Yang Cheng 陽城

Other names

Family

• Kin of Son of Yang Cheng's Sister (陽城妹之子)
  maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Younger Sister of Yang Cheng (陽城妹)
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 149
• Sibling of Yang Yu (域)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 139
• Sibling of Yang Jie (堦)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 139
• Sibling of Younger Sister of Yang Cheng (陽城妹)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 149

• Kinship Role younger brothers · Count 2 · Kinship Term two younger brothers 二弟
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 173, 177
• Kinship Role younger brothers · Count 2
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 139

Origins and identity

• official clan for generations 世為官族
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 137

Career and standing

• clerk at the Hall of Assembled Worthies 集賢院吏
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 138
• prefect 刺史
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 220, 230
• remonstrating official 諫官
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 170, 182
• Right Remonstrator 右諫議大夫
  AD 787 召拜右諫議大夫 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 167
• Prefect of Daozhou 道州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 199
• Vice Director of the Directorate of Education 國子司業
  Demoted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 190

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 137
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 167, 220, 224, 236
• At Beiping in Dingzhou 定州北平
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 137
• At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Active in
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passages 167-168
• At Daozhou 道州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 199, 220
• At Mount Zhongtiao 中條山 · Relation Withdrew to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 139

Learning and skills

• Institution Hall of Assembled Worthies 集賢院 · clerk who secretly read hall books for six years
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 138
• Earned
  Credential Presented Scholar 進士
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 139

Works and attributed material

• Written reply · Author · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Dezong (德宗) · Mode self-report Speaker Yang Cheng (陽城)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 165
• Memorial · Author · With the Emperor (帝) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 224
• Memorial · Author · With Pei Yanling (裴延齡) · Mode self-report Speaker Yang Cheng (陽城)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 183
• Official report · Author · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 229
• Speech · Speaker · With Zheng Chu (鄭俶) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 159
• Speech · Speaker · With Yang Jie (堦) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 140

Events and relationships

• Accepted gifts
  Patronage · Recipient · With Li Bi (李泌)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 163
• Attracted learners
  Scholarly · Teacher
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 143
• Beat clerk to death
  Legal · Authority
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 227
• Brought home sister husband coffin
  Ritual · Mourner · With Husband of Yang Cheng's Sister (陽城妹之夫)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 150
• Carried drunk slave home
  Personal · Master
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 146-148
• Carried feeble minded nephew
  Personal · Caregiver · With Son of Yang Cheng's Sister (陽城妹之子)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 149

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment blamed himself deeply for Chu's death · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 162
• Assessment broad expansive virtue; embraces worthy and unworthy; does not reject those who come · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 205
• Assessment Cheng's force kept Yanling from becoming chief minister · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 189
• Assessment critics say he accepts the unworthy too readily and lacks the way of a true teacher · Mode hearsay Source Person Id Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 207
• Assessment gentry longed to see his bearing before he left seclusion · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 169
• Assessment modest, respectful, and plain toward all ages · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 142

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 163, 220, 236
• held remonstrator office eight years without anyone fathoming his inner mind
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 180
• kept no spare clothing; gave away garments guests praised
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 178
• spent all salary beyond staple food costs on wine; kept no savings
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 177