Yang Yuangao (楊元杲)

Overview

Yang Yuangao was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Death

At in office 卒官
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244

Attested activity

AD 1356 to AD 1368 勤勞十餘年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 243
AD 1356 同時所設省中官
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 170
AD 1356 從渡江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 240

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yang Ben (楊賁)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 245

Kinship Role Confucian scholar ancestors · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239

Career and standing

director 郎中
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241
prefect of Yingtian 應天府尹
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244
vice director of the left and right sections of the branch secretariat 行省左右司員外郎
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
manager of military supplies at Jinhua 理軍儲於金華
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241
official of the Jiangnan Branch Secretariat 省中官
AD 1356 同時所設省中官 · Organization Jiangnan Branch Secretariat 江南行中書省 · Served
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 170

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming Founder's regime 太祖政權 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Polity Zhu Yuanzhang's Jiangnan regime 太祖江南政權 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 170
At Chuzhou 滁
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239
At Jinhua 金華 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241
At Yingtian 應天 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244

Learning and skills

Belief Confucianism 儒 · Relation Family tradition
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239
Skill letters 文學 · Level devoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 242

Events and relationships

Crossed the Yangzi with the Founder
AD 1356 從渡江 · Military · Follower
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Managed military stores at Jinhua with merit
Military · Supply officer
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241
Took turns with Tao An and others handling urgent administrative documents
Administrative · Document officer · With Tao An (陶安)
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Relation Colleague of · Person Tao An (陶安)
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Relation Colleague of · Person Ruan Hongdao (阮弘道)
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passages 239-240

Assessments and attributes

Assessment among the Founder's oldest associates; refined, literary, skilled in government; forethought especially thorough · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 242

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 170

References in the histories

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History

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History of Ming, Chapter 135Volume 135 Biographies 23: Chen Yu, Ye Dui, Fan Chang, Song Siyan, Guo Jingxiang, Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Kong Keren · 8 passages

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同時所設省中官李夢庚、郭景祥、侯元善、楊元杲、陶安、阮弘道、孔克仁、王愷、欒鳳、夏煜等數十人。 At the same time the secretariat included Li Menggeng, Guo Jingxiang, Hou Yuanshan, Yang Yuangao, Tao An, Ruan Hongdao, Kong Keren, Wang Kai, Luan Feng, Xia Yu, and dozens of others.

楊元杲 Yang Yuangao

楊元杲、阮弘道，皆滁人，家世皆儒者。 Yang Yuangao and Ruan Hongdao were both natives of Chuzhou, from families of Confucian scholars for generations.

元杲以郎中擢理軍儲於金華，而弘道亦於是歲以郎中從大都督文正守南昌，皆有功。 Yuangao was promoted from director to manage military supplies at Jinhua, while Hongdao in the same year, also as director, followed Grand General Wen Zheng in defending Nanchang; both performed with merit.

二人皆於太祖最故，又皆儒雅，嗜文學，練達政體，而元杲知慮尤周密。 Both were among the Founder's oldest associates; both were refined and literary, devoted to letters, and skilled in the ways of government, though Yuangao's forethought was especially thorough.

帝嘗曰：「文臣從渡江，掌簿書文字，勤勞十餘年，無如楊元杲、阮弘道、李夢庚、侯元善、樊景昭者。」 The Emperor once said, "Among the civil officials who crossed the Yangzi and managed ledgers and documents, laboring for more than ten years, none compare with Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Li Menggeng, Hou Yuanshan, and Fan Jingzhao."

其後，元杲歷應天府尹，弘道歷福建、江西行省參政，皆卒官。 Later, Yuangao served as prefect of Yingtian, and Hongdao served as branch secretariat commissioner in Fujian and Jiangxi; both died in office.

元杲子賁，博學強記，以詞翰知名，薦授大名知縣，仕至周府紀善。 Yuangao's son Ben was broadly learned with a powerful memory and was renowned for his writing; on recommendation he was appointed magistrate of Daming and rose to secretary of the Zhou princely establishment.