Sui and Tang · Aristocrat

Yang Tan 楊坦

Attested AD 604 - AD 618

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Tan as an aristocrat and royal family member. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Tan 楊坦 Yang Tan
Title Duke of Jingling 竟陵郡公
Personal name Tan Tan
Courtesy name Wenzhou 文籀 Wenzhou

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 坐綸徙 · Western Interval: Start: AD 604 · End: AD 618
    Explicit · suishu:044:s0052

Family

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  • Child of Yang Zan (楊瓚)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yang Lun (楊綸)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Sibling of Yang Meng (楊猛)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

  • Title: Duke of Jingling / 竟陵郡公 · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:044:s0052

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji · 2 passages