Ancient China · Official

Yang Chufu 陽處父

Attested BC 621 - BC 621

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Chufu was an official.

Life and dates

Death

murdered; met a cruel end 殺；及殘賊之禍
Cause Murder · Authority Hu Shegu (狐射姑)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 127-128
killed by Duke Xiang of Jin
Authority Duke Xiang of Jin (晉襄公)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 292

Attested activity

BC 621 晉狐射姑殺陽處父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passages 127-128
BC 621 晉襄公殺陽處父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 292

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 127
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 292

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 127, 292

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 178Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen · 3 passages

臣謹按《春秋》，晉狐射姑殺陽處父，書襄公殺之者，以其君漏言也。 I respectfully examine the Spring and Autumn Annals: Hu Shegu of Jin murdered Yang Chufu; the Annals record that Duke Xiang murdered him because his ruler leaked a secret.

襄公不能固陰重之機，處父所以及殘賊之禍，故《春秋》非之。 Duke Xiang could not keep a weighty secret; Chufu therefore met a cruel end — therefore the Annals condemn it.

始，帝恭儉求治，誌除兇人，然懦而不睿，臣下畏禍不敢言，故蕡對極陳晉襄公殺陽處父以戒帝，又引閽弒吳子，陰贊帝決。 At the beginning the emperor was respectful and frugal in seeking governance, resolved to remove vicious men — yet timid and not perspicacious; ministers feared disaster and dared not speak; therefore in his answers Fen fully set forth how Duke Xiang of Jin killed Yang Chufu to warn the emperor, and again cited how a gate guard murdered the Prince of Wu, secretly urging the emperor's resolve.