Sima Yu 司馬遹

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Emperor Wu (武帝)
  grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 53, passages 4, 7
• Spouse of Wang Huifeng (王惠風)
  crown princess 太子妃 · Primary marriage · Divorced
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 35, 73
• Child of Emperor Hui (惠帝)
  eldest son 長子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 2
• Spouse of Consort Jiang (蔣美人)
  favored consort 美人 · Concubinage
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 17
• Child of Lady Xie (謝才人)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 2
• Parent of Sima Zang (司馬臧)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 170
• Parent of Sima Shang (司馬尚)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 170
• Parent of Sima Bin (司馬虨)
  son 男
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 17, 170

• Kinship Role sons · Count 3
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 170

Career and standing

• Crown Prince 皇太子
  AD 290 惠帝即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 201
• Prince of Guangling 廣陵王
  At Guangling 廣陵 · Households 50000 · Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 199
• posthumous title Minhuai 諡湣懷
  Granted
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 167
• Prince of Guangling 廣陵王
  Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 199
• Entered
  AD 299 十二月 · Deposed to commoner
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 62-63
• sentenced to death then degraded 賜死／免為庶人
  AD 299 十二月 · Sentenced
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 58, 62

Places and affiliations

• Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Member of
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 2, 201
• AD 291 元康元年
  At Eastern Palace 東宮 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 203
• AD 300 六月己卯
  At Xianping Mausoleum 顯平陵 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 168
• AD 300 明年正月
  At Xuchang 許昌 · Relation Imprisoned at
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 68
• At Jinyong 金墉 · Relation Associated with
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 65, 170

Works and attributed material

• Letter · Author · With Wang Huifeng (王惠風)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 74-106
• Speech · Speaker · Quote true
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 8, 10

Events and relationships

• Deposed
  AD 299 十二月 · Political · Victim · With Empress Jia (賈后)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 45, 62-63
• Murdered
  AD 300 三月 · Assassination · Victim · With Sun Lü (孫慮) · At Xuchang 許昌
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 120, 123
• Posthumously restored
  Ritual · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment clever-and-precocious · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 3, 185, 194
• Assessment neglected-study-and-virtue-when-grown · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 14, 188
• kept palace market; weighed goods; sold garden produce
  Habit
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 22, 24
• petty taboos; rigid temper
  Temperament
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 21, 29