Overview
Yang Weizhong was an official and Statesman.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Yancheng | 彥誠 | Yànchéng |
| Posthumous name | Zhongsu | 忠肅 | Zhōngsù |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1259 歲己未師還At Caizhou 蔡州Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 276
Age
- 20AD 1234 to AD 1241 年二十使西域 · Reckoning SuituiDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 259
- 55AD 1259 卒於蔡州 · Reckoning SuituiDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 276
Attested activity
- AD 1241 to AD 1246 太宗崩太后稱制Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 262
- AD 1246 to AD 1248 定宗即位Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 263
- AD 1234 to AD 1241 年二十使西域Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 259
- AD 1251 to AD 1259 憲宗即位後Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 266-267
- AD 1259 歲己未Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 275-276
- AD 1236 皇子闊出伐宋Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 260-261
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- AD 1232 to AD 1234 金末Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
Career and standing
- Henan Circuit Pacification Commissioner 河南道經略司使AD 1251 to AD 1259 憲宗即位後 · Appointed · At Bianliang 汴梁Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 267
- pacification commissioner of the Jianghuai and Jinghu circuits 江淮京湖南北路宣撫使AD 1259 歲己未 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 275
- director of the Secretariat 中書令AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 262
- Secretariat affairs with the army 軍前行中書省事AD 1236 皇子闊出伐宋 · OrderedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 260
- pacification commissioner of Shaanxi and Sichuan 陝右四川宣撫使TransferredDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 272
- Duke Zhongsu 忠肅公AD 1261 中統二年 · Posthumously bestowedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 277
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- sole chief minister 一相AD 1242 to AD 1246 太后稱制 · Sole chief ministerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 262
- young orphan 孤童子AD 1232 to AD 1234 金末 · OrphanDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
Places and affiliations
- AD 1232 to AD 1234 金末Polity Jin 金 · Relation Lived underDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
- Polity Mongol Empire 蒙古 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 258, 262
- At Hongzhou 弘州Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 257
- Organization Taiji Academy 太極書院 · Relation FoundedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
Learning and skills
- Belief Confucian Way 道 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
- Skill reading 讀書 · Level ableDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Liu Fu (劉福)Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 269
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 274
Events and relationships
- Built shrineDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
- Captured Song territoriesMilitary · Administrator · Counterpart Song 宋Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
- Established traveling office and advancedAD 1259 歲己未 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 275
- Executed as warningDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 273
- ExecutedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 263
- Gathered scholars and booksScholarly · Patron · At Yan 燕都Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
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- Mission to western regionsDiplomatic · Envoy · At Western Regions 西域Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 259
- Ordered garrison farmingAdministrative · CommissionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 267
- Persuaded surrenderMilitary · PacifierDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 264-265
- Struck downDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 269-271
- Relation Patron of · Person Zhao Fu (趙復)Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
- Relation Served · Person Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
- Relation Patron of · Person Wang Cui (王粹)Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 261
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment courageous-and-resourceful · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
- Assessment not-fond-of-killing-but-upheld-discipline · Mode self-report Speaker Yang Weizhong (楊惟中)Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 274
- Assessment valued-by-Taizong · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 258
References in the histories
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