Sui and Tang · Official

Yang Shenjin 楊慎矜

Attested AD 742 - AD 747

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Shenjin was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 742 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 129

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yang Zhengdao (楊正道)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations · Through Yang Longli (楊隆禮)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 118
Descendant of Prince Jian of Qi (齊王柬)
great-grandson 曾孫 · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 117
Sibling of Yang Shenyu (楊慎餘)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 125
Sibling of Yang Shenming (楊慎名)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 125
Kin of Father of Wang Hong
cousin by marriage 外兄弟
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 134
Child of Yang Longli (楊隆禮)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 119

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History

11 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 11 passages

楊慎矜，隋齊王柬曾孫。 Yang Shenjin was a great-grandson of Prince Jian of Qi of the Sui dynasty.

慎矜沈毅任氣，健而才。 Shenjin was reserved and resolute, bold in temperament, physically strong, and gifted.

隆禮罷太府，玄宗訪其子可代父任者，宰相以慎餘、慎矜、慎名皆得父清白。 When Longli stepped down from the palace storehouse, Xuanzong asked which son might succeed him. The chancellors replied that Shenyu, Shenjin, and Shenming had all inherited their father's spotless reputation.

帝喜，擢慎矜監察御史，知太府出納，慎餘太子舍人，主長安倉，慎名大理評事，為含嘉倉出納使，被眷尤渥。 The emperor was delighted. He promoted Shenjin to investigating censor with charge of palace storehouse receipts and disbursements, appointed Shenyu crown prince attendant to manage the Chang'an granary, and made Shenming a court reviewer and intake officer for the Hanjia granary. All three enjoyed exceptional favor.

慎矜遷侍御史，知雜事，高置風格。 Shenjin rose to attendant censor with charge of assorted business and carried himself with conspicuous dignity.

於時李林甫用事，慎矜進非其意，固讓不敢拜，乃授諫議大夫、兼侍御史，更以蕭諒為中丞。 Li Linfu was then in power, and Shenjin's promotion did not suit him. Shenjin firmly declined the appointment, and was given the post of remonstrance advisor with concurrent attendant censor instead, while Xiao Liang was made censor-in-chief.

林甫知慎矜為己屈，卒授御史中丞，兼諸道鑄錢使。 Once Li Linfu saw that Shenjin had yielded to him, he finally appointed Shenjin censor-in-chief and commissioner of coinage for all circuits.

韋堅之獄，王鉷等方文致，而慎矜依違不甚力，鉷恨之，雖林甫亦不悅。 During Wei Jian's prosecution, Wang Hong and others were busy fabricating the case, but Shenjin hedged and did not throw himself into it. Hong bore a grudge, and even Li Linfu was displeased.

鉷父與慎矜外兄弟也，故與鉷狎。 Hong's father was Shenjin's cousin by marriage, so the two had long been on familiar terms.

及為侍御史，繇慎矜所引，後遷中丞，同列，慎矜猶以子姓畜之，鉷負林甫勢，滋不平。 Hong had entered service as attendant censor on Shenjin's recommendation and later rose to censor-in-chief as his equal, yet Shenjin still treated him like a junior relative. Backed by Li Linfu's power, Hong's resentment only deepened.

會慎矜擢戶部侍郎，仍兼中丞，林甫疾其得君，且逼己，乃與鉷謀陷之。 When Shenjin was promoted to vice minister of revenue while retaining the censor-in-chief post, Li Linfu resented his closeness to the emperor and the threat he posed, and conspired with Wang Hong to destroy him.