Sui and Tang · Prince and Regent

Yang Tong 楊侗

Attested AD 618 - AD 618

Passages
23
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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 Tong
Given Tong Tóng
Personal Yang Tong 楊侗 Yáng Tóng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 侗稱制 · Western Year: AD 618
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0066
  • Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0111

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: Administrator of Gaoyang / 高陽太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · 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 617
    Explicit · 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: 5000
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0184
  • Title: Prince of Yue / 越王 · Action: invested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業二年 · Western Year: AD 606
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0105
  • Status: confined in Hanliang Hall · Action: entered · Authority Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0183
  • Status: excluded from government affairs · Action: entered
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0171
  • Action: proclaimed general amnesty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
    Explicit · 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 618
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0111
  • As: regent / 稱制
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0066
  • Action: yielded throne to Wang Shichong under duress
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0183

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Eastern Capital regime · Relation: associated-with
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0111

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 2 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 21 passages