Five Dynasties · Former Anguo Governor and Envoy

Yang Yanxun 楊彥詢

Attested AD 941 - AD 943

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Yanxun as a diplomat, envoy, general, and military officer. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Yanxun 楊彥詢 Yang Yanxun
Surname Yang Yang
Personal name Yang Yanxun 楊彥詢 Yáng Yànxún
Given Yanxun 彥詢 Yanxun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diplomat
  • Envoy
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: former military governor of Anguo / 前安國軍節度使 · Action: formerly-held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年九月乙亥 · Western Year: AD 941
  • Label: Military Governor of Hua Prefecture / 華州節度使 · Action: held

Events and relationships

  • Kind: disaster-relief · Role: administrator · Action: ordered-locust-catching-for-grain-exchange
  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to-Khitan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年九月乙亥 · Western Year: AD 941

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 1 passage