Yuwen Zhao 宇文招

Other names

Family

• Child of Lady Wang (王姬)
  bore 生
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 3
• Child of Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
  imperial younger brother 皇弟 · paternal line
  son 子
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Zhou 4, passages 1, 131; Book of Zhou 13, passage 3
• Sibling of Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (周明帝)
  imperial younger brother 皇弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 4, passage 131
• Parent of Younger son of Yuwen Zhao (趙王少子)
  younger son 少子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 70

Career and standing

• senior pillar-of-state 上柱國
  AD 577 及幷州平 · Advanced
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 13, passage 171
• governor of Yong Province 雍州牧
  AD 574 建德三年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 168
• commander-in-chief of Yizhou 益州總管
  AD 561 to AD 565 保定中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 166
• pillar-of-state 柱國
  AD 561 to AD 565 保定中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 166
• grand preceptor 太師
  AD 578 宣政中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 174
• mobile commander-in-chief 行軍總管
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 172

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Member of
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passage 3
• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 165-166, 174
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Enfeoffed under
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 164
• AD 579 大象元年
  At his fief 國 · Relation Went out to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 176
• AD 574 建德三年
  At Yong Province 雍州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 168
• AD 561 to AD 565 保定中
  At Yizhou 益州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 166

Learning and skills

• style of Yu Xin 庾信體
  Relation Studied
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 163
• Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level practiced · diction often light and ornate
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 162-163

Events and relationships

• Arrived after emperor died
  Political · Late arrival · With Emperor Xuan (宣帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 178
• Came to court
  AD 580 大象二年六月 · Political · Participant
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passages 12, 16
• Captured and beheaded
  Military · Captor · With Liu Moduo (劉沒鐸)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 173
• Eastern expedition as rear third army commander
  AD 575 建德四年 · Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 169
• Led 10000 through Huagu against Qi Fen
  AD 576 建德五年 · Military · Commander · At Fen Province 汾州 · With Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 170
• Plotted to seize power
  AD 580 大象二年七月 · Political · Conspirator
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 8, passage 39

Assessments and attributes

• clever from youth, widely read, fond of literary composition
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 162

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 3, 161