Overview
Yang Yu was an official and Administrator.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Shilun | 士倫 | Shilun |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 337 to AD 348 及死,皝甚悼之,時年六十二Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 219
Age
- 62AD 337 to AD 348 及死,皝甚悼之,時年六十二 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 219
Attested activity
- AD 337 to AD 338 咸康三年Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 71
- AD 304 to AD 311 刺史和演辟為主簿Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 184
- AD 337 to AD 348 及死,皝甚悼之,時年六十二Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 219
- AD 335 to AD 341 於是…咸康七年Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 89
- AD 338 to AD 339 段遼與皝相攻Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 204, 208
- AD 314 石勒既克薊城Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 186, 188, 191
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- AD 338 石季龍克令支Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 210-212
- AD 342 遷都和龍Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 215
- AD 318 to AD 325 鮮卑單于段眷為晉驃騎大將軍、遼西公Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 192, 201-202
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Yang Yuorphaned 孤 · paternal line
father 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passage 183 - Kin of Yang Dan (陽耽)paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 183
- Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 183
Career and standing
- minister of the Duan 曆事段氏Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 203
- administration aide 治中從事Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 185
- grand warden of Beiping 北平太守Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 210
- Left Assistant to the Masters of Writing 尚書左丞Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 210
- Palace Director 郎中令Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 213
- Central Army General 中軍將軍Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 202
Show 10 more source-backed claims
- Palace Director 郎中令Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 202
- chief clerk 主簿Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 184
- Sima under Ma Qiu 征東麻秋司馬Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 211
- marshal 司馬HeldDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 71
- Grand General's Left Major 大將軍左司馬Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 213
- grand warden of Yan commandery 燕郡太守TransferredDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 209
- BecameOrphanDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 183
- EnteredCaptiveDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 212
- upper minister 上卿Upper ministerDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 202
- SufferedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 71
Places and affiliations
- Polity Duan of Liaoxi 段氏 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 201, 203
- Polity Former Yan 燕 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 213, 216
- Polity Later Zhao 石氏 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 210-211
- Polity Western Jin 晉 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 184-185
- Polity Yan 燕 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 89
- At Wuzhong in Right Beiping 右北平無終Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 182
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- At Wuzhong 無終 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 182
- At Yan commandery 燕郡 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 209
Learning and skills
- Skill engineering and city design 巧思 · Level appliedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 215
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Cheng Pan (成泮) · Direct quotation · Extent s0193, s0194Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 193-194
- Memorial · Author · With Duan Liao (段遼) · Direct quotation · Extent s0204, s0205, s0206, s0207Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 204-207
Events and relationships
- Built LongchengDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 89
- Buried exiles and aided orphansPersonal · PatronDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 217
- Captured after defeatDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 212
- Designed walls and palacesAD 342 遷都和龍 · Scholarly · Planner · At Helong 和龍Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 215
- Fled in disguiseDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 191
- Planned campaignsDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 214
Show 4 more source-backed claims
- Served five lordsPolitical · Served · Organization Duan house 段氏Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 203
- Surrendered commanderyDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 210
- Relation Friend of · Person Cheng Pan (成泮)Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 193
- Relation Distrusted by · Person Wang Jun (王浚)Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 185
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment administrative talent · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zao Song (棗嵩)Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 188
- Assessment humble, frugal, firm, kind; lived like a plain-cloth scholar despite high rank · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 216
- Assessment loyal, pure, concise, resolute, faithful and righteously fierce; few Jin court gentlemen matched him · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Lu Chen (盧諶)Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 218
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 33
References in the histories
18 passages
No matching passages.