Ancient China · General

Yue Yang 樂羊

Attested BC 408

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yue Yang as a general. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yue Yang 樂羊 Yue Yang
Surname Yue Yue

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 樂羊為魏文侯將,伐取中山 · Western Year: BC 408
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0002

Family

  • Ancestor of Yue Yi (樂毅)
    Kinship Term: ancestor / 先祖 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

  • Label: general / 將 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:080:s0002
  • Title: enfeoffed at Lingshou / 封...以靈壽 · Place: Lingshou / 靈壽 · Action: received
    Explicit · shiji:080:s0002

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 3 passages