Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Yang Guozhong 楊國忠

Attested AD 755

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Guozhong was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 755 安祿山反
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 41

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Addressed to Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 41

Events and relationships

Had Jinqing appointed to Shaan
AD 755 安祿山反 · Political · Memorialist · With Miao Jinqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 41
Relation Resented standing of · Person Miao Jinqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 41

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 1 passage

安祿山反，竇廷芝棄陜郡不守，楊國忠本忌其有望，即奏「東道賊沖，非大臣不可鎮遏」，授陜郡太守、陜虢防禦使，晉卿見帝，以老辭，忤旨，聽致仕於家。 When An Lushan rebelled, Dou Tingzhi abandoned Shaan commandery without defending it; Yang Guozhong, who had long resented Jinqing's standing with the people, immediately memorialized that "the eastern route is where the rebels will strike—only a great minister can hold them back," and appointed him prefect of Shaan commandery and defense commissioner of Shan-Guo; when Jinqing saw the emperor he pleaded old age and declined, contravened the imperial will, and was permitted to retire at home.