Yang Su

For the 15th century Joseon diplomat to Japan, see Yang Su (diplomat).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Su

Yang Su (楊素; 544 - August 31, 606[1]), courtesy name Chudao (處道), formally Duke Jingwu of Chu (楚景武公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Sui dynasty whose authority eventually became nearly as supreme as the emperor's. Traditional sinologists generally believed that he was involved in the suspected murder of Emperor Wen in 604, at the behest of Emperor Wen's son Yang Guang (the later Emperor Yang). His son Yang Xuangan later rebelled against Emperor Yang in 613 but was defeated and killed, and Yang Su's other sons were also executed.

  1. ^ Yang Su's epitaph by Yu Shiji (unearthed in 1959 in Shaanxi province) indicated that he was 63 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died on the 23rd day (yi'hai day) of the 7th month of the 2nd year of the Da'ye era of Emperor Yang's reign.