Dugu Sun (獨孤損) | 24 Histories

Overview

Dugu Sun was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 906 是歲四月
Execution · At White Horse Station 白馬驛
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 906 是歲四月
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5
AD 904 獨孤損在廊廟
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 131

Family

Kin of Kong Miao (孔邈)
maternal uncle 親舅 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 131

Key source chapters

Career and standing

demoted without crime and executed 無罪貶…賜死
AD 906 是歲四月 · Executed · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 1 passage

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崔遠在中書，奏為萬年尉，充集賢校理，以親舅獨孤損方在廊廟，避嫌不赴職。）〉 Cui Yuan, then in the Secretariat, recommended him as defender of Wannian and collator in the Hall of Assembled Worthies, but Miao declined the posts because his maternal uncle Dugu Sun was serving in the chief councils and he wished to avoid suspicion.)〉

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 1 passage

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是歲四月，彗出西北，掃文昌、軒轅、天市，宰相柳璨希梁王旨，歸其譴於大臣，於是左僕射裴樞、獨孤損、右僕射崔遠、守太保致仕趙崇、兵部侍郎王贊、工部尚書王溥、吏部尚書陸扆皆以無罪貶，同日賜死於白馬驛。 That fourth month a comet swept the northwest heavens; Liu Can pleased Liang by blaming the ministers; Pei Shu, Dugu Sun, Cui Yuan, Zhao Chong, Wang Zan, Wang Pu, and Lu Yi were demoted without crime and executed the same day at White Horse Station.