Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official who enslaved people

Yuwen Liang 宇文亮

Attested AD 580 - AD 580

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuwen Liang was an official who enslaved people.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 580 及亮謀逆
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 143
AD 580 大象二年六月己巳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 8, passage 23

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuwen Wen (宇文溫)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 142

Key source chapters

Book of Zhou, Chapter 9 Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses 2 passages
Book of Zhou, Chapter 8 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing 1 passage

Events and relationships

Forced people into slavery
AD 580 大象二年六月己巳 · Legal · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passage 23

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing · 1 passage

己巳，詔南定、北光、衡、巴四州民為宇文亮抑為奴婢者，竝免為民，復其本業。 On jisi day an edict declared that people of Nan'ding, Beiguang, Heng, and Ba provinces whom Yuwen Liang had forced into slavery were all freed, restored to commoner status, and returned to their original occupations.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 2 passages

初適杞國公亮子西陽公溫，以宗婦例入朝，帝逼而幸之。 Initially she married Wen, Duke of Xiyang, son of Liang, Duke of Qi State; entering court by the precedent for consorts of the imperial clan, Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun forced and favored her.

及亮謀逆，帝誅溫，進後入宮，拜為長貴妃。 When Liang plotted rebellion, the emperor executed Wen and had her enter the palace, appointing her Senior Noble Consort.