Yang Yun (楊惲) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Yun as an official. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Yun	楊惲	Yang Yun
Personal name	Yang Yun	楊惲	Yáng Yùn
Given	Yun	惲	Yun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:010:s0006
Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:037:s0079

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0079
Source Date: Text: 宣帝時 · Western Year: BC 49
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:010:s0006

Career and standing

Label: high minister / 大臣 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0006
Status: executed · Action: executed · Label: executed for satirical speech / 坐刺譏辭語為罪而誅
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0006

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liangshu:037:s0079

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 10Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan · 1 passage

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見宣帝所用多文法吏，以刑名繩下，大臣楊惲、盍寬饒等坐刺譏辭語為罪而誅，嘗侍燕從容言：「 He saw that Emperor Xuan employed many officials versed in statutes, used penal law to restrain his subordinates, and had executed high ministers such as Yang Yun and Gai Kuangrao for words of criticism or satire. Once, while attending an informal banquet, he said, “

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 3 passages

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詔遣中朝大司馬車騎將軍韓增、諸吏富平侯張延壽、光祿勳楊惲、太僕戴長樂問望之計策，望之對曰：「《春秋》惡士□帥師侵齊，聞齊侯卒，引師而還，君子大其不伐喪，以為恩足以服孝子，誼足以動諸侯。 The court sent Grand Marshal Han Zeng, Marquis Zhang Yanshou of Fuping, Yang Yun, and Dai Changle to ask his counsel. Wangzhi answered: "The Annals fault Shi Hui for invading Qi with an army; when he learned the marquis had died, he withdrew. The noble man exalts refusing to strike a mourner—grace that wins filial sons and duty that sways the lords.

上以望之意輕丞相，乃下侍中建章衛尉金安上、光祿勳楊惲、御史中丞王忠，並詰問望之。 Reading this as a snub to the chancellor, the emperor set Jin An'shang, Yang Yun, and Palace Secretary Wang Zhong to question him jointly.

君不深思，陷於茲穢，朕不忍致君於理，使光祿勳惲策詔，左遷君為太子太傅，授印。 You fell into this stain through carelessness; We will not drag you before a tribunal but send Yang Yun with edict and seal, demoting you to tutor of the crown prince.

Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 1 passage

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昔竇嬰、楊惲亦得罪明時，不能謝絕賓客，猶交黨援，卒無後福，終益前禍。 Dou Ying and Yang Yun too offended a luminous court; unable to shut their doors to guests, they still traded on connections, and in the end won no blessing but deepened their fall.