Sui and Tang · Filial Brother

Lang Gui 郎貴

Attested AD 581 - AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lang Gui was a Filial Brother.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 618 undated Sui-period biography
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passage 257

Family

Kinship Role brothers · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 257

Events and relationships

Vied to die yet both lived
Personal · Participant · Outcome Survived
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 257

Assessments and attributes

Assessment worthy of praise for contending to die yet surviving · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 257

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 1 passage

郎貴昆弟，爭死而身全，田翼夫妻，俱喪而名立，德饒仁懷群盜，德佋義感興王，亦足稱也。 The Lang brothers vied to die yet both lived; the Tian Yi couple died together yet won enduring fame; Derao's benevolence won over a host of bandits, Denian's righteousness moved the emperor who founded the dynasty — each story is praise enough.