Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Lü Kutao 苦桃

Kutao

Attested AD 581

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lü Kutao was a Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Big Sister Kutao	苦桃姊

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 開皇初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passage 17

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lü Shuangzhou (雙周)
aunt 姑 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 79, passage 17
Kin of Lü Yongji (呂永吉)
aunt 姑 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 17
Parent of Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 79, passage 17
Spouse of Yang Zhong (楊忠)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 17

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 2 passages

至開皇初，濟南郡上言，有男子呂永吉，自稱有姑字苦桃，為楊忠妻。 Early in the Kaihuang era, Jinan commandery reported that a man named Lü Yongji claimed an aunt called Kutao had been the wife of Yang Zhong.

道貴略無戚容，但連呼高祖名，雲：「種末定不可偷，大似苦桃姊。」 Daogui showed no sign of family feeling at all. He only kept shouting Gaozu's personal name, saying, "The seed isn't set yet—you can't steal it. You're just like Big Sister Kutao."