Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Tong as an official, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 23 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yang Tong | 楊侗 | Yang Tong |
| Posthumous | Emperor Gong (false posthumous title) | 恭皇帝 | Gōng Huángdì |
| Title | Prince of Yue | 越王 | |
| Title | Prince Tong of Yue | 越王 | Yuè Wáng |
| Courtesy | Renjin | 仁謹 | Rénjǐn |
| Given | Tong | 侗 | Tong |
| Given | Tong | 侗 | Tóng |
| Personal | Yang Tong | 楊侗 | Yáng Tóng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · suishu:043:s0065
- Value: maleExplicit · suishu:059:s0111
Roles
- Official
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: poisoned and then strangled with silk · Responsible Person Ids: Wang Shichong (王世充), Wang Xingben (王行本)
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 侗稱制 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:043:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0111
Family
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- Child of Younger Worthy Companion Lady Liu (小劉良娣)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
Career and standing
- Label: Administrator of Gaoyang / 高陽太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:059:s0108
- Label: overall charge of the Eastern Capital / 總留台事 · Action: entrusted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業十三年 · Western Year: AD 617Explicit · suishu:059:s0110
- Honor: Emperor Gong / 恭皇帝 · Action: falsely posthumously bestowed · Authority Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)Explicit · suishu:059:s0192
- Title: Duke of Lu / 潞國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Authority Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充) · Fief Households: 5000Explicit · suishu:059:s0184
- Title: Prince of Yue / 越王 · Action: invested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業二年 · Western Year: AD 606Explicit · suishu:059:s0105
- Explicit · suishu:059:s0183
- Status: excluded from government affairs · Action: enteredExplicit · suishu:059:s0171
- Action: proclaimed general amnesty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0111
- Title: emperor / 天子 · Action: enthroned · Era Name: Huangtai / 皇泰 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · suishu:059:s0111
- As: regent / 稱制Explicit · suishu:043:s0066
- Action: yielded throne to Wang Shichong under duressExplicit · suishu:059:s0183
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Capital regime · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0111
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 佛 · Relation: worshipedExplicit · suishu:059:s0189
Works and attributed material
- Kind: imperial edict against Yuwen Huaji · Role: issuer · Other Person Ids: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及), Li Mi (李密) · Provenance: Mode: direct-document · Speaker Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)Explicit · suishu:059:s0121, suishu:059:s0122, suishu:059:s0123, suishu:059:s0124, suishu:059:s0125, suishu:059:s0126, suishu:059:s0127, suishu:059:s0128, suishu:059:s0129, suishu:059:s0130, suishu:059:s0131, suishu:059:s0132, suishu:059:s0133, suishu:059:s0134, suishu:059:s0135, suishu:059:s0136, suishu:059:s0137, suishu:059:s0138, suishu:059:s0139, suishu:059:s0140, suishu:059:s0141, suishu:059:s0142, suishu:059:s0143, suishu:059:s0144, suishu:059:s0145, suishu:059:s0146, suishu:059:s0147, suishu:059:s0148, suishu:059:s0149, suishu:059:s0150, suishu:059:s0151, suishu:059:s0152, suishu:059:s0153, suishu:059:s0154, suishu:059:s0155, suishu:059:s0156, suishu:059:s0157, suishu:059:s0158, suishu:059:s0159, suishu:059:s0160, suishu:059:s0161, suishu:059:s0162, suishu:059:s0163, suishu:059:s0164
- Kind: prayer before death · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)Explicit · suishu:059:s0189
- Kind: refusal to abdicate · Role: speaker · Other Person Ids: Duan Da (段達), Yun Dingxing (雲定興), Wang Shichong (王世充) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
Events and relationships
- Kind: political plot · Action: plotted unsuccessfully against Wang Shichong · Other Person Ids: Lu Shiji (陸士季), Wang Shichong (王世充)Explicit · suishu:059:s0172
- Kind: military · Action: resisted Yang Xuangan's rebellion · Other Person Ids: Yang Xuangan (楊玄感), Fan Zigai (樊子蓋)Explicit · suishu:059:s0107
- Kind: political · Role: guardian of the Eastern Capital · Place: Eastern Capital / 東都Explicit · suishu:059:s0106, suishu:059:s0109
- Relation: covenant-with · Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)Explicit · suishu:059:s0170
- Relation: appointed-as-envoy · Person Id: Gai Cong (蓋琮)Explicit · suishu:059:s0118
- Relation: appointed-as-envoy · Person Id: Ma Gongzheng (馬公政)Explicit · suishu:059:s0118
References in the histories
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