Yang Wang 楊汪

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Yang Shun (楊順)
  great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 265
• Child of Yang Chen (楊琛)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 266

Career and standing

• reader to the Prince of Ji of Zhou 周冀王侍讀
  AD 557 to AD 581 解褐周冀王侍讀 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 269
• left vice director of the secretariat 尚書左丞
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 279
• rector of the imperial university 國子祭酒
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 284
• left vice director of the secretariat 尚書左丞
  Dismissed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 275
• senior officer of the summer office 夏官府都上士
  Promoted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 271
• silver-gleaming grand master of the palace 銀青光祿大夫
  AD 605 to AD 618 大業中 · Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 287

Places and affiliations

• AD 581 高祖受禪
  Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 273
• Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 269
• At Huayin in Hongnong 弘農華陰
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 265
• At Hedong 河東 · Relation Settled by ancestor
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 265
• At Jing prefecture 荊州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 276
• At Liang commandery 梁郡 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 289

Learning and skills

• Subject Rites 禮 · Relation Studied under · Person Shen Chong (沈重)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 270
• Book of Han 漢書
  Relation Received from · Person Liu Zhen (劉臻)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 270
• Three Rites 三禮
  Relation Mastered
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 268
• Zuo Tradition 左氏傳
  Relation Specialized in
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 268
• Skill laws and statutes 法令 · Level clearly-versed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 280

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · With Wang Da (王達)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 279

Events and relationships

• Again held power under usurpation
  AD 619 世充僭號 · Political · Minister · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 292
• Examined over two hundred prisoners overnight and reported without error
  Legal · Judge
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 282-283
• Invited students to lecture in leisure from hearing cases
  Scholarly · Lecturer
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 276
• Led troops and repeatedly blunted raiders
  Military · Commander · With Li Mi (李密) · At Liang commandery 梁郡
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 290
• Reformed and studied diligently
  Scholarly · Student
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 268
• Summoned to advise on military affairs
  AD 580 高祖居相 · Political · Adviser · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 272

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment called clear and competent · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 274
• Assessment good beginning, failed to keep a fine ending · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 294
• Assessment greatly trusted and relied upon by the Yue-Wang regime · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 291
• Assessment praised by people of the time for teaching · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 276
• Assessment prided himself on scholarly achievement · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 293
• Assessment regarded as competent in office · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 280