Yang Shuang (楊爽) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Shuang as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 13 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Shuang	楊爽	Yang Shuang
Title	Duke of Tong'an	同安郡公
Childhood name	Mingda	明達	Mingda
Title	Prince of Wei	衛王	Wei Wang
Title	Prince of Wei the Illustrious	衛昭王	Wei Zhao Wang
Courtesy name	Shiren	師仁	Shiren
Personal name	Shuang	爽	Shuang
Posthumous name	Zhao	昭	Zhao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未幾 · Western Interval: Start: AD 586 · End: AD 587
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Age

Age: 17 · Reckoning: sui · Event: appointed Superior Gentleman
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Age: 25 · Reckoning: sui
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Age: 6 · Reckoning: sui · Event: Taizu died
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
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Source Date: Text: 周世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 580
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Family

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Child of Taizu (太祖)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后)
Kinship Term: reared by / 鞠養 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Parent of Yang Ji (楊集)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Emperor Wen (隋高祖)
Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Label: Director of Discourse / 納言 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 587
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Label: Commander-in-Chief of Liang Province / 涼州總管 · Action: appointed
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Label: Commander-in-Chief of Qin Province / 秦州總管 · Action: appointed
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Label: Governor of Pu Prefecture / 蒲州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Governor of Yong Province / 雍州牧 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand General of the Right Army Guard / 右領軍大將軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Palace Secretariat Superior Gentleman / 內史上士 · Action: appointed
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Place: Liang'an County / 梁安縣 · Households: 1000 · Action: granted
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Label: Senior Pillar of State / 上柱國 · Action: granted
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Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: posthumously-granted
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Title: Prince of Wei / 衛王 · Action: created · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: campaign-from-Hechuan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年 · Western Year: AD 586
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Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Shabolüe Qaghan (沙缽略可汗) · Place: White Road / 白道
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Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: northern-campaign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年北伐 · Western Interval: Start: AD 583 · End: AD 584
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