Yang Tong

Emperor Gong of Sui
隋恭帝
Emperor of the Sui dynasty (Eastern)
Reign22 June 618[1][2] – 23 May 619[3][4]
SuccessorNone (dynasty destroyed)
BornBetween 603 and 605
DiedJune or July 619[5]
Names
Family name: Yang (楊, Yáng)
Given name: Tong (侗, Tóng)
Posthumous name
Emperor Gōng (恭皇帝; conferred by Wang Shichong)
HouseYang
DynastySui
FatherYang Zhao, Crown Prince Yuande
MotherConsort Liu
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Tong (Chinese: 楊侗; 600s – June or July 619), known in traditional histories by his princely title of Prince of Yue (越王) or by his era name as Lord Huangtai (皇泰主), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of Sui (隋恭帝),[6] courtesy name Renjin (仁謹), was an emperor of China's Sui dynasty. During the disturbances that permeated throughout the Sui state late in the dynasty's history, his grandfather Emperor Yang left him in charge of the eastern capital Luoyang, and after Emperor Yang was killed by the general Yuwen Huaji in 618, the Sui officials in Luoyang declared Yang Tong emperor. However, soon one of those officials, Wang Shichong, seized power, and in 619 had Yang Tong yield the throne to him, ending the Sui dynasty. Soon, he was killed on Wang's orders.

  1. ^ ([武德元年]五月，...戊辰，留守官奉越王即皇帝位，大赦，改元皇泰。)
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 185. However, Emperor Gaozu's biography in New Book of Tang recorded the date as the geng'wu day of that month, corresponding to 19 June 618 in the Julian calendar.
  3. ^ ([武德二年四月]癸卯，世充称皇泰主命，禅位于郑。)
  4. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 187. However, Emperor Gaozu's biographies in both Books of Tang recorded the day as the yi'si day of that month, corresponding to 25 May 619 in the Julian calendar.
  5. ^ Volume 187 of Zizhi Tongjian did not record an exact date for Yang's death, but placed it in the 5th month of that year, which corresponds to 17 Jun to 16 Jul 619 in the Julian calendar.
  6. ^ a posthumous name shared with his younger brother Yang You.