Sui and Tang · Official

Yang Shenming 慎名

Attested AD 746 - AD 747

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Shenming was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Hanging
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 170

Attested activity

AD 746 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 157

Family

Sibling of Yang Shenjin (楊慎矜)
brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 171

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 4 passages

馳遣京兆士曹參軍吉溫系慎餘、慎名於洛陽獄考治。 He urgently sent Ji Wen, a staff officer of the capital prefecture, to arrest Shenyu and Shenming in Luoyang and interrogate them under torture.

慎餘、慎名聞兄死，皆哭，既讀詔，輟哭。 When Shenyu and Shenming learned of their brother's death, they wept; but once the edict was read aloud, they fell silent.

慎名曰：「奉詔不敢稽死，但寡姊垂白，作數行書與別。」 Shenming said, "We dare not delay our deaths under the edict, but our widowed elder sister is white-haired — permit us a few lines to bid her farewell."

慎名嘗視鑒嘆曰：「兄弟皆六尺餘，此貌此才，欲見容當世，難矣！ Shenming once gazed into a mirror and sighed, "All of us brothers stand over six chi tall — with looks and talent like these, winning favor in this age is no easy thing!