Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family member

Wang Yang

Died AD 576

Passages
14
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yang Wang Yang
Posthumous name Guangzi 光子 Guangzi
Surname Wang Wang
Personal name Wang Yang 王瑒 Wang Yang
Given name Yang Yang
Courtesy name Ziyu 子璵 Ziyu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

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: sui
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0082

Attested activity

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 than
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0079

Career and standing

  • Label: Left Vice Director / 左僕射 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0078
  • Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · 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 546
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0059
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: held
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0070
  • Label: Guangzi / 光子 · Action: posthumous-title
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0085

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

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-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:023:s0077

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 1 passage
Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 13 passages