Sui and Tang · Emperor

Emperor Yang 煬帝

Yángdì

Attested AD 613 - AD 618

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Yang as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Yang 煬帝 Yángdì
Posthumous name Emperor Yang 煬帝 Yángdì
Title the emperor

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Spouse of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)
    Kinship Term: Empress Xiao / 蕭後 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
    Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: emperor · Object Role: empress
  • Parent of Prince Zheng of Qi (齊王)
    Kinship Term: father and son / 父子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father and son / 父子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Gao (杲)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yuande Heir Apparent (元德太子)
    Kinship Term: heir apparent / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: heir apparent / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: lyrics and rhapsodies / 詞賦 · Relation: author
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0251

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: in heart had no father-son bond with Prince of Qi; outward show of ruler-subject respect; person had not accumulated goodness, and the state bore remaining calamity · Other Person Id: Prince Zheng of Qi (齊王) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0262

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 6 passages