Xiang Lang (向朗) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiang Lang as a general and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiang Lang	向朗	Xiàng Lǎng
Given name	Lang	朗	Lǎng
Personal name	Xiang Lang	向朗	Xiàng Lǎng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0085

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 延熙元年 · Western Year: AD 238
Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0085

Career and standing

Label: Left General acting as Chancellor / 行丞相事左將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0085

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 34Volume 34: Book of Shu 4: Biographies of Concubines and Sons of the Two Lords · 2 passages

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今以貴人為皇后，使行丞相事左將軍向朗持節授璽綬。 I now make the honored lady empress and dispatch Xiang Lang, left general acting as chancellor, with the imperial baton to present her seals and cords.

今以璿為皇太子，昭顯祖宗之威，命使行丞相事左將軍朗持節授印緩。 We therefore invest Liu Xuan as crown prince so the ancestors’ awe may shine abroad, and We dispatch Lang, left general acting as chancellor, with the imperial baton to present his seals and cords.