Sui and Tang · Statesman and General

Yang Su 楊素

Attested AD 580 - AD 618

Passages
30
Chapters
9
Histories
4

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Su 楊素 Yang Su
Title Duke of Qinghe 清河公
Title Duke Yue 越公
Given Su
Given name Su
Surname Yang 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

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 上大漸 · Western Year: AD 604
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0166
  • Source Date: Text: 仁壽初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 601 · End: AD 602
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0131
  • Source Date: Text: 唯楊素耳 · Western Year: AD 600
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0037
  • Source Date: Text: 大象二年 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:008:s0064
  • Source Date: Text: 大象二年七月 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:008:s0032
  • Source Date: Text: 煬帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 604 · End: AD 618
    Explicit · suishu:044:s0041
  • Source Date: Text: 貓鬼案 / 尚書令 · Western Year: AD 591
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0075, suishu:079:s0170
  • Source Date: Text: 開皇至仁壽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604
  • Source Date: Text: 開皇至大業 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 606
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:043:s0174
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 隋師濟江 · Western Year: AD 589
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:015:s0063, chenshu:015:s0064, chenshu:015:s0065
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖于仁壽宮將大漸 · Western Year: AD 604
    Explicit · 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

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

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 580
    Explicit · 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 604
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0198
  • Kind: political · Role: remonstrator · Action: halted-emperor-flight
    Explicit · 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 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0032
  • Relation: co-conspirator-of · Person Id: Prince of Jin (晉王)
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0198

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 15Volume 15: Imperial Family · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji · 2 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 52Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi · 6 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 61Volume 61 Biographies 26: Yu Wenshu, Guo Yan · 5 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 8 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing · 2 passages