Overview
The translated histories identify Yang Xiong as a commentator, official, philosopher, and poet. This record brings together 54 passages from 15 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | Yáng Xióng |
| Title | Master Yang | 揚子 | |
| Given | Xiong | 雄 | Xiong |
| Given | Xiong | 雄 | |
| Surname | Yang | 揚 | Yang |
| Surname | Yang | 揚 | |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | Yáng Xióng |
| Personal | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | Yang Xiong |
| Personal | Yang Xiong | 楊雄 | Yang Xiong |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | Yang Xiong |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 揚子雲 | |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 楊雄 | Yang Xiong |
| Personal | Yang Xiong | 杨雄 | Yang Xiong |
| Personal name | Yang Xiong | 杨雄 | Yáng Xióng |
| Personal | Yang Xiong | 揚雄 | |
| Courtesy name | Yang Ziyun | 揚子雲 | |
| Personal | Yang Ziyun | 杨子云 | Yang Ziyun |
| Epithet | Yangzi | 揚子 | Yángzǐ |
| Alternate | Yangzi | 揚子 | |
| Alternate name | Yangzi | 揚子 | |
| Alternate | Yun | 雲 | |
| Courtesy name | Ziyun | 子雲 | Ziyun |
| Courtesy | Ziyun | 子云 | Ziyun |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Commentator
- Official
- Philosopher
- Poet
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天鳳五年卒 · Western Year: AD 18 · Statement: died at seventy-one in Tianfeng 5Explicit · hanshu:099:s0211
Age
- Age: 40 · Reckoning: sui · Statement: over forty when he came from Shu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雄年四十餘，自蜀來至游京師 · Western Interval: Start: BC 24 · End: BC 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Age: 71 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 年七十一，天鳳五年卒 · Western Year: AD 18Explicit · hanshu:099:s0211
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: Western Han / Xin transition · Western Interval: Start: BC 53 · End: BC 18Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 其三月 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:098:s0134, hanshu:098:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 其十二月 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:098:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 及莽篡位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 18Explicit · hanshu:099:s0186
- Source Date: Text: 哀帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:099:s0050, hanshu:099:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 哀平之際 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: AD 5Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 天鳳五年卒 · Western Year: AD 18Explicit · hanshu:099:s0211
- Source Date: Text: 孝成帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7
- Source Date: Text: 宣和六年七月 · Western Year: AD 1124Explicit event contextual date · songshi:080:s0309, songshi:080:s0290
- Source Date: Text: 揚子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 53 · End: AD 18Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0188
- Source Date: Text: 揚子以為 · Western Interval: Start: BC 20 · End: AD 18Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0279, hanshu:059:s0280
- Source Date: Text: 揚子寂漠 · Western Interval: Start: BC 53 · End: AD 18Explicit · songshu:089:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 揚雄以為靡麗之賦 · Western Interval: Start: BC 53 · End: AD 18Strongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0263
- Source Date: Text: 明年…秋…長楊 · Western Year: BC 11Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0002, hanshu:099:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 杨子云 · Western Interval: Start: BC 53 · End: AD 18Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 杨雄曰 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 正月 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:098:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 王莽時…校書天祿閣 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0196, hanshu:099:s0198
- Source Date: Text: 當成、哀、平間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: AD 5Explicit · hanshu:099:s0185
- Source Date: Text: 量交 · Western Year: c. AD 18Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0242
- Source Date: Text: 陽朔 · Western Interval: Start: BC 24 · End: BC 21Explicit · hanshu:098:s0028
Family
- Descendant of Yang Ji (揚季)Kinship Term: from Ji to Xiong / 自季至雄 · Generation Distance: 5 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: from Ji to Xiong / 自季至雄 · Generation Distance: 5 · Line: paternal - Descendant of Bo Qiao (伯僑)Kinship Term: ancestor / 先 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: ancestor / 先 · Line: paternal - Descendant of Marquis of Yang (揚侯)Line: paternal
- Kinship Role: male-heirs-per-generation · Count: 1 · Statement: five generations each transmitted one sonExplicit · hanshu:098:s0010
Origins and identity
- Label: Yang clan of Shu / 揚氏Explicit · hanshu:098:s0003, hanshu:098:s0010
Career and standing
- Label: gate clerk / 門下史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 召以為門下史 · Western Interval: Start: BC 24 · End: BC 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Label: gentleman serving at the Yellow Gate / 郎，給事黃門 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 奏《羽獵賦》，除為郎，給事黃門 · Western Interval: Start: BC 22 · End: BC 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Label: expectant official / 待詔 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 薦雄待詔 · Western Interval: Start: BC 24 · End: BC 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Label: expectant scholar at Chengming / 待詔承明之庭 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:098:s0057
- Label: grandee / 大夫 · Action: recalled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雄以病免，復召爲大夫 · Western Year: AD 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0204
- Label: grandee / 大夫 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 以耆老久次轉為大夫 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 18Explicit · hanshu:099:s0186
- Title: Palace Attendant / 黃門郎Explicit · hanshu:104:s0198
- Status: illness-dismissal · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雄以病免 · Western Year: AD 10Explicit · hanshu:099:s0204
- Label: not to be questioned / 勿問 · Action: pardoned · Authority Person Id: Wang Mang (王莽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 有詔勿問 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · hanshu:099:s0199, hanshu:099:s0201
Places and affiliations
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:098:s0057
- Polity: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:099:s0183, hanshu:099:s0185
- Polity: Xin / 新 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:099:s0186, hanshu:099:s0196
- Place: Chengdu / 成都 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · hanshu:098:s0002
- Place: Shu / 蜀 · Relation: came-fromExplicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Place: capital / 京師 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Place: Pi south of Mount Min / 岷山之陽曰郫 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · hanshu:098:s0009, hanshu:098:s0010
- Place: Shu commandery / 蜀郡 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · hanshu:098:s0002
- Place: Tianlu Pavilion / 天祿閣 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · hanshu:099:s0198
Learning and skills
- Skill: fu poetry / rhapsody / 辭賦 · Level: practicedExplicit · hanshu:098:s0016
Works and attributed material
- Title: Great Arcana / 大玄Explicit · hanshu:117:s0261
- Title: Model Sayings / 法言Explicit · hanshu:117:s0261
- Work: Wine Admonition / 酒箴Explicit · hanshu:104:s0198
- Work: Broadening Sao / 廣騷 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0021
- Work: Contrary Lisao / 反離騷 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0020
- Work: Dispelling Difficulty / 解難 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0124
- Work: Dispelling Mockery / 解嘲 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0052
- Work: Exemplary Sayings / 法言 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0154, hanshu:099:s0188
- Work: fu-rhapsodies / 辞赋 · Relation: authorExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0022
- Work: Great Mystery / 太玄 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0051, hanshu:099:s0187
- Work: Hedong Rhapsody / 河東賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0136
- Work: Provincial Admonitions / 州箴 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0190
- Work: Rhapsody on Changyang / 長楊賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0005
- Work: Rhapsody on the Imperial Hunt / 羽獵賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Work: School Hunt Rhapsody / 校獵賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0177
- Work: Sorrow in Captivity / 畔牢愁 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0022
- Work: Sweet Springs Rhapsody / 甘泉賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:098:s0058
- Work: Training Compendium / 訓纂 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:099:s0189
- Kind: comment · Role: author · Quoted: false · About Person Ids: Emperor Wen (孝文帝), Zhou Yafu (周亞夫), Lian Po (廉頗), Li Mu (李牧)Explicit · hanshu:059:s0279, hanshu:059:s0280
- Kind: essay · Role: author · Work: Dispelling Difficulty / 解難
- Kind: essay · Role: author · Work: Dispelling Mockery / 解嘲
- Kind: judgment · Role: speakerExplicit · hanshu:067:s0263
- Kind: quotation · Role: author · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yang Xiong (揚雄)Explicit · songshi:080:s0309
- Kind: quotation · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0016
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Work: Contrary Lisao / 反離騷Explicit · hanshu:098:s0023, hanshu:098:s0024, hanshu:098:s0025, hanshu:098:s0026, hanshu:098:s0027, hanshu:098:s0028, hanshu:098:s0029, hanshu:098:s0030, hanshu:098:s0031, hanshu:098:s0032, hanshu:098:s0033, hanshu:098:s0034, hanshu:098:s0035, hanshu:098:s0036, hanshu:098:s0037, hanshu:098:s0038, hanshu:098:s0039, hanshu:098:s0040, hanshu:098:s0041, hanshu:098:s0042, hanshu:098:s0043, hanshu:098:s0044, hanshu:098:s0045, hanshu:098:s0046, hanshu:098:s0047, hanshu:098:s0048, hanshu:098:s0049, hanshu:098:s0050, hanshu:098:s0051, hanshu:098:s0052, hanshu:098:s0053, hanshu:098:s0054, hanshu:098:s0055, hanshu:098:s0056
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Work: Hedong Rhapsody / 河東賦Explicit · hanshu:098:s0136, hanshu:098:s0137, hanshu:098:s0138, hanshu:098:s0139, hanshu:098:s0140, hanshu:098:s0141, hanshu:098:s0142, hanshu:098:s0143, hanshu:098:s0144, hanshu:098:s0145, hanshu:098:s0146, hanshu:098:s0147, hanshu:098:s0148, hanshu:098:s0149, hanshu:098:s0150, hanshu:098:s0151, hanshu:098:s0152, hanshu:098:s0153, hanshu:098:s0154, hanshu:098:s0155, hanshu:098:s0156, hanshu:098:s0157, hanshu:098:s0158, hanshu:098:s0159, hanshu:098:s0160, hanshu:098:s0161, hanshu:098:s0162, hanshu:098:s0163, hanshu:098:s0164, hanshu:098:s0165
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Work: Rhapsody on Changyang / 長楊賦
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Work: School Hunt Rhapsody / 校獵賦Explicit · hanshu:098:s0177, hanshu:098:s0178, hanshu:098:s0179, hanshu:098:s0180, hanshu:098:s0181, hanshu:098:s0182, hanshu:098:s0183, hanshu:098:s0184, hanshu:098:s0185, hanshu:098:s0186, hanshu:098:s0187, hanshu:098:s0188, hanshu:098:s0189, hanshu:098:s0190, hanshu:098:s0191, hanshu:098:s0192, hanshu:098:s0193, hanshu:098:s0194, hanshu:098:s0195, hanshu:098:s0196, hanshu:098:s0197, hanshu:098:s0198, hanshu:098:s0199, hanshu:098:s0200, hanshu:098:s0201, hanshu:098:s0202, hanshu:098:s0203, hanshu:098:s0204, hanshu:098:s0205, hanshu:098:s0206, hanshu:098:s0207, hanshu:098:s0208, hanshu:098:s0209, hanshu:098:s0210, hanshu:098:s0211, hanshu:098:s0212, hanshu:098:s0213, hanshu:098:s0214, hanshu:098:s0215, hanshu:098:s0216, hanshu:098:s0217, hanshu:098:s0218, hanshu:098:s0219, hanshu:098:s0220, hanshu:098:s0221, hanshu:098:s0222, hanshu:098:s0223, hanshu:098:s0224, hanshu:098:s0225, hanshu:098:s0226, hanshu:098:s0227, hanshu:098:s0228, hanshu:098:s0229, hanshu:098:s0230, hanshu:098:s0231, hanshu:098:s0232, hanshu:098:s0233, hanshu:098:s0234, hanshu:098:s0235, hanshu:098:s0236, hanshu:098:s0237, hanshu:098:s0238, hanshu:098:s0239, hanshu:098:s0240, hanshu:098:s0241, hanshu:098:s0242, hanshu:098:s0243, hanshu:098:s0244, hanshu:098:s0245, hanshu:098:s0246, hanshu:098:s0247, hanshu:098:s0248
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Work: Sweet Springs Rhapsody / 甘泉賦Explicit · hanshu:098:s0058, hanshu:098:s0059, hanshu:098:s0060, hanshu:098:s0061, hanshu:098:s0062, hanshu:098:s0063, hanshu:098:s0064, hanshu:098:s0065, hanshu:098:s0066, hanshu:098:s0067, hanshu:098:s0068, hanshu:098:s0069, hanshu:098:s0070, hanshu:098:s0071, hanshu:098:s0072, hanshu:098:s0073, hanshu:098:s0074, hanshu:098:s0075, hanshu:098:s0076, hanshu:098:s0077, hanshu:098:s0078, hanshu:098:s0079, hanshu:098:s0080, hanshu:098:s0081, hanshu:098:s0082, hanshu:098:s0083, hanshu:098:s0084, hanshu:098:s0085, hanshu:098:s0086, hanshu:098:s0087, hanshu:098:s0088, hanshu:098:s0089, hanshu:098:s0090, hanshu:098:s0091, hanshu:098:s0092, hanshu:098:s0093, hanshu:098:s0094, hanshu:098:s0095, hanshu:098:s0096, hanshu:098:s0097, hanshu:098:s0098, hanshu:098:s0099, hanshu:098:s0100, hanshu:098:s0101, hanshu:098:s0102, hanshu:098:s0103, hanshu:098:s0104, hanshu:098:s0105, hanshu:098:s0106, hanshu:098:s0107, hanshu:098:s0108, hanshu:098:s0109, hanshu:098:s0110, hanshu:098:s0111, hanshu:098:s0112, hanshu:098:s0113, hanshu:098:s0114, hanshu:098:s0115, hanshu:098:s0116, hanshu:098:s0117, hanshu:098:s0118, hanshu:098:s0119, hanshu:098:s0120, hanshu:098:s0121, hanshu:098:s0122, hanshu:098:s0123, hanshu:098:s0124, hanshu:098:s0125, hanshu:098:s0126
Events and relationships
- Kind: hunt · Role: attendant · Action: accompanied-feather-hunt · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:098:s0166
- Kind: ritual-tour · Role: attendant · Action: accompanied-to-Sweet-Springs · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 正月 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:098:s0058
- Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: leapt-from-pavilion · Place: Tianlu Pavilion / 天祿閣 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雄校書天祿閣上…自投下 · Western Year: AD 9 · Outcome: nearly died; later pardonedExplicit · hanshu:099:s0198, hanshu:099:s0201
- Kind: literary · Role: author · Action: presented-Sweet-Springs-rhapsody-as-remonstranceExplicit · hanshu:098:s0058, hanshu:098:s0133
- Kind: literary · Role: author · Action: presented · Place: Changyang Bear-Shooting Lodge / 長楊射熊館 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雄從至射熊館，還，上《長楊賦》 · Western Year: BC 11Explicit · hanshu:099:s0005
- Kind: court · Role: summoned-writer · Action: summoned-to-await-edicts · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)Explicit · hanshu:098:s0057
- Relation: served-alongside · Person Id: Wang Mang (王莽)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Relation: literary-model-of · Person Id: Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)Explicit · hanshu:098:s0017
- Relation: honored-by · Person Id: Liu Xin (劉歆)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0195
- Relation: served-alongside · Person Id: Liu Xin (劉歆)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Relation: served-alongside · Person Id: Dong Xian (董賢)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0184
- Relation: honored-by · Person Id: Fan Qun (范逡)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0195
- Relation: debated-with · Person Id: Huan Tan (桓譚)Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0005
- Relation: praised-by · Person Id: Huan Tan (桓譚)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0195, hanshu:099:s0212
- Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Wang Yin (王音)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0183
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Liu Fen (劉棻)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0200
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Hou Ba (侯芭)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0206
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: emperor marvelled at the rhapsody · Provenance: Mode: narrativeExplicit · hanshu:098:s0133
- Assessment: indifferent to power and profit · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:099:s0186
- Assessment: opulent fu exhort a hundred and remonstrate one, like Zheng and Wei music ending in a scrap of elegance—mere play · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yang Xiong (揚雄)Explicit · hanshu:067:s0263
- Assessment: peerless · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Huan Tan (桓譚)Explicit · hanshu:099:s0195
- Assessment: virtuous talent treated as dust when powerless · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)Explicit · liangshu:014:s0242, liangshu:014:s0243
- Kind: character · Statement: easygoing, quiet, few desires, not eager for wealth or rankExplicit · hanshu:098:s0012
- Kind: habit · Statement: loved wine; household always poor; few visitorsExplicit · hanshu:099:s0205
- Kind: speech · Statement: stammered; could not talk rapidlyExplicit · hanshu:098:s0012
- Item: tomb / 墳 · Relation: burial · Other Person Id: Hou Ba (侯芭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯芭為起墳 · Western Year: AD 18Explicit · hanshu:099:s0211
- Item: estate under ten jin of gold / 家產不過十金 · Relation: possessedExplicit · hanshu:098:s0013
Source notes
- Statement: feared one misstep would destroy his whole clanExplicit · hanshu:099:s0060
- Statement: Wrote that before full moon the moon's spirit is borne in the west and after full moon ends in the east, asking whether it follows the sunExplicit · songshi:080:s0309
References in the histories
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