What kind of person was Yuwen Yun, emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and how history evaluates Yuwen Yun

Northern Zhou Xuan Emperor Yuwen Yun (559–580), courtesy name Qianbo, Xianbei, eldest son of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, mother Li Ezi, was the fourth emperor of Northern Zhou during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, reigning from 578 to 579.

Yuwen Yun was initially enfeoffed as the Duke of Lu, and became crown prince in the first year of Jiande (572), and led an army to conquer Tuguhun in the west. In the first year of Xuanzheng (578), he ascended the throne, and his era name was Dacheng . After Yuwen Yun ascended the throne, he indulged in wine, tyrannical and absurd, wantonly decorated the palace, and indiscriminately punished, often sending his cronies to monitor the words and deeds of ministers, and the Northern Zhou state was declining day by day. In the first year of the Elephant (579), Zen was located in the eldest son Yuwen Yan, who declared himself Emperor Tianyuan, but still controlled the imperial power. He died of illness the following year at the age of twenty-two, and was buried in Dingling.

How history evaluates Yuwen Yun

Lu Si said, "When Emperor Xuan was first in Tokyo, he had already committed many sins. Every time Gao Zu imposed strict training, he could not modify it. At the beginning of his reign, he was self-motivated. After more than a year, the perversion turned into a new one. He is lustful and often sleeps in the house. The horns arrive at the escape, and do not give up day and night. Divide the orders and solicit the children. Accumulate the harem, with tens of millions. This stone tiger's obscene wind also. He spoiled the four of them and made him empress. The car service verse is no different from the inner master. This Liu Cong's chaotic government also. Less in the palace, quite read the scriptures. There is also a spirit towards the people. But it's crazy, it's weird. The crown is different from the old system. Civil and military attendants, screen abandonment of the descendants. Inside and outside the door, do not let the eunuchs guard. Come and go, and record their numbers, and the temple province looks at each other. However, friends are at home and have no choice. Even changle, there are ugly sounds. At the end of the elephant, it was suddenly miserable. Whip the pilgrims and move to hundreds. Back and chest and abdomen, both hands. The reason for the poison is intolerable. The ancestral temple number should not be called. Change the official name, return to the official surname. The car rides on the spokes, and there is a distinction between nobles and lows; Women's village points are also different from top to bottom. Concubines in the back court, there are several people in the room. From dawn to night, Heng Ling sat in danger. If there is a lack of law, it is a punch. Women from inside and outside, and the Pilgrimage, all ordered to bow down for their husbands as a sign of solemnity. He calls himself Heaven and ceases to be called Heaven. In addition, the similarities and differences of small things are invincible. Towards the enchanted, open up the unseen also. ”

Ling Hu Dedi: "Gao Zu knows the non-talent of the heir, Gu Zongyou is the most important, and the stagnant love is the same as Jin Wu, then the zhe is different from Song Xuan." But if you want to intimidate it, punish it, and teach it righteously, it is not as if it were. The pawn will abuse King's Landing, rape and return to the poison, the good will be abandoned, and the evil will not be great. The simplicity of the poor South Mountain, not enough to write its faults; If you look at the pen of the East, you can't remember his sins. But he was given the whole chief, and the son died, fortunately. ”

Li Yanshou: "And the non-talent of the heir, Gu Zongruo is the most important; Lagging love is the same as Jin Wu, then Zhe is different from Song Xuan. But if you want to threaten the Truth, you are expected to punish, and the teachings of the righteous side are not to be bothered. The pawns abuse King's Landing and rape back to the poison; After the deeds of the proclamation, the death is already fortunate. ”

Wei Zheng: "Tianyuan is fierce and strong, Wei Fu is in himself, and the things that destroy the country are all in his body." ”

Yu Shinan: "The taishan will collapse, it will be uprooted, the tree will be broken, all by scorpions, and the kingdom will perish, and there will be demons." If The Heavenly Yuan, Zhou's Demon Is Also Strange, Isn't It Strange?"

Sima Guang: "Tianyuan is very violent and irritable. ”