Dugu (surname)
Dugu is an extremely rare Chinese compound surname of Xianbei origin. There is also a small Korean population with this surname ; many of them are found in North Korea, mainly in Ryongchon County and Uiju County near the Chinese border.
During the 6th century the Dugus were a powerful aristocratic family based in northwest China. They are best remembered today by the Dugu sisters, whose marriages linked the imperial families of 3 successive dynasties — the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang.
Shimunek reconstructs Tabgach *dʊqʊ which underlaid Chinese transcription 獨孤, which was glossed as 劉 "battle-axe".
Notable people
- Dugu Xin, Western Wei general and official
- Dugu sisters, Dugu Xin's daughters
- *Empress Dugu (Northern Zhou), Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou 's empress
- *Dugu Qieluo, Emperor Wen of Sui 's empress
- Consort Dugu, Emperor Daizong of Tang 's concubine
- Dugu Sun, Tang dynasty minister
- Dugu Qiubai, a fictional master swordsman that has been mentioned in several of Jin Yong's works.