Yang Xin (羊欣) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Xin as a calligrapher, hermit, named individual, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Xin	羊欣	Yang Xin
Courtesy	Jingyuan	敬元	Jìngyuán
Given	Xin	欣
Surname	Yang	羊
Personal name	Yang Xin	羊欣	Yang Xin
Personal	Yang Xin	羊欣	Yáng Xīn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0014
Value: male
Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0002

Roles

Calligrapher
Hermit
Named Individual
Official
Physician
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十九年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 442
Explicit · songshu:062:s0036

Age

Age: 12 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · songshu:062:s0008
Age: 73 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十九年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 442
Explicit · songshu:062:s0036

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉十九年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 442
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:062:s0036
Source Date: Text: 《宋書·止足傳》 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0014
Source Date: Text: 前後凡十三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 442
Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0028
Source Date: Text: 欣時年十二 · Western Year: AD 381
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:062:s0008
Source Date: Text: 義熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 405 · End: AD 418
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:062:s0023, songshu:062:s0024
Source Date: Text: 隆安中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 397 · End: AD 401
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:062:s0012

Family

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Descendant of Yang Quan (羊權)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
Descendant of Yang Chen (羊忱)
Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: great-grandson · Object Role: great-grandfather
Child of Yang Buyi (羊不疑)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Yang Jun (羊俊)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Yang Hui (羊徽)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Label: Major under General of the Right Liu Fan / 右將軍劉藩司馬 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Founding Emperor (高祖)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0024
Label: Aide under Pacifying West / 平西參軍 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Huan Xuan (桓玄)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0018
Label: Palace Attendant of the Chu Terrace / 楚臺殿中郎 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Huan Xuan (桓玄)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0019
Label: Registrar of Rear Army staff / 後軍府舍人 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Sima Yuanxian (司馬元顯)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0013
Label: Aide to the General Who Assists the State / 輔國參軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:062:s0011
Label: Consultation Staff Aide to General of the Central Army Daolian / 中軍將軍道憐諮議參軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:062:s0024
Label: Governor of Xin'an / 新安太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:062:s0025, songshu:062:s0028
Label: Grand Master of Leisurely Disposition / 中散大夫 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:062:s0031
Label: Chief Clerk for Prince of Linchuan / 臨川王義慶輔國長史 · Action: declined
Explicit · songshu:062:s0027
Label: Consultation Aide for Prince of Luling / 廬陵王義真車騎諮議參軍 · Action: declined
Explicit · songshu:062:s0027
Label: Chief clerk / 主簿 · Action: transferred · Authority Person Id: Huan Xuan (桓玄)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0018
Status: resignation · Action: resigned · Reason: pleaded illness
Explicit · songshu:062:s0022

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Explicit · songshu:062:s0028, songshu:062:s0036
Place: Nancheng in Taishan / 泰山南城
Explicit · songshu:062:s0002
Place: Xin'an / 新安 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · songshu:062:s0025, songshu:062:s0028
Place: Yixing / 義興 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · songshu:062:s0029

Learning and skills

Belief: Huang-Lao Daoism / 黃老 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · songshu:062:s0032
Skill: clerical script calligraphy / 隸書 · Level: masterful
Explicit · songshu:062:s0007, songshu:062:s0010
Skill: medicine / 醫術
Explicit · songshu:062:s0033

Works and attributed material

Work: Pharmaceutical Formulations / 藥方 · Relation: author
Explicit · songshu:062:s0033

Events and relationships

Kind: personal · Role: recipient · Action: received-calligraphy-on-skirt · Other Person Id: Wang Xianzhi (王獻之) · Place: Wucheng / 烏程
Explicit · songshu:062:s0009
Relation: acquaintance-of · Person Id: Xie Hun (謝混)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0015

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: esteemed; Gaozu and Taizu regretted never meeting him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · songshu:062:s0034
Assessment: simple and humane governance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · songshu:062:s0026