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Yang Qing was a Southern Chieftain and Rebel.
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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 7 passages
元和十四年，為楊清所殺，妻子支黨無焦類焉。
In 819 Yang Qing murdered him. His wife, children, kinsmen, and followers were wiped out to the last person.
楊清者，代為南方酋豪，屬象古貪縱，人心不附，又惡清之強，自驩州刺史召為牙門將，郁郁不快。
Yang Qing came from a line of southern tribal chieftains. Li Xianggu was greedy and self-indulgent, and the people did not support him. Resenting Yang Qing's strength, he summoned him from his post as prefect of Huan Prefecture to serve as a gate guard—a slight that left Yang deeply aggrieved.
無何，邕管黃家賊叛，詔象古發兵數道共討之，像古命清領兵三千赴焉。
Before long, the Huang bandits rebelled in Yong and Guan. The court ordered Li Xianggu to attack on several fronts. Li Xianggu sent Yang Qing with three thousand men to join the campaign.
清與其子志烈及所親杜士交潛謀回戈，夜襲安南，數日城陷，像古故及於害。
Yang Qing, his son Zhilie, and his confidant Du Shijiao secretly plotted to turn their forces around. They struck Annam by night and took the city within days. Li Xianggu met his death in the attack.
赦清，以為瓊州刺史。
Yang Qing was pardoned and appointed prefect of Qiong Prefecture.
仲武至境，清不納，復約束部署，刑戮憯虐，人無聊生。
When Gui Zhongwu reached the frontier, Yang Qing refused to admit him. He tightened his grip, and his punishments grew savage until the people could barely survive.
仲武使人諭其酋豪，數月間，歸附繼至，約兵七千餘人，收其城，斬清及其子志貞，籍沒其家。
Gui Zhongwu won over the tribal leaders. Within months their allegiance shifted, until he mustered some seven thousand men, retook the city, executed Yang Qing and his son Zhizhen, and confiscated the family's property.