was greatly saddened, although he was comforted by Wang Shao (王劭), who submitted a petition in which he tried to use prophecies to show that Empress Dugu was, in fact, a Bodhisattva. Family Grandfather Dugu Ku Father General Dugu Xin (503–557), Western Wei general (司馬) and superior officer to Yang Zhong, Duke of Sui, Yang Jian's father; was implicated in a plot to overthrow regent Yuwen Hu in 557, shortly after his daughter's marriage, and forced to commit suicide Mother Lady Cui (崔氏) Stepmothers Dugu Xin's first wife, mother of Dugu Luo Lady Guo (郭氏), Dugu Xin's second wife, mother of Dugu Shan, Dugu Mu, Dugu Cang, Dugu Shun, Dugu Tuo, and Dugu Zheng Half-brothers Dugu Luo (獨孤羅) (534–599), courtesy name Luoren (羅仁) Dugu Shan (獨孤善), Buddhist name Futuo (伏陀) Dugu Mu (獨孤穆) Dugu Cang (獨孤藏) (553–587), Xianbei name Bazang (拔臣), Buddhist name Damo (達磨) Dugu Shun (獨孤順) Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀), courtesy name Lixie (黎邪), married a sister of Yang Su Dugu Zheng (獨孤整), served as Provincial Governor of Youzhou, later elevated to Marquess of Pingxiang (平鄉侯) Dugu Zhen (獨孤震) Half-sisters Lady Dugu (獨孤氏), Dugu Xin's fourth daughter; married Li Bing, Duke Ren of Tang; posthumously honored under the Tang Dynasty as Empress Yuanzhen (元貞皇后) Empress Dugu (d. 558), Dugu Xin's eldest daughter, married Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou sometime after 548 Nephews Dugu Ji (獨孤機), Duke of Teng (滕國公) and Provincial Governor of Cangzhou, son of Dugu Cang and his wife Lady Helan (賀蘭氏) Two other sons of Dugu Cang and Lady Helan Emperor Gaozu of Tang, son and elder child of Empress Yuanzhen and Li Bing Niece Princess Tong'an (同安公主), daughter and younger child of Empress Yuanzhen and Li Bing Sons Yang Yong (楊勇) (d. 604), the Crown Prince (created 581, deposed 600, executed by Emperor Yang of Sui 604) Yang Guang (楊廣) (569 – 10 April 618), initially the Duke of Yanmen, later the Prince of Jin (created 581), later the Crown Prince (created 600), later Emperor Yang of Sui Yang Jun (楊俊) (571–600), Prince Xiao of Qin (created 581, d. 600) Yang Xiu (楊秀) (573–618), initially the Prince of Yue (created 581), later the Prince of Shu (created 581, reduced to commoner rank 602, killed by Yuwen Huaji 618) Yang Liang (楊諒) (575–605), the Prince of Han (created 581, reduced to commoner rank 604) Daughters Yang Lihua (楊麗華) (561–609), empress to Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou;