Yang Zan (楊瓚) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Zan as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 17 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Zan	楊瓚	Yang Zan
Title	Duke of Jingling	竟陵郡公
Title	Duke of Shao	邵國公
Courtesy name	Hengsheng	恆生	Hengsheng
Alternate name	Hui	慧	Hui
Nickname	Little Third	阿三	A San
Posthumous name	Mu	穆	Mu
Title	Prince of Teng	滕王	Teng Wang
Title	Prince Teng the Mu	滕穆王	Teng Mu Wang
Nickname	Yang the Third	楊三郎	Yang Sanlang
Personal name	Yang Zan	楊瓚	Yang Zan
Personal name	Zan	瓚	Zan
Given name	Zan	瓚	Zan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Cause: poisoned wine · Provenance: Mode: hearsay · Negated: false
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Manner: sudden · Place: Chestnut Garden / 栗園 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇十一年 · Western Year: AD 591
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Age

Age: 42 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 保定四年 · Western Year: AD 564
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Source Date: Text: 受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
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Source Date: Text: 開皇十一年 · Western Year: AD 591
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Family

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Spouse of Lady Yuwen (宇文氏)
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
Sibling of Yang Song (楊嵩)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Parent of Yang Wen (楊溫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yang Tan (楊坦)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yang Meng (楊猛)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yang Shen (楊詵)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Princess Shunyang (順陽公主)
Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
Child of Taizu (太祖)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Yang Lun (楊綸)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yang Jing (楊靜)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Emperor Wen (隋高祖)
Kinship Term: younger brother by the same mother / 母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: Director of Discourse / 納言 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保定四年 · Western Year: AD 564
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Label: Governor of Yong Province / 雍州牧 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand Director of Ritual / 大宗伯 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand Master of the Ministry of Personnel / 吏部中大夫 · Action: appointed
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Label: Imperial Chamberlain / 禦伯中大夫 · Action: held
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Label: Palace Attendant Companion / 儀同 · Action: granted
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Label: Senior Pillar of State / 上柱國 · Action: granted
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Title: Prince of Teng / 滕王 · Action: created · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
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Title: Duke of Jingling / 竟陵郡公 · Action: enfeoffed
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Title: Duke of Shao / 邵國公 · Action: enfeoffed
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Status: removed-from-office · Action: entered
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: served
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Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: served
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: addressee · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝) · Quoted: true
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Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: capital-guardian · Action: left-to-hold-capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 平齊之役 · Western Interval: Start: AD 576 · End: AD 577
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Kind: political · Role: plotter · Action: secretly-plotted-against · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen (隋高祖)
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: handsome, devoted to books, generous to talent; renowned as Yang the Third · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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