Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yang Wentong 楊文通

Attested AD 567 - AD 568

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Wentong was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 567 光大元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 20, passage 114
AD 568 皎平
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 16, passage 88

Key source chapters

Book of Chen, Chapter 20 Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao 2 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 16 Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi 1 passage

Career and standing

Provisional Credentials, Crowned-with-Martiality General 假節、冠武將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 114

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 16Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi · 1 passage

皎平，明徹於軍中輒戮安成內史楊文通，又受降人馬仗有不分明，景歷又坐不能匡正，被收付治。 When Jiao was pacified, Mingche on his own authority executed Yang Wentong, Interior Administrator of Ancheng, in camp and accepted surrendered personnel, horses, and weapons without clear division; Jingli was again charged for failing to correct this and was arrested for trial.

Book of Chen, Chapter 20Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao · 2 passages

是時慮皎先發，乃前遣明徹率眾三萬，乘金翅直趨郢州，又遣撫軍大將軍淳于量率眾五萬，乘大艦以繼之，又令假節、冠武將軍楊文通別從安 Fearing Jiao would move first, they sent Mingche with thirty thousand men in Golden-Wing ships straight for Yingzhou, and pacifying-the-army grand general Chunyu Liang with fifty thousand in great ships behind him, and ordered provisional-credentials crowned-with-martiality general Yang Wentong by a separate route from An

先是，詔又遣司空徐度與楊文通等自安成步出湘東，以襲皎後。 Earlier an edict had also sent Xu Du, minister of works, with Yang Wentong and others out from Ancheng overland through eastern Xiang to hit Jiao from behind.