The Love Story of Empress Dugu Jialuo and the Emperor
Dugu Jialuo was Empress of the Sui Dynasty, the wife of Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen, and a devout Buddhist. She often lamented that life was hard and being a woman was even harder; therefore, the only way to be liberated was through a belief in Buddhism. The beautiful and gentle-natured Dugu Jialuo, at the age of 14, married 17-year-old Yang Jian, who ...