Yang Liang (楊諒) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Liang as an administrator, official, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Liang	楊諒	Yang Liang
Given	Liang	諒	Liang
Title	Prince Liang of Han	漢王諒
Title	Prince of Han	漢王
Title	Prince of Han	漢王	Hàn Wáng
Personal	Yang Liang	楊諒	Yáng Liàng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:072:s0159
Value: male
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Roles

Administrator
Official
Rebel
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 漢王諒之反 · Western Year: AD 604
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Source Date: Text: 漢王諒為并州總管 · Western Interval: Start: AD 590 · End: AD 604
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Source Date: Text: 煬帝朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 605 · End: AD 618
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Source Date: Text: 高祖在位時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604
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Family

Sibling of Yang Yong (楊勇)
Kinship Term: brother / 同胞 · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Chief Commander of Bingzhou / 并州總管 · Action: held
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Status: executed · Action: suffered
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-with
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Events and relationships

Kind: family · Action: left the sovereign's side upon marriage · Provenance: Mode: quoted-report · Speaker Person Id: Yang Zhao (楊昭)
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Kind: official · Role: patron · Action: praised Guo Jun's household and gave clothing to more than twenty brothers · Other Person Id: Guo Jun (郭俊)
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Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel leader · Action: rebelled
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References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 2 passages

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又王之昏主，心若豺狼，仇忿同胞，有逾沉、閼，惟勇及諒，咸磬甸師，況及族類為非，何能自保！ And consider your sovereign: benighted and wolf-hearted, more savage toward his own brothers than the worst villains of old. Princes Yong and Liang were wiped out to the last man—why would your branch of the family fare any better?

漢王諒之反也，朝廷以為有二心，廢錮不齒。 When Prince Liang of Han rebelled, the court suspected Chule of divided loyalties; he was stripped of rank, imprisoned, and disgraced.

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 1 passage

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高祖問其故，對曰：「漢王未婚時，恆在至尊所，一朝娶婦，便則出外。 Emperor Wen asked why; he answered, "When the Prince of Han was still unmarried he was always at Your Majesty's side; the day he married he went out to his own residence at once.

Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 1 passage

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漢王諒為并州總管，聞而嘉歎，賜兄弟二十餘人衣各一襲。 Prince of Han Yang Liang, as chief commander of Bingzhou, heard of this, sighed in admiration, and gave each of the more than twenty brothers a suit of clothing.