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Yu Shiji
Vice Director of the Secretariat under Emperor Yang of Sui, from Yuyao in Kuaiji and elder brother of Yu Shinan, killed in Yuwen Huaji's coup in 618.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Mao Shi
Yu Shiji, courtesy name Maoshi, came from Yuyao in Kuaiji; his father was the Chen official Yu Li and his younger brother was the calligrapher Yu Shinan. Under Sui he served in the Secretariat, rising under Emperor Yang to Vice Director in charge of confidential affairs, counted among the 'five nobles' of the court, and was promoted after the Liaodong campaign. As rebellion spread he withheld reports of unrest, and in 618 he was killed with his family when Yuwen Huaji murdered the emperor.
Life and times
Dates Birth year unknown; died 618 CE