Yang Hou (楊厚) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Hou as an astrologer, diviner, official, and scholar. This record brings together 16 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 Hou	楊厚	Yang Hou
Posthumous name	Father Wen	文父	Wenfu
Given	Hou	厚
Surname	Yang	楊
Personal name	Yang Hou	楊厚	Yang Hou
Courtesy name	Zhonghuan	仲桓	Zhonghuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0068

Roles

Astrologer
Diviner
Official
Scholar
Teacher
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Place: at home / 家 · Manner: died
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0098

Age

Age: 82 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0098
Age: 9 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0078

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 129
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0106, houhanshu:034:s0107
Source Date: Text: 安帝永初三年 · Western Year: AD 109
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0082, houhanshu:034:s0083, houhanshu:034:s0084, houhanshu:034:s0085
Source Date: Text: 建和三年 · Western Year: AD 149
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0097
Source Date: Text: 後二年 · Western Year: AD 139
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0117
Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 137
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0116
Source Date: Text: 本初元年 · Western Year: AD 146
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0096
Source Date: Text: 梁冀威權傾朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 141 · End: AD 146
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0091, houhanshu:034:s0092, houhanshu:034:s0093
Source Date: Text: 永和元年 · Western Year: AD 136
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0111, houhanshu:034:s0112, houhanshu:034:s0113, houhanshu:034:s0114
Source Date: Text: 永建二年 · Western Year: AD 127
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0102, houhanshu:034:s0103, houhanshu:034:s0104, houhanshu:034:s0105
Source Date: Text: 陽嘉三年 · Western Year: AD 134
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0110

Family

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Descendant of Yang Chunqing (楊春卿)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖父 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Yang Tong (楊統)
Child of Yang Tong (楊統)
Kinship Term: begat / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Sibling of Yang Bo (楊博)
Kinship Term: half-brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Child of Mother of Yang Hou (楊厚母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Kinship Role: disciples · Count: 3000
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0094

Career and standing

Label: Gentleman Consultant / 議郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0105
Label: Gentleman of the Palace / 中郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0088
Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0105
Label: Gentleman of the Palace / 中郎 · Action: dismissed
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0089
Label: Father Wen / 文父 · Action: received
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0100
Label: imperial condolence sacrifices / 策書弔祭 · Action: received
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0099
Status: refused-office · Action: refused
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0090
Status: refused-summons · Action: refused
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0096, houhanshu:034:s0097
Status: retired · Action: returned-home
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0093

Places and affiliations

Place: Xindu in Guanghan / 廣漢新都
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0068
Place: capital / 京師 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0083
Place: Qianwei / 犍為 · Relation: studied-at
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0090

Learning and skills

Label: father Tong's craft / 統業 · Relation: studied
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0081
Belief: Huang-Lao / 黃老 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0094

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Emperor Shun (順帝)
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0103, houhanshu:034:s0106, houhanshu:034:s0108, houhanshu:034:s0111
Kind: oral-reply · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Empress Dowager Deng (鄧太后)
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0085
Kind: prediction · Role: speaker
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0115

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: advised sending princes back to fiefs
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0085, houhanshu:034:s0086
Kind: personal · Role: actor · Action: feigned illness to reconcile mother and Bo
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0078
Kind: political · Role: memorialist · Action: submitted five proposals on Han crisis
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0103
Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: warned against western tour
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0109
Relation: refused-association-with · Person Id: Liang Ji (梁冀)
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0091, houhanshu:034:s0092
Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Li Gu (李固)
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0095

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: warnings unheeded under eunuch dominance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0118
Item: carriages, horses, cash, and silk / 車馬錢帛 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0093
Item: temple / 廟 · Relation: honored-with
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0101