Sui and Tang · Family Member

Lang Shuanggui 郎雙貴

Attested AD 581 - AD 600

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lang Shuanggui was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 600 開皇中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passages 186, 188

Family

Kin of Lang Fanggui (郎方貴)
younger paternal cousin 從父弟
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 185, 187, 190

Career and standing

household gate honored and one hundred rolls of goods 表其門閭，賜物百段
Received
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 192
Charged by implication and sentenced to exile
Case killing of the boatman
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 189
Pardoned
Authority emperor
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 192

Events and relationships

Beat the boatman to death in anger after learning that the boatman had broken Fanggui's arm
Homicide · Killer · With Lang Fanggui (郎方貴)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 187-188
Contended with his cousin to bear the principal guilt and tried to drown himself
Self sacrifice · Claimant
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 190-191

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 4 passages

少有志尚，與從父弟雙貴同居。 In youth he had high aspirations and lived together with his cousin Shuanggui.

至家，其弟雙貴驚問所由，方貴具言之。 When he reached home his cousin Shuanggui asked in alarm what had happened, and Fanggui told him the whole story.

雙貴恚恨，遂向津毆擊船人致死。 Shuanggui, burning with rage, went to the ferry and beat the boatman to death.

守津者執送之縣官，案問其狀，以方貴為首，當死，雙貴從坐，當流。 The ferry guards seized them and sent them to the county magistrate. After investigating, they found Fanggui the principal offender—liable to death—and Shuanggui an accomplice—liable to banishment.