Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Tan as a courtier and royal family member. This record brings together 3 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 Tan | 楊倓 | Yáng Tán |
| Title | Prince Tan of Yan | 燕王 | Yān Wáng |
| Courtesy | Ren'an | 仁安 | Rén'ān |
| Given | Tan | 倓 | Tán |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:059:s0100
Roles
- Courtier
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: killed by rebels during Yuwen Huaji's uprising · Responsible Person Id: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宇文化及弑逆之際 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0100, suishu:059:s0103
Age
- Years: 16 · Context: at deathExplicit · suishu:059:s0103
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及弑逆之際 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0100
Family
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- Descendant of Yang Guang (楊廣)Kinship Term: grandson / 諸孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
- Child of Elder Worthy Companion Lady Liu (大劉良娣)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Yang Zhao (楊昭)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0100
Works and attributed material
- Kind: false illness report · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yang Tan (楊倓)Explicit · suishu:059:s0101
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Action: detected the regicide and tried to warn Emperor Yang · Other Person Ids: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及), Xiao Ju (蕭钜), Yuwen Hao (宇文皛) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宇文化及弑逆之際 · Western Year: AD 618
- Relation: favored-by · Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)Explicit · suishu:059:s0096
- Relation: co-conspirator-with · Person Id: Yuwen Hao (宇文皛)Explicit · suishu:059:s0100
- Relation: co-conspirator-with · Person Id: Xiao Ju (蕭钜)Explicit · suishu:059:s0100
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: clever, handsome, devoted to books and Confucian simplicity, and mature beyond his years · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:059:s0096, suishu:059:s0097
References in the histories
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