Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Su as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 30 passages from 9 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yang Su | 楊素 | Yang Su |
| Title | Duke of Qinghe | 清河公 | |
| Title | Duke Yue | 越公 | |
| Given | Su | 素 | Sù |
| Given name | Su | 素 | |
| Surname | Yang | 楊 | Yáng |
| Personal name | Yang Su | 楊素 | Yang Su |
| Personal name | Yang Su | 楊素 | Yáng Sù |
| Personal name | Yang Su | 楊素 | |
| Personal | Yang Su | 楊素 | Yáng Sù |
| Personal | Yang Su | 楊素 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0075, zhoushu:008:s0032
- Value: maleExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0026
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 上大漸 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 仁壽初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 601 · End: AD 602Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0131
- Source Date: Text: 唯楊素耳 · Western Year: AD 600Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 大象二年 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:008:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 大象二年七月 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:008:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 煬帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 604 · End: AD 618Explicit · suishu:044:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 貓鬼案 / 尚書令 · Western Year: AD 591Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0075, suishu:079:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 開皇至仁壽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604Explicit · suishu:052:s0087, suishu:052:s0180
- Source Date: Text: 開皇至大業 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 606Explicit event contextual date · suishu:043:s0174
- Source Date: Text: 隋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 隋師濟江 · Western Year: AD 589
- Source Date: Text: 高祖于仁壽宮將大漸 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:061:s0198
Family
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- Ancestor of Yang Shou (楊收)Kinship Term: ancestor / 裔 · Line: paternal
- Sibling of Yang Yue (楊約)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Spouse of Lady Zheng (鄭氏)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
- Sibling of Yang Yue (楊約)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
- Sibling of Lady Yang (楊氏)Kinship Term: younger half-sister / 異母妹 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother
Career and standing
- Label: commander-in-chief (元帥) / 元帥 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:015:s0063
- Label: Left Director / 左僕射 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0166
- Label: Minister of Education / 司徒 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:044:s0041
- Label: Right Vice Director / 右僕射 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:052:s0180
- Title: Duke of Qinghe / 清河公 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:015:s0063
- Explicit · suishu:061:s0198
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: servedExplicit · suishu:061:s0198
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · suishu:079:s0170, suishu:079:s0172
- Explicit · suishu:043:s0174
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: advanced-seized-Matou · Place: Matou / 馬頭Explicit · chenshu:015:s0063
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-beheaded · Other Person Id: Yuwen Zhou (宇文冑) · Place: Xing Province / 滎州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0064
- Kind: political · Role: co-instigator · Action: forged-edict-with-Crown-Prince · Other Person Id: Prince of Jin (晉王) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖于仁壽宮將大漸 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:061:s0198
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrator · Action: halted-emperor-flightExplicit · suishu:036:s0131
- Kind: political · Role: informant · Action: reported-edict-to-crown-prince · Other Person Id: Sui Yangdi (隋煬帝)Explicit · suishu:036:s0167
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent-to-suppress · Other Person Id: Yuwen Zhou (宇文冑) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年七月 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0032
- Relation: co-conspirator-of · Person Id: Prince of Jin (晉王)Explicit · suishu:061:s0198
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fierce general not a strategist · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: He Ruobi (賀若弼)Explicit · suishu:052:s0196
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · chenshu:015:s0012, suishu:061:s0198
References in the histories
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