Five Dynasties · Later Zhou scholar-official and policy adviser

Yang Zhaojian 楊昭儉

Attested AD 954 - AD 955

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yang Zhaojian 楊昭儉 Yang Zhaojian
Alternate Yang Zhaojian 楊昭儉 Yang Zhaojian
Personal name Yang Zhaojian 楊昭儉 Yáng Zhāojiǎn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Judge
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 世宗之時 · Western Year: AD 954
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:031:s0041
  • Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0058

Career and standing

Works and attributed material

  • Description: submitted policy essays advocating a southern military campaign / 撰論策主張用兵江淮 · Western Year: AD 955

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 2 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai · 1 passage