Yuwen Zhongzhi 宇文忠之

Other names

Family

• Child of Yuwen Kan (宇文侃)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 99
• Parent of Yuwen Junshan (宇文君山)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 110

Origins and identity

• distant kin of the southern Chanyu 南單于之遠屬
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 97

Career and standing

• attendant of the secretariat 中書侍郎
  AD 534 to AD 537 天平初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 101
• general who pacifies the south 安南將軍
  AD 543 武定初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 105
• erudite of the Imperial University 太學博士
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 100
• right vice director of the Masters of Writing 尚書右丞
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 105
• regular attendant of direct communication at scattered cavalry 通直散騎常侍
  AD 538 to AD 539 元象初 · Held · Concurrent true
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 104
• Stripped of name and rank
  Dismissal
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 106

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 101
• At Luoyang in Henan 河南洛陽
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 96

Works and attributed material

• national history 國史
  Relation Compiler
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 103

Events and relationships

• Mission to Xiao Yan
  Diplomatic · Deputy envoy · With Zheng Boyou (鄭伯猷)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 104

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment competent in letters but without refined conduct · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 114
• dark-skinned
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 102