Sui and Tang · Sui Prince and Emperor

Yang Tong 楊侗

Attested AD 618 - AD 619

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Tong was a Sui Prince and Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 619 義寧至武德二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passages 109-110

Career and standing

Prince of Yue 越王
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 109
Set up
Established as ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 109
Suffered
Deposed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 110

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 109

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 109

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 2 passages

聞越王侗立，乃上書稱大司馬、錄尚書事、天門公，承制置百官，以陳果仁為司徒，孫士漢司空，蔣元超尚書左仆射，殷芊左丞，徐令言右丞，劉子翼選部侍郎，李百藥為掾。 When he heard that Prince Yue Yang Tong had been set up at Luoyang, he sent a memorial styling himself grand marshal, recorder of the masters of writing, and Duke of Tianmen, and issued edicts appointing a full bureaucracy: Chen Guoren as minister of education, Sun Shihan as minister of works, Jiang Yuanchao as left vice-president of the masters of writing, Yin Qian as left assistant, Xu Lingyan as right assistant, Liu Ziyi as vice director of selections, and Li Baiyao as a secretarial officer.

後聞侗被廢，高祖武德二年，稱梁王，建元為延康，易隋官儀，頗用陳氏故事。 Later, when he learned Tong had been deposed, in the second year of Wude he declared himself King of Liang, took the era name Yankang, and reshaped court ritual, drawing heavily on Chen practice.