Overview
The translated histories identify Dugu Xin as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 27 passages from 10 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Dugu Xin | 獨孤信 | Dugu Xin |
| Surname | Dugu | 獨孤 | Dúgū |
| Personal name | Dugu Xin | 獨孤信 | Dugu Xin |
| Personal name | Dugu Xin | 獨孤信 | Dúgū Xìn |
| Personal name | Dugu Xin | 獨孤信 | |
| Title | Duke of Hanoi | 河內公 | |
| Title | Duke of Henei | 河內公 | |
| Title | Duke of Wei | 衛國公 | |
| Title | Duke of Weiguo | 衛國公 | Weiguo gong |
| Title | Duke of Zhao | 趙國公 | |
| Title | Pillar of State | 柱國 | |
| Given | Xin | 信 | Xìn |
| Personal name | Xin | 信 | |
| Given name | Xin | 信 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0063, suishu:036:s0096
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:035:s0049, suishu:079:s0034, zhoushu:003:s0154, zhoushu:009:s0001, zhoushu:017:s0082, zhoushu:043:s0105
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: executed · Authority Person Id: Yuwen Hu (宇文護)Explicit · suishu:079:s0037
- Date: Source Date: Text: 元年三月己酉 · Western Year: AD 557 · Manner: granted-deathExplicit · zhoushu:003:s0083
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0193, zizhitongjian:159:s0193a, zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
- Source Date: Text: 仕魏 / 入關 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0034, suishu:079:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0154, zhoushu:003:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 周大司馬 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 大統初 · Western Year: AD 535Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 復洛陽 · Western Year: AD 537Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 明帝獨孤皇后 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 為宇文護所誅 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 獨孤信取洛陽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 西魏入洛 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 537Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:031:s0063, beiqishu:031:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 魏天平中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 537Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0049
Family
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- Parent of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father - Parent of Empress Dugu (獨孤皇后)Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
- Parent of Dugu Zheng (獨孤整)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological - Parent of Dugu Shun (獨孤順)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Dugu Mu (獨孤穆)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Dugu Zang (獨孤藏)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Dugu Shan (獨孤善)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Dugu Luo (獨孤羅)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Elder sister of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之姊)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Mother of Dugu Luo (獨孤羅母)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: ended
- Spouse of Lady Guo (郭氏)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
- Spouse of Lady Cui (崔氏)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
- Spouse of Mother of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之母)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage
- Kinship Role: parents · Count: 2 · Note: abandoned when entering the passesExplicit · suishu:079:s0035
Career and standing
- Label: Grand Director of Ritual / 大宗伯 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0154
- Label: Grand Protector / 太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0154
- Label: Crown Prince Grand Tutor / 太子太保 · Action: heldExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
- Label: Governor of Jing province / 荊州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:079:s0034
- Label: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: heldExplicit · zhoushu:009:s0039
- Label: Grand Marshal of Zhou / 周大司馬 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0096
- Label: Grand Marshal / 大司馬 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:079:s0036
- Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · suishu:079:s0052
- Title: Duke of Wei / 衛國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0056
- Title: Duke of Hanoi / 河內公 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0096
- Title: Duke of Weiguo / 衛國公 · Action: heldExplicit · zhoushu:009:s0039
- Title: Duke of Zhao / 趙國公 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · suishu:079:s0052
- Status: dismissal · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0078
- Status: ordered-suicide · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年三月己酉 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0083
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Zhou / 北周 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0036
- Polity: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: servedExplicit · suishu:036:s0096
- Polity: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0063
Events and relationships
- Kind: siege assault · Role: commander · Action: captured Yuwen Zhonghe's city by a divided night attack · Other Person Id: Yuwen Zhonghe (宇文仲和) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0208a, zizhitongjian:159:s0208b
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: entered LuoyangExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0105
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: entered-LuoyangExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0063
- Kind: personal · Role: agent · Action: married-daughter-to-Yang-Jian · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen (隋高祖)Explicit · suishu:036:s0097
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: took Luoyang with Wang SizhengExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0112
References in the histories
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