Sui and Tang · Son of Yu Di

Yu Min 于敏

First attested c. AD 805; died AD 813

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yu Min was a Son of Yu Di.

Life and dates

Death

AD 813 八年春
Granted death by edict · At Shang Mountain 商山
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 61

Attested activity

AD 813 八年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 49
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45
c. AD 805 憲宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 34

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yu Di (於頔)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45; New Book of Tang 172, passage 34

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Entered
AD 813 八年春 · Exile · At Leizhou 雷州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 56
Exiled to Leizhou and ordered to die
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 39
granted death by edict 賜死
AD 813 八年春 · Sentenced
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 61

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45
AD 813 八年春
At Leizhou 雷州 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 56
AD 813 八年春
At Shang Mountain 商山 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 61

Events and relationships

Demanded money back
Legal · Principal · With Liang Zhengyan (梁正言)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 47
Had Liang Zhengyan dismembered
Murder · With Liang Zhengyan (梁正言)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 35
Lured dismembered and dumped slave
Violent · Principal · With Slave boy of Liang Zhengyan (正言之僮)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 48
Relation Associate of · Person Liang Zhengyan (梁正言)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 34

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 5 passages

有梁正言者，勇於射利，自言與守謙宗盟情厚，頔子敏與之遊處。 A man named Liang Zhengyan, bold in pursuit of profit, claimed close ties with Shouqian; Di's son Min kept company with him.

久之無效，敏責其貨於正言。 When nothing came of it, Min demanded his money back from Zhengyan.

八年春，敏奴王再榮詣銀臺門告其事，即日捕頔孔目官沈璧、家僮十余人，於內侍獄鞫問。 In the spring of 813, Min's slave Wang Zairong reported the crime at the Yintai Gate; that day more than ten of Di's clerks, including Shen Bi, and household slaves were arrested and interrogated in the eunuchs' prison.

敏長流雷州，錮身發遣。 Min was exiled to Leizhou in shackles.

敏行至商山賜死。 Min was granted death by edict when he reached Shang Mountain.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 3 passages

有梁正言者，與頔子敏善，敏因正言厚賂守謙，求頔出鎮。 Liang Zhengyan was close to Di's son Min, and Min used him to bribe Shouqian heavily, hoping to get his father posted back to a military command.

久不報，敏怒其紿，責所饋，誘正言家奴支解之，棄混中。 When nothing came of it for a long time, Min decided he had been cheated, demanded his gifts back, and had Zhengyan's slave dismember him and dump the body in a privy.

貶為恩王傅，子敏竄雷州，至商山，賜死。 Di was demoted to tutor of the Prince of En; his son Min was exiled to Leizhou and, at Shangshan, ordered to take his own life.