# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yu-shiji
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:05:13.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yu-shiji"
name: "Yu Shiji"
slug: "yu-shiji"
description: "Yu Shiji, courtesy name Maoshi, was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician who served Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty as a de facto chief minister from 607 to 618. Acclaimed for his skill in the literary arts of rhapsody and calligraphy, Yu began his career as an official of the Chen dynasty and held prestigious positions in the imperial administration before Sui forces conquered Chen in 589. He subsequently entered Sui service as a low-ranking official, supporting himself financially by working as a calligrapher-for-hire. After Emperor Yang ascended to the throne, Yu rose to become deputy director of the palace secretariat and, in this role, served as one of the emperor's principal counsellors and de facto chief ministers. An astute politician and erudite intellectual, Yu was nevertheless faulted by traditional historians for personal corruption, indulging Emperor Yang's autocratic tendencies, and mismanaging the imperial response to agrarian rebellions. Amid the gradual collapse of imperial authority, Yu and his family accompanied Emperor Yang in his retreat to Jiangdu. After Emperor Yang was killed in a coup d'état led by the general Yuwen Huaji in 618, Yu and his sons were executed."
tagline: "Chinese chancellor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "550"
deathDate: "618"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.63
  momentum:             3.642344497607655
  historical:           5.684774666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%9E%E4%B8%96%E5%9F%BA"
    title: "虞世基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shiji"
    title: "Yu Shiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shiji"
    title: "Yu Shiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%9E%E4%B8%96%E5%9F%BA"
    title: "虞世基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shiji"
    title: "Yu Shiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngu_Th%E1%BA%BF_C%C6%A1"
    title: "Ngu Thế Cơ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump