Yang Zhong (楊忠) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Zhong as an aristocrat, family member, general, and military officer. This record brings together 9 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Zhong	楊忠	Yang Zhong
Title	Duke of Chenliu	陳留公
Title	Duke of Sui	隨國公
Personal name	Yang Zhong	楊忠	Yang Zhong
Personal name	Yang Zhong	楊忠

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:007:s0057, suishu:079:s0017
Sex: male
Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0036, zhoushu:021:s0001

Roles

Aristocrat
Family Member
General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三月甲午 · Western Year: AD 558
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0036
Source Date: Text: 九月辛卯 · Western Year: AD 558
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0066
Source Date: Text: 楊忠迎消難 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 568
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0160
Source Date: Text: 河清二年十二月己酉 · Western Year: AD 563
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:007:s0057
Source Date: Text: 辛未 · Western Year: AD 560
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0132, zhoushu:004:s0134
Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Year: AD 581
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0017

Family

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Parent of Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Kinship Term: uncle relation via sworn brotherhood context / 叔 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Spouse of Lü Kutao (苦桃)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Parentage: biological · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active

Career and standing

Label: pillar-of-state / 柱國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九月辛卯 · Western Year: AD 558
Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0066
Title: Duke of Sui / 隨國公 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛未 · Western Year: AD 560
Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0132, zhoushu:004:s0134

Places and affiliations

Polity Name: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: served
Explicit · beiqishu:007:s0057

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led invasion from Heng Province · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 河清二年十二月己酉 · Western Year: AD 563
Explicit · beiqishu:007:s0057
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent-to-receive-defector · Other Person Id: Sima Xiaonan (司馬消難) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月甲午 · Western Year: AD 558
Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0036
Relation: sworn-brother-of · Person Id: Sima Xiaonan (司馬消難)
Explicit · zhoushu:021:s0180