Sui and Tang · Family Member

Dugu Tuo 獨孤陀

Dúgū Tuó

Attested AD 581 - AD 604

Passages
18
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Dugu Tuo as an aristocrat, family member, named individual, and official. This record brings together 18 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dugu Tuo 獨孤陀 Dúgū Tuó
Kinship reference Brother Tuo 弟陀
Surname Dugu 獨孤 Dúgū
Personal name Dugu Tuo 獨孤陀
Title Duke of Wuxi county 武喜縣公
Courtesy name Lixie 黎邪
Personal name Tuo Tuó
Given name Tuo
Descriptive kinship younger half-brother of Empress Wenxian 后異母弟

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died not long after reduction to commoner status
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0099

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 591
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0089
  • Source Date: Text: 煬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 604
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0100
  • Source Date: Text: 開皇中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 600
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0120
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0070

Family

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  • Child of Dugu Xin (獨孤信)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Dugu Yanshou (獨孤延壽)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Dugu Yanfu (獨孤延福)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Lady Guo (郭氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Lady Yang (楊氏)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
  • Sibling of Dugu Luo (獨孤羅)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Sibling of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后)
    Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-sister · Object Role: younger-brother
    Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

  • Label: Governor of E prefecture / 郢州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0071
  • Label: Senior Opener of the Mansion / 上開府 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0070
  • Label: Governor of Qian prefecture / 遷州刺史 · Action: demoted
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0078
  • Label: Grand Master of Correct Discussion / 正議大夫 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0102
  • Label: Grand Master of the Silver-Green Light / 銀青光祿大夫 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0105
  • Title: Duke of Wuxi county / 武喜縣公 · Action: granted
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0056
  • Status: stripped-of-registration · Action: reduced-to-commoner · Negated: false
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0096
  • Status: death-sentence-reduced · Action: suffered · Crime: cat-demon witchcraft cursing the empress

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 3 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 15 passages