Yang Dayuan (楊大淵)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Dayuan as a general and official. This record brings together 4 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	Yang Dayuan	楊大淵	Yáng Dàyuān
Personal name	Dayuan	大淵	Dàyuān
Personal name	Yang Dayuan	楊大淵	Yáng Dàyuān

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:003:s0192

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 九年己未春正月乙巳朔 · Regnal Year: 9 · Season: spring · Lunar Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1259
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Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258
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Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258
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Career and standing

Label: Vice Minister of Sichuan / 四川侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defector · Action: as garrison commander of Daguo Mountain submitted and marched on with his troops · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258 · Place: Daguo Mountain / 大獲山
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: requested to attack He Prefecture and took more than eighty thousand men and women captive · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年己未春正月乙巳朔 · Regnal Year: 9 · Season: spring · Lunar Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1259 · Place: He Prefecture / 合州
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: principal · Action: sent men to summon the garrison commander Zhang Dayue to submit · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258 · Other Person Id: Zhang Dayue (張大悅)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: struck Xiangru and other counties with divided forces · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258 · Place: Xiangru / 相如
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References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 4 passages

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丙辰，進攻大獲山，守將楊大淵降，命大淵為四川侍郎，仍以其兵從。 On bingchen day they pressed the attack on Daguo Mountain; garrison commander Yang Dayuan came over, was named Vice Minister of Sichuan, and marched on with his men.

十二月壬午，楊大淵率所部兵與汪田哥分擊相如等縣。 On renwu day in the twelfth month Yang Dayuan and Wang Tiange split their forces to strike Xiangru and neighboring counties.

大淵遣人招降其守將張大悅，仍以大悅為元帥。 Dayuan sent envoys to win over the garrison commander Zhang Dayue and made Dayue commander-in-chief once he submitted.

丁卯，大淵請攻合州，俘男女八萬餘。 On dingmao day Yang Dayuan asked leave to assault He Prefecture and brought in more than eighty thousand captives, men and women together.