Dugu Xin (獨孤信) | 24 Histories

Overview

Dugu Xin was a general and Crown Prince Grand Tutor.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Executed · Authority Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 37
Date Source Date: Text: 元年三月己酉 · Western Year: AD 557 · Granted death
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 83

Attested activity

AD 546 中大同元年
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 193; zizhitongjian:159:s0193a; zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
AD 534 仕魏 / 入關
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passages 34-35
AD 557 元年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passages 83, 154
AD 550 to AD 557 周大司馬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 96
AD 535 大統初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 105
AD 537 復洛陽
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 82

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AD 558 明帝獨孤皇后
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 39
AD 557 to AD 557 為宇文護所誅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passage 37
AD 535 to AD 545 獨孤信取洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 18, passage 112
AD 537 與周師戰于沙苑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 55, passage 149
AD 534 to AD 537 西魏入洛
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 31, passages 63, 78
AD 534 to AD 537 魏天平中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 35, passage 49

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后)
father 父
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39; Book of Sui 36, passage 96
Parent of Empress Dugu (獨孤皇后)
eldest daughter 長女
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Zheng (獨孤整)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀)
father 父
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Sui 79, passage 39; Book of Sui 36, passage 120
Parent of Dugu Shun (獨孤順)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Mu (獨孤穆)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Zang (獨孤藏)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Shan (獨孤善)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Parent of Dugu Luo (獨孤羅)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 34
Parent of Elder sister of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之姊)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 36, passage 100
Spouse of Mother of Dugu Luo (獨孤羅母)
wife 妻 · Ended
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 79, passage 35
Spouse of Lady Guo (郭氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Spouse of Lady Cui (崔氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 39
Spouse of Mother of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之母)
wife 妻
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 36, passages 96, 111

Kinship Role parents · Count 2 · abandoned when entering the passes
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 35

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Career and standing

Grand Director of Ritual 大宗伯
AD 557 元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 154
Grand Protector 太保
AD 557 元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 154
Crown Prince Grand Tutor 太子太保
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
Governor of Jing province 荊州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 34
Grand Guardian 太保
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 39
Grand Marshal of Zhou 周大司馬
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 96

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Grand Marshal 大司馬
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 36
Pillar of State 柱國
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 149
Grand Preceptor 太師
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 52
Duke of Wei 衛國公
AD 557 元年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 56
Duke of Hanoi 河內公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 96
Duke of Weiguo 衛國公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 39
Duke of Zhao 趙國公
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 52
Suffered
AD 557 元年 · Dismissal
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 78
Suffered
AD 557 元年三月己酉 · Ordered suicide
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 3, passage 83

Places and affiliations

Northern Zhou 北周
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 79, passage 36
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 96
Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 63
Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 149

Events and relationships

Captured Yuwen Zhonghe's city by a divided night attack
AD 546 中大同元年 · Siege assault · Commander · With Yuwen Zhonghe (宇文仲和)
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0208a; zizhitongjian:159:s0208b
Captured
Military · Captor · With Tun (屯) · At Shayuan 沙苑
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 149
Entered Luoyang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 105
Entered Luoyang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 63
Married daughter to Yang Jian
Personal · Agent · With Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 97
Took Luoyang with Wang Sizheng
Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 18, passage 112

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi · 2 passages

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及西魏將獨孤信入洛，署為開府記室。 When Western Wei general Dugu Xin entered Luoyang, he appointed Xi recorder on his opening staff.

俄而信返，晞遂歸鄴。 Soon Dugu Xin returned west; Xi then went back to Ye.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 2 passages

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遷鄴後，諏之留在河南，西魏領軍獨孤信入據金墉，以諏之為開府屬，號曰「洛陽遺彥。」 After the court moved to Ye, Souzhi stayed in Henan; Western Wei's commanding general Dugu Xin seized Jinyong, appointed Souzhi to his staff, and called him "the last eminent man of Luoyang."

信敗，諏之居南山，洛州刺史王元軌召為中從事。 After Xin was defeated, Souzhi dwelt on South Mountain; Luoyang inspector Wang Yuangui appointed him central aide.

Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

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文獻獨孤皇后，河南洛陽人，周大司馬、河內公信之女也。 Empress Wenxian of the Dugu clan was a native of Luoyang in Henan, daughter of Dugu Xin, Grand Marshal of Zhou and Duke of Hanoi.

信見高祖有奇表，故以后妻焉，時年十四。 When Dugu Xin saw that the future Emperor Wen had an extraordinary appearance, he gave him his daughter in marriage; she was then fourteen.

Book of Sui, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 20: Du Yan, Gao Mai, Er Zhu Chang, Zhou Yao, Du Gukai, Qi Fuhui, Zhang Wei, He Hong, Houmo Chenying · 1 passage

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父屯，從齊神武帝與周師戰于沙苑，齊師敗績，因為柱國獨孤信所擒，配為士伍，給使信家，漸得親近，因賜姓獨孤氏。 His father Tun fought for Qi Emperor Shenwu against Zhou forces at Shayuan; after Qi's defeat he was captured by Pillar of State Dugu Xin, assigned as a household servant, won Xin's trust over time, and was granted the surname Dugu.

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 7 passages

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父信，初仕魏為荊州刺史。 His father Xin first served Northern Wei as governor of Jing province.

武帝之入關也，信棄父母妻子西歸長安，曆職顯貴，羅由是遂為高氏所囚。 When Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei entered the passes, Xin left his parents, wife, and children behind and went west to Chang'an, rising to high office; Luo was left behind and taken prisoner by the Gao clan.

信後仕周為大司馬。 Xin later served Zhou as Grand Marshal.

及信為宇文護所誅，羅始見釋，寓居中山，孤貧無以自給。 After Xin was executed by Yuwen Hu, Luo was at last freed. He lived in Zhongshan, alone and destitute, with no way to support himself.

初，信入關之後，複娶二妻，郭氏生子六人，善、穆、藏、順、陀、整，崔氏生獻皇后。 After Xin entered the passes he had taken two more wives. Lady Guo bore six sons—Shan, Mu, Zang, Shun, Tuo, and Zheng—and Lady Cui bore Empress Xian.

既受禪，下詔追贈羅父信官爵曰：「褒德累行，往代通規，追遠慎終，前王盛典。 After Gaozu took the throne, he issued an edict posthumously honoring Luo's father Xin: "To reward accumulated virtue is the constant practice of antiquity; to honor the dead and finish well is the great rite of the ancient kings.

故柱國信，風宇高曠，獨秀生民，睿哲居宗，清猷映世。 The late Pillar of State Xin bore himself with lofty breadth, outstanding among men; wise and far-seeing, he upheld the ancestral charge, and his pure designs illuminated the age.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Xiaomin · 4 passages