Overview
Yang Shihou was a general and Warlord.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 915 逮其喪亡Unspecified · historian notes partition of domains at his deathDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 181
Attested activity
- AD 915 據鄴城至喪亡Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 180-181
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 180, 182
- At Yecheng 鄴城 · Relation HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 180
Events and relationships
- Controlled troops and revenuesPolitical military · Warlord · At Yecheng and six prefectures 鄴城、六州Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 180
- Domains partitioned after deathPolitical · Cause · Outcome Loss of Hebei; Jin advancedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 181-182
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment overawed his lord; excessive power; death led to loss of Hebei and opening for Jin—the Odes phrase who raised this mischief applies to him · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 180-182
References in the histories
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