Sui and Tang · Official

Yang Fa 楊發

Yáng Fā

Attested AD 847 - AD 859

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Fa as an official. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Fa 楊發 Yáng Fā
Courtesy Zhizhi 至之 Zhìzhī

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

  • Sibling of Yang Shou (楊收)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Label: Military Governor of Lingnan / 嶺南節度使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Vice Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常少卿 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Prefect of Wuzhou / 婺州刺史 · Action: demoted
  • Label: Left Department Director / 左司郎中 · Action: promoted
  • Label: Prefect of Suzhou / 蘇州刺史 · Action: transferred
  • Label: Surveillance Commissioner of Fujian / 福建觀察使 · Action: transferred

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: ritual-policy-opinion · Role: co-author · Other Person Id: Lu Bo (盧搏) · Summary: opposed remaking imperial ancestral tablets for lack of ancient precedent · Provenance: Mode: narrative-attribution · Speaker Person Id: Yang Fa (楊發)

Events and relationships

  • Kind: mutiny · Role: victim · Action: imprisoned by troops angered by strict discipline

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: governed by prioritizing respect for elders and kindness to the young · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: known for capable administration · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
  • Assessment: ritual experts approved his position · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 3 passages