Yang Gao
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Yang Gao (楊杲; 607 – 11 April 618),[1] nickname Jizi (季子), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Sui dynasty. He was the youngest son of Emperor Yang.
Life
Yang Gao was born in 607, after Emperor Yang had already become emperor. His mother was Consort Xiao, of whom little is known, and she might have been a sister or a relative of Emperor Yang's wife
was recorded as so desperate that he was not doing anything except holding Yang Gao and crying.In 618, while Emperor Yang was at Jiangdu (江都, in modern
ladies in waiting
had to take decorative wooden boards within the palace to make makeshift caskets for Emperor Yang and Yang Gao.
References
Citation
- ^ Volume 185 of Zizhi Tongjian indicated that the palace revolt against Yang Guang (Emperor Yang) began on the yimao day of the 3rd month of the 14th year of the Da'ye era of his reign, and that Yang Gao was killed the next day (i.e. the bingchen day). The date corresponds to 11 Apr 618 on the Julian calendar. The volume also indicated that Yang Gao was 12 (by East Asian reckoning) when he was killed by Pei Qiantiong. (帝爱子赵王杲，年十二，在帝侧，号恸不已，虔通斩之...) Thus by calculation, Yang Gao should be born in 607.
- ^ Xiong (2006), pp. 63–4.
Bibliography
- Book of Sui, vol. 59 [1].
- History of Northern Dynasties, vol. 71 [2].
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2006), Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy, ISBN 9780791482681.
- Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 181, 182, 185.