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Dugu Xin

503–557 · 6th century

Dugu Xin was a Xianbei general of the Western Wei dynasty and one of its Eight Pillars of State. His daughters married into three imperial houses: one became empress of the Northern Zhou, another, Dugu Qieluo, was empress of the Sui founder Emperor Wen, and a third was the mother of Li Yuan, founder of the Tang. He was forced to commit suicide in 557 after a court conspiracy.

Dugu Xin
Image: Artist: 7th century artist in China. Photographer: unknown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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