Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Yu Zhongwen 虞仲文

First attested AD 1101; died AD 1124

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Zhongwen was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1124 夏五月
Strangled
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 177

Attested activity

AD 1124 夏五月
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 156
AD 1122 初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 29, passages 51, 53, 59
AD 1101 天祚朝
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 105, passages 118, 120

Key source chapters

Career and standing

third knower of government affairs 三知政事
AD 1122 初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 59
privy commissioner 樞密使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 166

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 156, 172
Polity Id liao · Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 53
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 105, passage 120

Events and relationships

Moved east
AD 1124 夏五月 · Travel · Deportee
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 156
Went to Chun residence to enthrone
AD 1122 初 · Political · Minister · With Chun (淳)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 53
Relation Protege of · Person Ma Renwang (馬人望)
Directly stated · History of Liao 105, passage 120

Assessments and attributes

Assessment renowned-minister · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 105, passage 120

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 53, 156

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 4 passages

遂與諸大臣耶律大石、左企弓、虞仲文、曹勇義、康公弼集蕃漢百官、諸軍及父老數萬人詣淳府。 Thereupon with the great ministers Yelü Dashi, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, and Kang Gongbi they gathered Khitan and Han hundred officials, all armies, and elders numbering tens of thousands and went to Chun's residence.

以處溫守太尉，左企弓守司徒，曹勇義知樞密院事，虞仲文參知政事，張琳守太師，李處能直樞密院，李奭為少府少監、提舉翰林醫官，李爽、陳秘十餘人曾與大計，並賜進士及第，授官有差。 Chuwen was appointed acting Grand Commandant; Zuo Qigong, acting Minister over the Masses; Cao Yongyi, director of privy council affairs; Yu Zhongwen, assistant director of state affairs; Zhang Lin, acting Grand Preceptor; Li Chuneng, attendant of the privy council; and Li Shi, junior director of the court of imperial manufactories and supervisor of the Hanlin medical officers. Li Shuang, Chen Mi, and more than ten others who had participated in the great plan were all granted the presented scholar degree and appointed to offices of varying rank.

左企弓、康公弼、曹勇義、虞仲文皆東遷。 Zuo Qigong, Kang Gongbi, Cao Yongyi, and Yu Zhongwen all were moved east.

乃遣張謙率五百餘騎，傳留守令，召宰相左企弓、曹勇義、樞密使虞仲文、參知政事康公弼至灤河西岸，遣議事官趙秘校往數其十罪，<七>曰：「天祚播遷夾山，不即奉迎，一也； Thereupon he sent Zhang Qian with more than five hundred horsemen, carrying the military governor's order, to summon Chancellor Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Privy Commissioner Yu Zhongwen, and Assistant Director of State Affairs Kang Gongbi to the west bank of the Luan River. He then sent Secretary Collator Zhao to enumerate their ten crimes: "Tianzuo was driven to Jia Mountain, yet you did not immediately go to welcome him: that is the first offense;

History of Liao, Chapter 105Volume 105 Biographies 35: Capable Officials · 1 passage

如曹勇義、虞仲文嘗為奸人所擠，人望推薦，皆為名臣。 Men such as Cao Yongyi and Yu Zhongwen had once been driven out by schemers; Renwang recommended them, and all rose to become renowned ministers.