Overview
Yang Kun was a general and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Liang
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Zipeng | 子鵬 | Zǐpéng |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 555 聞太尉僧辯敗Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 212
Age
- 28Reckoning Sui · At Event deathDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 212
Attested activity
- AD 554 承聖三年Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 211
- AD 520 to AD 550 梁書卷三十九列傳目錄Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 2
- AD 555 聞太尉僧辯敗Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 212
- AD 548 to AD 552 隨侃臺內,城陷Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passages 197-199, 206
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Yang Kan (羊侃)father 父
son 子Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passages 2, 195
Career and standing
- Regular Attendant-in-Ordinary 散騎常侍AddedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 208
- Area Commander of Qing and Ji provinces 都督青、冀二州諸軍事AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- Bearer of the Staff 持節AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- General of Bright Awe 明威將軍AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- Inspector of Qingzhou 青州刺史AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- Inspector of Western Jinzhou 西晉州刺史AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 209
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- Regular Attendant-in-Ordinary 通直散騎常侍AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- Grand Administrator of Dongyang 東陽太守Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- Full Staff Bearer 使持節PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 210
- General of Trustworthy Valor 信武將軍PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 210
- Inspector of Eastern Jinzhou 東晉州刺史PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 210
- Duke of Changguo county 昌國縣公Enfeoffed · Households 2000Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
Places and affiliations
- Polity Liang 梁 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
- At Jingkou 京口 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passages 203, 205
- At Yangping 陽平 · Relation Hid atDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 197
- At Yuzhang 豫章 · Relation Died atDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 212
Works and attributed material
- There is no Mengshan here; you need only obey my ordersSpeech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressee Role sea pilotDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passages 201-202
Events and relationships
- Campaigned against Lu NaDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 208
- Defeated Guo Yuanjian at Dong PassDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 210
- Failed to reach Jiangling in time against Western Wei siegeAD 554 承聖三年 · Military · Reliever · At Jiangling 江陵Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 211
- Followed Wang Sengyin against Xiao Bo in LingnanDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 211
- Followed Yang Kan inside the palace compound; hid at Yangping when the city fellDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 197
- Pacified the mid Yangzi gorgesMilitary · CommanderDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 209
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- Secretly plotted against Hou Jing, diverted the boats to Jingkou, and killed him with a spearDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passages 199, 201-203, 205-206
- Summoned back and treated generously by Hou JingDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 198
- Turned back on news of Wang Sengbian’s defeat; broken by Hou Tian and killed at YuzhangDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 212
- Relation Favored by · Person Hou Jing (侯景)Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 198
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Wang Sengyin (王僧愔)Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 211
Assessments and attributes
- Item five million cash, five thousand piculs of grain, a thousand bolts each of cloth and silk 錢五百萬,米五千石,布絹各一千匹 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 207
Source notes
- Historicity historicalStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 2
References in the histories
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