Yang Jiyuan (楊繼源)

Overview

Yang Jiyuan was a Military Officer.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Executed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 181

Attested activity

AD 925 to AD 926 同光季年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 181

Career and standing

army supervisor 監軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 181

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64 Book of Later Tang 40: Biographies 16: Hou Yanwei, Wang Yanqiu, Dai Siyuan, Zhu Hanbin, Kong Qing, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu · 1 passage

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同光季年，監軍楊繼源與都將謀據潞州，事泄，誅之。 Late in Tongguang, army supervisor Yang Jiyuan and a chief general plotted to seize Luzhou; when the plot leaked, Qing executed him.