Emperor Xiaomin (孝閔皇帝)

Overview

Emperor Xiaomin was a ruler of Northern Zhou.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yuwen Jue	宇文覺	Yuwen Jue
Courtesy name	Tuoluoni	陁羅尼	Tuoluoni
Posthumous name	Emperor Min	孝閔帝	Xiaomindi

Date Source Date: Text: 大統八年 · Western Year: AD 542 · At Tong Province government quarters 同州官舍
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 3

Date Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557 · Assassination · Age Value: 16 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 126

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
bore Emperor Min 生孝閔帝
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 25; Book of Zhou 3, passage 1
Child of Empress Yuan (元皇后)
bore 生
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 25; Book of Zhou 3, passage 2
Spouse of Lady Yuan (元氏)
empress 王后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 53
Descendant of Duke Xianhou (獻侯)
founding ancestor 始祖
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 3, passages 1, 34
Spouse of Yuan Humo (元胡摩)
married 尚 · Marriage
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 168

Kinship Role elder-brothers · Count 2
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 3, passage 1

General-in-Chief 大將軍
AD 556 四月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 7
Grand Chancellor 大冢宰
AD 556 魏恭帝三年十月丙子 · Succeeded
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 8
Grand Preceptor 太師
AD 556 魏恭帝三年十月丙子 · Succeeded
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 8
heir to the Duke of Anding 安定公世子
AD 556 魏恭帝三年三月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 6
Duke of Lueyang commandery 略陽郡公
AD 550 九歲 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 4
Duke of Zhou 周公
AD 556 魏恭帝三年十二月丁亥 · Enfeoffed · At Qiyang 岐陽
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 9

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Emperor Xiaomin 孝閔皇帝
AD 572 及武帝誅護後 · Posthumously honored
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 137
Heavenly King 天王
Date Source Date: Text: 元年春正月辛丑 · Western Year: AD 557
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 143
AD 557 踐祚
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 169
Forced abdication
AD 557 元年 · Authority Hu (護)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 125-126
AD 557 孝閔帝廢
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 9
AD 557 帝被廢
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 170

Northern Zhou 周
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 15, 143
Western Wei 魏
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 6, 9
At Tong Province 同州 · Relation Born at
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 3

Edict · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 33-35, 41-51, 54-55, 64-77, 84-88, 103-112
Quotation · Speaker · Source Work Documents 書 · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 76

Took throne
AD 557 元年春正月辛丑 · Ritual · Officiant
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 143-144
Relation Resented · Person Hu (護)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 114

Assessment firm and decisive · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 114
Assessment inherited a settled realm and received willing acclaim; accession not inferior to Wei and Jin foundings · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 138-139
Assessment swift calamity was fitting given ministerial dominance · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 140-142
Item Jingling mausoleum 靜陵 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 137