Overview
The translated histories identify Liang Shang as an aristocrat, family member, general, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liang Shang | 梁商 | Liang Shang |
| Descriptive kinship | father of the empress | 皇后父 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Father of the Empress of Emperor Shun | 皇后父 | |
| Title | Grand General | 大将军 | |
| Title | Grand General Liang Shang | 大將軍梁商 | |
| Personal name | Liang Shang | 梁商 | Liang Shang |
| Personal name | Liang Shang | 梁商 | |
| Personal name | Liang Shang | 梁商 | Liáng Shāng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Family Member
- General
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 後二年 · Western Year: AD 139Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 永和三年明年 · Western Year: AD 139Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0134
- Source Date: Text: 阳嘉二年 · Western Year: AD 133Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0134, houhanshu:117:s0132
- Source Date: Text: 顺帝即位 · Western Year: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0090
Family
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- Parent of Empress Dowager Liang (梁太后)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Line: paternal
- Parent of Empress of Emperor Shun (皇后)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter - Parent of Elder Brother of the Empress of Emperor ShunKinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Younger Brother of the Empress of Emperor ShunKinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Grand General / 大将军 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0134, houhanshu:125:s0090
- Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0117
- Status: like-three-dukes · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:125:s0090
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: accused · Action: framed-for-rebellionExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0134
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0134
References in the histories
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