Yang Zhen (杨震) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Zhen as an official and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Zhen	杨震	Yang Zhen
Title	Duke Yang	楊公	Yáng Gōng
Title	Grand Commandant	太尉
Surname	Yang	杨	Yáng
Personal name	Yang Zhen	杨震	Yáng Zhèn
Personal name	Yang Zhen	杨震	Yang Zhen
Personal name	Yang Zhen	杨震
Personal	Yang Zhen	楊震	Yáng Zhèn
Given name	Zhen	震	Zhèn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0108, houhanshu:116:s0037, houhanshu:117:s0048, houhanshu:118:s0017, nanqishu:053:s0192

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide · Cause: dismissal after slander
Explicit · houhanshu:118:s0017

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: historical allusion to Duke Yang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1 · End: AD 220
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0192
Source Date: Text: 安帝延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0108, houhanshu:115:s0105
Source Date: Text: 安帝延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124
Explicit · houhanshu:118:s0016, houhanshu:118:s0017
Source Date: Text: 延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0037, houhanshu:117:s0047, houhanshu:117:s0048
Source Date: Text: 永和二年 · Western Year: AD 137
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0061, houhanshu:117:s0058

Career and standing

Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: dismissed-from
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0108
Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: dismissed
Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0037, houhanshu:117:s0048, houhanshu:118:s0017

Places and affiliations

Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: under
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0108

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: cashiered amid slander then suicide
Explicit · houhanshu:118:s0017

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: historically exemplified incorrupt restraint and bequeathed it to descendants · Provenance: Mode: historical-allusion · Source Person Id: Chu Yuan (褚淵)
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0192