Yu (昱) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yu was an Imperial Younger Brother.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1135 天會十三年三月七日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passage 4
AD 1121 天輔五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 46, passage 100

Family

Sibling of Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖)
imperial younger brother 皇弟
Directly stated · History of Jin 46, passage 100

Key source chapters

History of Jin, Chapter 46 Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1: Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences 2 passages
History of Jin, Chapter 32 Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles 1 passage

Career and standing

Acting Grand Mentor 攝太尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 4
Minister of Works 大司空
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 36

Events and relationships

Presented posthumous registers
Ritual · Envoy · With Emperor Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 4
Surveyed Taizhou land
AD 1121 天輔五年 · Administrative · Envoy · With Zongxiong (宗雄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 46, passages 100-101

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 1 passage

Open chapter

天會十三年三月七日，遣攝太尉皇叔祖大司空昱奉玉冊、玉寶，上尊諡曰文烈皇帝，廟號太宗。 On the seventh day of the third month, Tianhui 13, the court sent the Acting Grand Mentor, the emperor's grand-uncle Yu, Minister of Works, to present jade registers and seals and confer the posthumous title Emperor Wenlie, with the temple name Taizong.

History of Jin, Chapter 46Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1: Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences · 2 passages

Open chapter

天輔五年，以境土既拓，而舊部多瘠鹵，將移其民於泰州，乃遣皇弟昱及族子宗雄按視其地。 In the fifth year of Tianfu, with territory expanded but old domains mostly barren, the court planned to relocate people to Taizhou and sent the emperor's younger brother Yu and clansman Zongxiong to survey the land.

昱等苴其土以進，言可種植，遂摘諸猛安謀克中民戶萬余，使宗人婆盧火統之，屯種於泰州。 Yu and his party brought samples of the soil, reported it arable, and selected more than ten thousand civilian households from meng'an-mouke units under clansman Boluohuo to farm at Taizhou.