Five Dynasties · Family Member

Father-in-law of Yang Qianlang 楊千郎婦翁

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Father-in-law of Yang Qianlang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 莊宗敗
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 51, passages 28, 32

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wife of Yang Qianlang (楊千郎妻)
wife's father 婦翁
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 51, passage 32

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 1 passage

楊千郎者，魏州賤民，自言得墨子術於婦翁，能役使陰物，帽下召食物果實之類。 Yang Qianlang was a common man of Weizhou who claimed to have learned Mozi's techniques from his father-in-law and could command spirits of the yin realm: food, fruit, and other provisions would appear from under his cap.