Ming · Official and Aristocrat

Yang Shan 楊善

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1457

Passages
7
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Shan 楊善 Yang Shan
Personal name Yang Shan 楊善 Yang Shan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Diplomat
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

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 1457
    Explicit · 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 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0008

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: brought Retired Emperor home
    Explicit · 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 1457

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 2 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 5 passages