶元年五月己卯 · Western Year: AD 656Explicit · suishu:086:s0014
- Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:051:s0088
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · suishu:086:s0014
Works and attributed material
- Work: Treatises of the Five Dynasties History / Sui treatises / 五代史志 · Relation: presenterExplicit · suishu:086:s0014, suishu:086:s0021
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
- Kind: opinion · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Zhangsun Wuji (長孫無忌)Explicit · xintangshu:020:s0097, xintangshu:020:s0098
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: advocate · Action: argued-maternal-uncle-mourning-reform · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯慶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 656 · End: AD 661Explicit · xintangshu:020:s0097, xintangshu:020:s0098
- Kind: scholarly · Role: presenter · Action: presented · Object: ten treatises in thirty juan / 十志三十卷 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯慶元年五月己卯 · Western Year: AD 656Explicit · suishu:086:s0014
- Relation: assisted-in-government · Person Id: Emperor Gaozong of Tang (唐高宗)Explicit · xintangshu:051:s0088
Source notes
- Field: compilation-supervision · Statement: Biography says he first received the supervising edict in Yonghui 3; suspected the text had already been edited and he presented it when complete · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:086:s0020
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:020:s0097, xintangshu:051:s0088
References in the histories
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