Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Yang Chengxun 楊承勛

Attested AD 944

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Chengxun was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 944 開運元年十二月丁巳
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 81

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yang Guangyuan (楊光遠)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 81

Events and relationships

Forced father surrender killed officers
Political · Actor
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 81

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 1 passage

光遠子承勛等斬觀察判官邱濤、牙將白延祚、楊贍、杜延壽等首級，送於招討使李守貞，乃縱火大噪，劫其父處於私第，以城納款，遣即墨縣令王德柔貢表待罪。 Guangyuan's sons Chengxun and the rest beheaded the observation commissioner Qiu Tao and the officers Bai Yanzuo, Yang Zhan, Du Yanshou, and others, and sent their heads to Li Shouzhen, the commander for suppression; then they set fires, raised a great uproar, seized their father and held him in a private house, surrendered the city, and dispatched Wang Derou, magistrate of Jimo, to present a memorial awaiting judgment.