Yuchi Gang 尉遲綱

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥)
  two sons 二子 · Full siblings
  elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Zhou 21, passages 4-5; Book of Zhou 20, passages 220, 298-299
• Child of Sidou (俟兜)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 4
• Child of Grand Princess of Changle (昌樂大長公主)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 300
• Parent of Yuchi Jing (敬)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passages 215, 221
• Parent of Yuchi Qin (勤)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passages 215, 218
• Parent of Yuchi Yun (運)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passages 215, 217
• Parent of Yuchi An (安)
  third son 第三子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 215
• Parent of Yuchi Qin (尉遲勤)
  younger brother's son 弟子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 21, passage 71

• Kinship Role son · Count 1 · one son enfeoffed county duke with one thousand households for River Bridge merit
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 211

Career and standing

• commander of the forbidden troops 掌禁兵
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 197
• unobstructed-direct attendant of scattered cavalry 通直散騎常侍
  AD 542 大統八年 · Added
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 178
• attendant of scattered cavalry 散騎常侍
  AD 548 大統十四年 · Added
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 183
• attendant-in-ordinary 侍中
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 184
• area commander of Shan 陝州總管
  AD 562 二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 205
• commander of military affairs in seven provinces and thirteen garrisons 七州十三防諸軍事
  AD 562 二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 205

Places and affiliations

• Northern Zhou 北周
  Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passage 220
• Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Fought
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 179-180
• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 197, 200
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passages 186, 302-303
• AD 566 天和元年
  At Shan province 陝州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 218-220
• AD 562 二年
  At Shan Province 陝州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 205

Learning and skills

• Skill mounted archery 騎射 · Level excelled
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 173

Works and attributed material

• Biography of Hu 護傳
  Relation Mentioned in
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 198
• AD 567 天和二年
  Edict · Addressee · With Wang Jie (王傑)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 210
• If I get this hare, Shu will surely fall.
  Oath · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 191

Events and relationships

• Assigned armored troops
  AD 564 四年 · Military · Capital garrison commander · With Yuwen Hu (宇文護) · At the capital 京師
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 206
• Captured
  Military · Participant · At Hebei commandery 河北郡
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 306
• Defeated
  AD 535 大統元年 · Military · Subordinate · With Cao Ni (曹泥) · Counterpart Person Id Li Hu (李虎)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 303
• Defeated
  AD 537 破竇泰 · Military · Participant · With Dou Tai (竇泰)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 304
• Encamped
  AD 564 四年 · Military · Commander · At Xianyang 咸陽
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 207
• Followed campaigns
  Military · Attendant · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 301

Assessments and attributes

• AD 567 天和二年
  Assessment commendable administrative record · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 209
• Assessment greatly favored and trusted as a close aide · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 174
• fierce, resolute, and possessed of bodily strength
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 173
• AD 552 to AD 553 伐蜀、克蜀
  Item two serving maids 侍婢二人 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 194
• AD 567 天和二年
  Item one thousand bolts of silk 帛千段 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 209
• AD 567 天和二年
  Item six thousand hu of grain 穀六千斛 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 209

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 197