Sui and Tang · Chief Minister

Yang Yan 楊炎

Attested AD 780 - AD 783

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Yan was a Chief Minister.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 780 to AD 783 建中前後
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 95

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 1 passage

時楊炎謫官道州，知皋事直，及為相，復拜衡州。 Yang Yan was then in exile in Daozhou and knew Gao to be upright. When Yang became chief minister, Gao was restored to Heng.