Qin and Han · Bandit

Bu Yang 卜陽

Attested AD 152 - AD 162

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bu Yang was a Bandit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 152 to AD 162 作賊十年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passages 146, 155

Places and affiliations

At Guiyang 桂陽 · Relation Based in
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 152

Events and relationships

Withdrew to mountains
Military · Rebel leader · With Du Shang (度尚)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 152
Relation Ally of · Person Pan Hong (潘鴻)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passages 152, 154

Source notes

bandit for ten years, practiced in attack and defense
作賊十年，習於攻守
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 155

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 3 passages

桂陽宿賊渠帥卜陽、潘鴻等畏尚威烈，徙入山谷。 The veteran rebel leaders Bu Yang and Pan Hong of Guiyang, fearful of Du Shang's reputation, withdrew into the hills.

而陽、鴻等黨眾猶盛，尚欲擊之，而士卒驕富，莫有鬥志。 Yet Bu Yang and Pan Hong still commanded a large following. Du Shang meant to finish them, but his men had grown complacent and rich and would not fight.

尚計緩之則不戰，逼之必逃亡，乃宣言卜陽、潘鴻作賊十年，習於攻守，今兵寡少，未易可進，當須諸郡所發悉至，爾乃并力攻之。 He reasoned that slack pressure would mean no battle, while a tight siege would only drive the enemy off. He announced that Bu Yang and Pan Hong had ten years' experience in war, that his own force was too small for a rush assault, and that he would wait until every allied column arrived before striking.