Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Shan as an aristocrat, diplomat, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yang Shan | 楊善 | Yang Shan |
| Personal name | Yang Shan | 楊善 | Yang Shan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0002
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Diplomat
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 景泰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1450 · End: AD 1451Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:169:s0078
Career and standing
- Label: Left Censor-in-chief / 左都御史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002
- Title: Baron of Xingji / 興濟伯 · Action: enfeoffed · Reason: merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0008
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0002, mingshi:012:s0008
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: brought Retired Emperor homeExplicit · mingshi:169:s0199
- Kind: political · Event: Gate-Seizing restoration / 奪門迎復 · Role: leader · Action: led troops that brought the Emperor out of the Southern Palace · Other Person Id: Yingzong (英宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002, mingshi:012:s0008
References in the histories
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