Five Dynasties · Official and Teacher

Yang Dongqian 楊洞潛

Attested AD 900 - AD 917

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Dongqian was an official and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 917 隱師事之至龑僭號
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24

Career and standing

deputy military commissioner 節度副使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24
Yongguan circuit patrol officer 邕管巡官
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24

Places and affiliations

At Southern Sea / Nanhai 南海 · Relation Sojourned in
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24

Events and relationships

When Yan declared himself emperor, Dongqian laid out auspicious/inauspicious rites and law
Ritual · Advisor · Set rites and laws · With Liu Yan (龑)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24
Relation Advisor of · Person Liu Yan (龑)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24
Relation Teacher of · Person Liu Yin (劉隱)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 24

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 2 passages

王定保、倪曙、劉浚、李衡、周傑、楊洞潛、趙光裔之徒，隱皆招禮之。 Wang Dingbao, Ni Shu, Liu Jun, Li Heng, Zhou Jie, Yang Dongqian, Zhao Guangyi, and others — Yin sought them out and treated them with honor.

洞潛初為邕管巡官，秩滿客南海，隱常師事之，後以為節度副使，及龑僭號，為陳吉兇禮法。 Dongqian had first served as a Yongguan circuit patrol officer; when his term ended he stayed on in the Southern Sea, and Yin often treated him as a teacher. Later Yin made him deputy military commissioner, and when Yan declared himself emperor, Dongqian laid out the rites and laws of the new state.