Yang Jun

Yang Jun, courtesy name Azhi, was the third son of Emperor Wen of Sui; he was made Prince of Qin in 581 and governor of Luozhou the next year. In the 588 campaign against the Chen he commanded thirty generals as field marshal of the Shannan circuit, camped at Hankou, and returned without a major battle after the Chen general Zhou Luohou and others surrendered. He then governed Yangzhou and Bingzhou, but grew extravagant, lent money at interest and built lavish palaces. After his consort, Lady Cui, jealously poisoned him with a melon and left him ill, the emperor stripped him of office, leaving only his title, and when Yang Su pleaded that this was too harsh, the emperor answered that he could not make a separate law for an emperor's sons. Yang Jun died at his residence in 600, aged twenty-nine. When his staff asked to raise a stele for him, the emperor said that a single scroll of history was enough for anyone seeking fame.