Qin and Han · Official and Administrator

Yang Xing 興

Xīng

Attested BC 48 - BC 7

Passages
12
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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Yang Xing was an official and Administrator.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Han

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Junlan 君蘭 Junlan

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Show 4 more source-backed claims
  • Obtained
    Imperial favor
    Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 266
  • deceit, mutual recommendation for office, leaking palace talk, deceiving the sovereign (不道) 懷詐偽、相薦譽、漏泄省中語、岡上不道
    BC 48 to BC 33 石顯用事時（成帝前） · Charged · Accused · Authority Wang Jin (王禁) · Mode named-source-report Speaker Wang Jin (王禁)
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 294
  • Entered
    BC 48 to BC 33 石顯用事時（成帝前） · Imprisonment
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 294
  • death reduced one degree; shaved head, iron collar, wall-dawn hard labor 減死罪一等，髡鉗為城旦
    BC 48 to BC 33 石顯用事時（成帝前） · Commuted sentence · Reduced
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 299

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12 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 12 passages
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乃下興、捐之獄，令皇后父陽平侯禁與顯共雜治，奏「興、捐之懷詐偽，以上語相風，更相薦譽，欲得大位，漏泄省中語，岡上不道。 Xing and Jia Juanzhi were therefore sent to prison, and the empress's father, Wang Jin, Marquis of Yangping, was ordered to conduct a joint investigation with Shi Xian. They memorialized: 'Xing and Juanzhi harbored deceit, used the emperor's words to hint to one another, praised and recommended each other in turn, sought high office, leaked words spoken within the palace, and deceived their sovereign in an impious way.