Five Dynasties · Court official

Yang Ningshi 楊凝式

Attested AD 904 - AD 960

Passages
5
Chapters
4
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Ningshi as a calligrapher, family member, official, and scholar. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Ningshi 楊凝式 Yang Ningshi
Personal Ningshi 凝式 Ningshi
Given Ningshi 凝式 Ningshi
Personal Yang Ningshi 楊凝式
Personal name Yang Ningshi 楊凝式 Yang Ningshi
Personal Yang Ningshi 楊凝式 Yáng Níngshì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Calligrapher
  • Family Member
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:068:s0149
  • Source Date: Text: 天祐初 · Western Year: AD 904
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0138, xintangshu:184:s0141
  • Source Date: Text: 拜相之日 · Western Year: AD 904
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0033
  • Source Date: Text: 歷事梁、唐、晉、漢、周 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 960
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:035:s0035
  • Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0089

Family

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  • Child of Yang She (楊涉)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Left Regular Attendant of the Cavalry; formerly Secretariat Drafting Officer / 左散騎常侍、前中書舍人 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0089
  • Label: Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0035

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: literary composition and calligraphy / 文詞、筆劄 · Level: skilled
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0035

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 1 passage
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與學士竇夢徵同年登第，鄰居友善，夢徵卒，讚與同年楊凝式緦麻為位而哭，其家無嫡長，與視喪事，恤其孀稚，人士稱之。 He had passed the jinshi in the same year as Hanlin academician Dou Mengzheng, and they were friendly neighbors. When Mengzheng died, Zan and his year-mate Yang Ningshi donned hemp mourning and wept at the bier. The family had no eldest son, so Zan helped manage the funeral and cared for the widow and children — conduct widely praised.
New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 2 passages
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