Five Dynasties · Historian

yu 予

yu

Attested AD 907 - AD 912

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

yu was a historian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 912 开平至乾化 chapter span
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passages 128, 131

Works and attributed material

Historical Treatise on the Five Dynasties / Xin Wudai Shi commentary 五代論次
Relation Author
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 131
Speech · Speaker · defense of not treating Liang as illegitimate
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passages 132-134, 136-146

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Alone refused to brand Liang illegitimate, following Spring and Autumn method · Mode self-report Speaker yu (予)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passages 131, 134, 146

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 4 passages

至予論次五代，獨不偽梁，而議者或譏予大失春秋之旨，以謂：「梁負大惡，當加誅絕，而反進之，是奬篡也，非春秋之志也。」 When I set the Five Dynasties in order, I alone refused to brand Liang illegitimate. Some reproached me for betraying the Spring and Autumn Annals: "Liang committed crimes too great to name; you should erase it from the succession, not enshrine it. That is to reward usurpation—not what the Spring and Autumn intended."

予应之曰：「是《春秋》之志尔。 I answered: "On the contrary—that is precisely what the Spring and Autumn intended.

此予所以不伪梁者，用《春秋》之法也。」 That is why I will not brand Liang illegitimate: I follow the Spring and Autumn's method."

能知《春秋》之此意，然后知予不伪梁之旨也。」 Understand this intent of the Spring and Autumn, and you will understand why I refuse to brand Liang illegitimate."