宇文逌

Yuwen You 宇文逌 (d. 580), zi Ergutu 爾固突. Northern Zhou writer.

Yuwen You was a Xianbei. His ancestral home was Wuchuan 武川 in Dai commandary 代郡 (modern Wuchuan, Inner Mongolia). His father was Yuwen Tai 宇文泰 (505–556), who was one of the most powerful figures during the Western Wei. From an early age Yuwen You studied the Clas-sics and histories and was a skilled writer. In 559, he was awarded the title Duke of Teng State 滕. In 571, he was appointed general-in-chief. In 572, he was promoted to pillar of state, and in 574 he was awarded the title Prince of Teng 滕. In 577, Yuwen You was assigned as area commander-in-chief of the army. He and his brother Yuwen Xian 宇文獻 (545–579), Prince of Qi 齊, led a successful expedition against the Jihu 稽胡 tribe. Upon his return to the court, he was promoted to area commander-in-chief. In 578, Yuwen Hu was again named supreme pillar of state. In the same year, he was summoned to lead an expedition against the Chen court. In 580, he was executed by Emperor Wen (r. 581–604) of the Sui dynasty.

According to his biography in the Zhou shu, Yuwen Hu's writings were widely circulated during his lifetime. The monograph on bibliography of the Sui shu lists Yuwen You's collected works in eight juan. Both Tang histories record a collection in twelve juan. This was lost in the Song. His only extant poem, “Zhi Weiyuan shi” 至渭源詩 (Traveling to Weiyuan), is included in the Chu xue ji and Xian Qin Han Wei Jin Nanbeichao shi. Yuwen You was a close friend of Yu Xin 庾信 (513–581). Yuwen You com-piled a collection of Yu Xin's writings and wrote a preface to the collection. The collection has been lost, but the preface has survived.

Bibliography

Studies

Han Kedi 韓可弟. “Yuwen san caizi—Beiguo shiren Yuwen Yu Yuwen Zhao Yuwen You” 宇文三才子—北國詩人宇文毓、宇文招、宇文逌. Minzu wenxue yanjiu (1997: 4): 77–79. Cao Daoheng and Shen Yucheng, Zhongguo wenxuejia dacidian, 152–53. Tong Yanguang 佟艷光. “Bei Zhou moqi Nanbei wenxue guang de jiaorong huihe—lun Teng wang You de wenxue sixiang” 北周末期南北文學觀的交融匯 合—論滕王逌的文學思想. Liaodong xueyuan xuebao (Shehui kexue ban) 12.4 (2010): 138–43. Guo Peng 郭鵬. “Lun Bei Zhou Zhao wang Teng wang yu Yu Xin de wenxue jiaowang dui Nanbei wenfeng ronghe de biaoshuai yu cedong” 論北周趙王滕王 與庾信的文學交往對南北文風融合的表率與策動. Minzu wenxue yanjiu (2010: 4): 138–43.

Works

a. “Yu Xin ji xu” 庾信集序 (Preface to the collected writings of Yu Xin)

Translation

von Zach, Die Chinesische Anthologie, 2: 1093–1101.

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