Song, Liao, and Jin · Song Envoy

Yang Xie 楊偕

Yáng Xié

Attested AD 1034 - AD 1041

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yang Xie was a Song Envoy.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1041 慶曆元年
Directly stated · History of Song 197, passage 38
AD 1034 重熙三年十二月
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 109

Key source chapters

Career and standing

prefect of Bingzhou 知并州
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 197, passage 38

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 109

Events and relationships

Congratulated New Year / Eternal Longevity Festival
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 109
Relation Superior of · Person Yang Zheng (楊拯)
Strongly inferred · History of Song 197, passage 38

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Xingzong 1 · 1 passage

十二月，宋遣段少連、杜仁贊來賀來歲正旦，楊偕、李守忠來賀永壽節。 In the twelfth month Song sent Duan Shaolian and Du Renzan to congratulate New Year's Day of the coming year, and Yang Xie and Li Shouzhong to congratulate the Eternal Longevity Festival.

History of Song, Chapter 197Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 · 1 passage

慶曆元年，知并州楊偕遣陽曲縣主簿楊拯獻《龍虎八陣圖》及所製神盾、劈陣刀、手刀、鐵連槌、鐵簡，且言《龍虎八陣圖》有奇有正，有進有止，遠則射，近則擊以刀盾。 In the first year of Qingli (1041), Yang Jie, prefect of Bingzhou, sent Yang Zheng, registrar of Yangqu County, to present the Dragon-Tiger Eight Formations Diagram together with his inventions—the divine shield, formation-splitting saber, hand saber, iron linked mace, and iron rod—and argued that the formation combined orthodox and unorthodox movements, advance and halt: shoot at range, strike with blade and shield at close quarters.