Yang Fuguang (楊復光)

Overview

Yang Fuguang was an eunuch and Military Overseer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	grand-uncle	叔祖

Life and dates

Death

AD 881 to AD 885 復光死
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 8
AD 883 賊平之後
Sudden
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 880 to AD 883 叔祖復光有大功於王室
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 43
AD 881 唐中和初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 5-7
AD 881 明年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 6, 8
AD 883 賊平
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 5

Family

Kin of Yang Xilang (楊希朗)
grand-uncle 叔祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 43
Sibling of Grandfather of Yang Xilang (楊希朗之祖)
grand-uncle 叔祖 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 43
Sibling of Fu Gong (楊復恭)
Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 43

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Zhongwu army supervisor 忠武監軍
AD 881 唐中和初 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4
supervising commander 監軍
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4; Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5

Events and relationships

Defeated rebels and retook city
AD 881 明年 · Military · Commander · At capital city 京城
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 6
Formed eight commands
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Military · Organizer · Organization Zhongwu Army 忠武軍
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 7
Led against
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Military · Commander · With Liang founder (梁祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5
Raised troops
AD 881 唐中和初 · Military · Commander · At Cai 蔡
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4
Relieved capital
AD 880 是歲 · Military · Commander · At capital 京師
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 6
Rendered great service to the throne
Military · Meritorious official
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 43

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15 Book of Later Liang 15: Biographies 5: Han Jian, Li Hanzhi, Feng Xingxi, Sun Dezhao, Zhao Keyu, Zhang Shensi · 2 passages

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唐中和初，忠武監軍楊復光起兵於蔡，宗權遣其將鹿宴宏赴之，建與里人王建俱隸宴宏軍，入援京師。 At the beginning of the Tang dynasty's Zhonghe era, Yang Fuguang, military supervisor of the Zhongwu Army, raised troops at Cai. Qin Zongquan sent his general Lu Yanhong to join him; Han Jian and his fellow townsman Wang Jian then joined Yanhong's army and entered the capital to reinforce it.

賊平，復光暴卒。 After the rebels fell, Fuguang died suddenly.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 1 passage

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希朗陳訴：「叔祖復光有大功於王室，伯祖復恭為張浚所構，得罪前朝，當時強臣掣肘，國命不行，及王行瑜伏誅，德音昭洗，制書尚在，相公本朝世族，諳練故事，安得謂之未雪耶！ Xilang argued: "My grand-uncle Fuguang rendered great service to the throne. My elder grand-uncle Fu Gong was framed by Zhang Jun and fell afoul of the former dynasty, when powerful ministers constrained the throne and imperial orders could not be enforced. After Wang Xingyu was executed, an edict of grace publicly cleared the record, and that edict still survives. Your Excellency is a hereditary minister of our dynasty and well versed in precedent—how can you say his name has not been cleared!

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 4 passages

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時梁祖為巢將，領眾攻襄、鄧，宗權遣小校鹿晏宏從監軍楊復光率師攻之，建亦預行。 The future Liang founder was then one of Huang Chao's generals, leading forces against Xiangyang and Dengzhou. Qin Zongquan sent the junior officer Lu Yanhong with the supervising commander Yang Fuguang to oppose him, and Wang Jian marched with them.

是歲，復光入援京師，明年破賊收京城。 That year Yang Fuguang marched to relieve the capital; the following year he defeated the rebels and retook the city.

初，復光以忠武軍八千人立為八都，晏宏與建各一都校也。 Yang Fuguang had first organized eight thousand Zhongwu troops into eight commands, with Lu Yanhong and Wang Jian each commanding one.

復光死，晏弘率八都迎扈行在，至山南，乃攻剽金、商諸郡縣，得兵數萬，進逼興元，節度使牛叢棄城而去，晏宏因自為留後，建等為屬郡刺史，不令之任。 After Yang Fuguang's death, Lu Yanhong led the eight commands to join the emperor's wandering court. Reaching the Shannan region, he turned to plundering Jinzhou, Shangzhou, and neighboring districts until his forces numbered in the tens of thousands. He then advanced on Xingyuan; Military Governor Niu Cong fled the city, and Yanhong declared himself acting governor. Wang Jian and the others were appointed prefects of subordinate commanderies but were not permitted to take up their posts.