The Sui Dynasty had two empresses in its history:
- Empress Dugu Qieluo (r. 581-602), the wife of Emperor Wen, and
- Empress Xiao (r. 605-618), the wife of Emperor Yang
Famous quotes containing the words empress and/or sui:
“The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)
“Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth—well, it’s like brown—it’s not in the spectrum.... Truth is sui generis.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)