Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Jian as a general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 36 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 Jian | 楊暕 | Yáng Jiǎn |
| Childhood | Ahai | 阿孩 | Āhái |
| Given | Jian (rendered Zheng) | 暕 | Jiǎn |
| Title | Prince Zheng of Qi | 齊王 | Qí Wáng |
| Courtesy | Shifu | 世朏 | Shìfěi |
| Surname | Yang | 楊 | Yáng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:059:s0239, suishu:059:s0242
Roles
- General
- Official
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: dragged into the street and beheaded by Yuwen Huaji's rebels · Responsible Person Id: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宇文化及作亂之際 · Western Year: AD 618
Age
- Years: 34 · Context: at deathExplicit · suishu:059:s0244
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及作亂之際 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0239, suishu:059:s0242
Family
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- Child of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Spouse of Lady Wei, consort of Yang Jian (暕妃韋氏)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Parent of Daughter of Yang Jian and his consort's elder sister (一女)Kinship Term: daughter / 一女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
- Child of Yang Guang (楊廣)Kinship Term: son / 三男 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Event: both killedExplicit · suishu:059:s0242
Career and standing
- Label: Commander-in-Chief of Yangzhou and military affairs south of the Huai / 揚州總管沿淮以南諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 仁壽中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 601 · End: AD 604Explicit · suishu:059:s0198
- Label: Kaifu Yitong Sansi / 開府儀同三司 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 607Explicit · suishu:059:s0204
- Label: Director of the Palace Secretariat / 內史令 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:059:s0197
- Label: Intendant of the Capital / 京尹 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:059:s0230
- Label: Governor of Yu Province / 豫州牧 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業二年 · Western Year: AD 606Explicit · suishu:059:s0200, suishu:059:s0201
- Label: Governor of Yong Province / 雍州牧 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 607Explicit · suishu:059:s0204
- Label: Intendant of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 607Explicit · suishu:059:s0204
- Title: Prince of Yuzhang / 豫章王 · Action: invested · Fief Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 600Explicit · suishu:059:s0195
- Title: Prince of Qi / 齊王 · Action: promoted · Fief Increase Households: 4000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 煬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:059:s0199
- Status: lost imperial favor and excluded from current government · Action: enteredExplicit · suishu:059:s0230
- Status: widely expected to succeed as heir after Zhao's death · Action: enteredExplicit · suishu:059:s0202
- Status: placed under household surveillance by a Captain of the Martial Guard · Authority Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)Explicit · suishu:059:s0231
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0239, suishu:059:s0242
Learning and skills
- Subject: classics and histories / 經史 · Relation: studiedExplicit · suishu:059:s0196
- Belief: heterodox magical suppression rites / 左道厭勝 · Relation: practicedExplicit · suishu:059:s0227
- Skill: mounted archery / 騎射 · Level: especially skilledExplicit · suishu:059:s0196
Works and attributed material
- Kind: questions and plea to supposed imperial envoy · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yang Jian (楊暕)
Events and relationships
- Kind: hunt · Action: entered the Fenyang Palace hunting enclosure with 1,000 horsemen and took many elk and deerExplicit · suishu:059:s0216, suishu:059:s0217
- Kind: omens · Action: experienced unexplained bleeding and saw headless rats shortly before his death
- Kind: ceremonial military · Role: military vanguard · Place: Eastern Capital / 東都 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業二年 · Western Year: AD 606Explicit · suishu:059:s0200
- Kind: military · Role: commander of rear army · Force: 50,000 infantry and cavalry · Place: Yulin / 榆林Explicit · suishu:059:s0215
- Relation: favored-by · Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖文皇帝)Explicit · suishu:059:s0194
- Relation: sexual-partner-of · Person Id: Elder sister of Yang Jian's consort (妃姊元氏婦) · Union Type: extramarital relationshipExplicit · suishu:059:s0222
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: arrogant, willful, intimate with petty men, and often unlawful · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:059:s0206
- Assessment: Emperor Yang feared he might rebel and staffed him only with old and weak attendants · Provenance: Mode: historian-report · Source Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)Explicit · suishu:059:s0232
- Assessment: handsome, with well-spaced brows and eyes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:059:s0194
- Item: residence in the Eastern Capital / 東都第 · Relation: built; gate and beam collapsed as omensExplicit · suishu:059:s0214
References in the histories
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