Yang Qiu (阳球) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Qiu as an administrator, judge, military officer, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Qiu	阳球	Yang Qiu
Courtesy	Fangzheng	方正	Fangzheng
Given	Qiu	球	Qiu
Surname	Yang	阳	Yang
Personal name	Yang Qiu	阳球	Yang Qiu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013, houhanshu:085:s0251

Roles

Administrator
Judge
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed / 诛死 · Place: Luoyang prison / 洛阳狱 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0253

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光和二年 · Reign: 光和 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0221
Source Date: Text: AD 159-179 · Western Interval: Start: AD 159 · End: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0013
Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0251, houhanshu:085:s0253
Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0268

Family

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Child of Mother of Yang Qiu (其母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Spouse of Wife of Yang Qiu (阳球妻)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Kinship Role: children · Quantity: unspecified · Note: 妻、子 banished; children not individuated
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0253

Origins and identity

Statement: His family had for generations been a great office-holding clan.
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0184

Career and standing

Label: Gentleman Consultant / 议郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0204
Label: Gentleman of the Masters of Writing / 尚书侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0188
Label: Magistrate of Gaotang / 高唐令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0189
Label: Prefect of Jiujiang / 九江太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0192
Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚书令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0206
Label: Colonel Director of Retainers / 司隶校尉 · Action: promoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光和二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0221
Label: Chancellor of Pingyuan / 平原相 · Action: promoted-to
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0194
Label: Court Architect / 将作大匠 · Action: promoted-to
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0205
Label: Commandant of the Guards / 卫尉 · Action: transferred-to · Authority Person Id: Emperor Ling (灵帝)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0243
Action: arrested for excessive severity and released by general amnesty
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0189
Action: arrested Wang Fu, Duan Jiong, Wang Meng, Wang Ji, and others and sent them to Luoyang prison · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Duan Jiong (段颎), Wang Meng (萌), Wang Ji (吉)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0224
Label: arrested and sent to Luoyang prison / 收球送洛阳狱 · Action: arrested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0253
Action: convicted in an unspecified affair
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0205
Action: memorial requesting abolition of Hongdu appointments was ignored
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0219
Action: summoned to the Commandant of Justice and found liable for dismissal for severity
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0203

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:085:s0251
Polity: Eastern Han / 東漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013
Place: Quanzhou in Yuyang commandery / 渔阳泉州 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0183
Place: Luoyang prison / 洛阳狱 · Relation: died-at
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0253

Learning and skills

Subject: teachings of Shen Buhai and Han Fei / 申、韩之学 · Action: favored · Other Person Ids: Shen Buhai (申子), Han Fei (韓非)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0186
Credential: highest-ranked staff evaluation / 高第 · Action: earned
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0190
Credential: Filially Pious and Incorrupt / 孝廉 · Action: recommended
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0188
Skill: mounted archery / 弓马 · Level: practiced
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0185
Skill: swordsmanship / 击剑 · Level: skilled
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0185
Skill: administrative precedent and memorial deliberation / 故事、章奏处议 · Level: trusted by the ministries
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0188

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Statement: Requested arrest and clan extermination of Wang Fu, Chunyu Deng, Yuan She, Feng, Liu Yi, Pang Xun, Zhu Yu, Qi Sheng, their magistrate kin, and Duan Jiong. · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Chunyu Deng (淳于登), Yuan She (袁赦), Feng (damaged name) (封𦐇), Liu Yi (刘毅), Pang Xun (庞训), Zhu Yu (硃禹), Qi Sheng (齐盛), Duan Jiong (段颎) · Provenance: Mode: reported-document · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0222, houhanshu:085:s0223
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Statement: Requested abolition of Hongdu appointments and condemned portraits and promotions for writers he considered fraudulent. · Other Person Ids: Yue Song (乐松), Jiang Lan (江览) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0207, houhanshu:085:s0208, houhanshu:085:s0209, houhanshu:085:s0210, houhanshu:085:s0211, houhanshu:085:s0212, houhanshu:085:s0213, houhanshu:085:s0214, houhanshu:085:s0215, houhanshu:085:s0216, houhanshu:085:s0217, houhanshu:085:s0218
Kind: plea · Role: speaker · Statement: Asked for one more month to punish the remaining predators after executing Wang Fu and Duan Jiong. · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Duan Jiong (段颎), Emperor Ling (灵帝) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0245, houhanshu:085:s0246, houhanshu:085:s0247
Kind: proclamation · Role: author · Statement: He pardoned old offenses, invoked Duke Huan and Gaozu, and warned that future wrongdoing would not be tolerated. · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0195, houhanshu:085:s0196, houhanshu:085:s0197, houhanshu:085:s0198, houhanshu:085:s0199, houhanshu:085:s0200
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Statement: Refused leniency because their crimes were beyond description and death could not cancel the debt. · Other Person Id: Wang Meng (萌) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0228
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Statement: If he became Colonel Director of Retainers, Wang Fu and Cao Jie's clique would not be tolerated. · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Cao Jie (曹节) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0220

Events and relationships

Kind: suppression · Role: prefect · Action: annihilated Jiujiang bandits and executed all corrupt commandery clerks
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0191, houhanshu:085:s0192, houhanshu:085:s0193
Kind: posthumous-punishment · Role: authority · Action: dismembered and displayed Wang Fu's corpse at Summer Gate under a traitor placard · Other Person Id: Wang Fu (王甫)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0233
Kind: posthumous-punishment · Role: authority · Action: dismembered and displayed Wang Fu's corpse · Other Person Id: Wang Fu (王甫)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013
Kind: revenge-killing · Role: leader · Action: gathered dozens of youths, killed the clerk who insulted his mother, and exterminated the clerk's household
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0187
Kind: execution-by-torture · Role: authority · Action: had Wang Meng's mouth packed with mud and father and son beaten to death · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Wang Meng (萌)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0231
Kind: legal · Role: impeacher · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Wang Fu (王甫) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268
Kind: remonstrance · Role: petitioner · Action: kowtowed until blood flowed but ultimately accepted the transfer
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0248, houhanshu:085:s0249, houhanshu:085:s0250
Kind: torture · Role: interrogator · Action: personally applied the five extreme tortures to Wang Fu's party · Other Person Ids: Wang Fu (王甫), Wang Meng (萌)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0225
Kind: planned-impeachment · Role: official · Action: planned to impeach Cao Jie and then investigate powerful houses · Other Person Id: Cao Jie (曹节)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0235
Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: planned-arrest · Other Person Id: Zhang Rang (张让) · Counterparts: Liu He (刘郃), Cao Jie (曹节) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251
Relation: opponent-of · Person Id: Wang Fu (王甫)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Liu He (刘郃)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251
Relation: staff-member-of · Person Id: Liu Chong (刘宠)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0190

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: powerful households hid luxury goods and the capital trembled in fear · Provenance: Mode: public-reputation
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0236, houhanshu:085:s0237, houhanshu:085:s0238
Assessment: the commandery feared and obeyed him · Provenance: Mode: public-reputation
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0201