Sui and Tang · Family Member

Lady Yang 楊氏

Yang

Attested AD 591

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Yang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 591 十一年貓鬼案
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passages 76, 95-96

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Lady Yang (楊氏母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 73
Spouse of Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 76
Sibling of Yang Su (楊素)
younger half-sister 異母妹 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 76

Career and standing

Forced
Nun
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 96

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 4 passages

上以陀後之異母弟，陀妻楊素之異母妹，由是意陀所為，陰令其兄穆以情喻之。 Because Tuo was the empress's younger half-brother and his wife was Yang Su's younger half-sister, the emperor suspected Tuo and secretly had his brother Mu reason with him.

陀嘗從家中素酒，其妻曰：「無錢可酤。」 Tuo once asked for wine at home. His wife said, "We have no money to buy any."

上令以犢車載陀夫妻，將賜死於其家。 The emperor ordered Tuo and his wife taken in a cart to their home to be put to death.

陀弟司勳侍中整詣闕求哀，於是免陀死，除名為民，以其妻楊氏為尼。 Tuo's brother Zheng, Director of the Department of Merit and attendant-in-ordinary, pleaded at court for mercy. Tuo was spared death, reduced to commoner status, and his wife, Lady Yang, was made a nun.