宇文
yǔ wén · Yuwen
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 432
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 赵郡
- Wikidata
- Q10946183
In other languages
- German Yuwen
- English Yuwen
- Spanish Yuwen
- French Yuwen
- Korean 위원
- Russian Юйвэнь
- Vietnamese Vũ Văn
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou543 – 578
Northern Zhou emperor
- Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou573 – 581
Emperor of Northern Zhou
- Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou559 – 580
Northern Zhou emperor
- Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou542 – 557
Northern Zhou emperor
- Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou534 – 560
Northern Zhou emperor
- Yuwen Huaji569 – 619
Chinese military general, monarch, and politician (died 619)
- Yuwen Tai505 – 556
Northern Wei general
- Yuwen Hu515 – 572
Northern Zhou prince
- Yuwen Shu546 – 616
Northern Zhou general (546-616)
- Yuwen Shiji572 – 642
Chinese chancellor (572-642)
- Empress Yuwen550 – 554
Chinese Empress
- Yuwen Rong? – 730
Chinese chancellor
- Yuwen Zhiji? – 619
Tang dynasty person CBDB = 173125
- Qianjin Princess565 – 593
Chinese woman poet in Northern Zhou Dynasty. Daughter of Yuwen Zhao, King Zhao of the Northern Zhou Dynasty; married to Ishbara Qaghan, Tulan Qaghan.
- Yuwen Gong470 – 526
Northern Zhou person CBDB = 339611
- Yuwen Sheng550 – 580
person, CBDB = 173117
- Liu Min? – 581
Northern Zhou person CBDB = 32524
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 宇文 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).