Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Duke of Hang; official

Yang Xiong 楊雄

Attested AD 561 - AD 614

Passages
29
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Xiong as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 29 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Xiong 楊雄 Yang Xiong
Posthumous De De
Title Duke of Han 邗國公
Title Duke of Hang 邗國公
Title Duke of Wuyang County 武陽縣公
Title Guande Prince Xiong 觀德王雄
Alternate Hui Hui
Title Prince of Ande 安德王
Title Prince of Guan 觀王
Title Prince of Guangping 廣平王
Title Prince of Qingzhang 清漳王
Given Xiong Xiong
Personal Yang Xiong 楊雄

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died of illness / 遘疾而薨 · Place: Luhe garrison / 瀘河鎮
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0201

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 周武帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0120
  • Source Date: Text: 大象二年十二月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:008:s0092, zhoushu:008:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 遼東之役 · Western Interval: Start: AD 612 · End: AD 614
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0200
  • Source Date: Text: 開皇九年八月朔壬戌 · Western Year: AD 589
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0141
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0129

Family

Immediate source-linked family. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select a person to open their record.

  • Child of Yang Shao (楊紹)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Yang Gongren (楊恭仁)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yang Shen (楊綝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yang Xu (楊續)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yang Shigui (楊士貴)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother
  • Sibling of Yang Da (楊達)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother

Career and standing

  • Label: superior pillar-of-state / 上柱國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年十二月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 580
  • Label: Metropolitan Governor of Jingzhao / 京兆尹 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0188
  • Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0141
  • Title: Prince of Guangping / 廣平王 · Action: granted
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0131

Places and affiliations

  • Organization: Four Exalted Ones / 四貴 · Relation: member-of
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0138

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: defended Gao Jiong against faction charge · Provenance: Mode: narrative
  • Assessment: generous and forbearing; favor flowed to descendants · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0184
  • Item: posthumous grants of ten commanderies / 十郡太守 · Relation: bestowed-posthumously
    Explicit · suishu:043:s0206

Source notes

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 28 passages
Book of Zhou, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing · 1 passage