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Yuan Ang was a Han Minister.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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BC 148 使人來殺袁盎
assassinated 刺殺
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 8 passages
大臣及袁盎等有所關說於景帝，竇太后義格，亦遂不復言以梁王為嗣事由此。
The great ministers and Yuan Ang remonstrated with Emperor Jing. Empress Dowager Dou, moved by considerations of propriety, relented and from that point on never again raised the matter of making the King of Liang the heir.
梁王怨袁盎及議臣，乃與羊勝、公孫詭之屬陰使人刺殺袁盎及他議臣十餘人。
The King of Liang harbored a deep grudge against Yuan Ang and the other ministers who had spoken against him. Together with Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and their associates, he secretly dispatched assassins who murdered Yuan Ang and more than ten of the other ministers who had advised against the succession.
罷酒出，帝召袁盎諸大臣通經術者曰：「太后言如是，何謂也？」
After the banquet ended, they withdrew. The emperor then summoned Yuan Ang and other ministers learned in the classics and asked, "The Empress Dowager speaks thus. What does she mean?"
帝問其狀，袁盎等曰：「殷道親親者，立弟。
The emperor asked them to explain. Yuan Ang and the others said, "The way of the Yin dynasty was to cherish kinship, and so the younger brother was made heir.
袁盎等入見太后：「太后言欲立梁王，梁王即終，欲誰立？」
Yuan Ang and the others entered and asked the Empress Dowager, "If Your Majesty establishes the King of Liang, and the King of Liang later dies, whom would you choose after him?"
袁盎等以宋宣公不立正，生禍，禍亂後五世不絕，小不忍害大義狀報太后。
Yuan Ang and the others presented the case of Duke Xuan of Song, who had failed to follow the proper line of succession and thereby brought about a calamity that plagued his state for five generations. They explained to the Empress Dowager how a small indulgence could undermine the greater good.
而梁王聞其義出於袁盎諸大臣所，怨望，使人來殺袁盎。
When the King of Liang learned that the arguments against him had come from Yuan Ang and the other ministers, he was consumed with resentment and sent men to assassinate Yuan Ang.
袁盎顧之曰：「我所謂袁將軍者也，公得毋誤乎？」
Yuan Ang turned to face the assassin and said, "I am the one known as General Yuan. Are you sure you have the right man?"