Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Yang as a courtier, family member, and official. This record brings together 14 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Yang | 瑒 | Wang Yang |
| Posthumous name | Guangzi | 光子 | Guangzi |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Personal name | Wang Yang | 王瑒 | Wang Yang |
| Given name | Yang | 瑒 | Yang |
| Courtesy name | Ziyu | 子璵 | Ziyu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:023:s0057
- Value: maleExplicit · chenshu:017:s0051
Roles
- Courtier
- Family Member
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576 · Age: Value: 54 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:023:s0082
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0051, chenshu:023:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 太建元年 · Western Year: AD 569Explicit · chenshu:023:s0073
- Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
- Source Date: Text: 梁大同中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 546Explicit · chenshu:023:s0059
- Source Date: Text: 永定元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:023:s0067
Family
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- Child of Birth mother of Wang Yang (王瑒所生母)Kinship Term: birth mother / 所生母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Wang Chong (王沖)Kinship Term: twelfth son / 第十二子 · Subject Birth Order: 12 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 12 - Sibling of Wang Yu (王瑜)Kinship Term: thirteenth younger brother / 第十三弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 13 · Shared Parentage: full
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 30 · Qualifier: more thanExplicit · chenshu:023:s0079
Career and standing
- Label: Left Vice Director / 左僕射 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:023:s0078
- Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:023:s0076
- Label: Secretary Gentleman / 祕書郎 · Action: began-career · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁大同中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 546Explicit · chenshu:023:s0059
- Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:023:s0070
- Label: Guangzi / 光子 · Action: posthumous-titleExplicit · chenshu:023:s0085
Places and affiliations
- Polity Name: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:023:s0067
- Place: Danyang / 丹陽 · Relation: returned-to-mournExplicit · chenshu:023:s0062
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: subject-of-speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wen (世祖) · Other Person Id: Wang Chong (王沖)Explicit · chenshu:023:s0070
Events and relationships
- Kind: mourning · Role: subject · Action: mourned-birth-mother · Place: Danyang / 丹陽Explicit · chenshu:023:s0062
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: kept at Chenghua so heir would absorb his bearing · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wen (世祖)Explicit · chenshu:023:s0070
- Assessment: mild and conciliatory in personnel selection · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:023:s0077
References in the histories
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