Ancient China · Aristocrat

Marquis of Yang 揚侯

Yang Hou

Attested BC 453

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Marquis of Yang was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 453 晉六卿爭權/知伯弊
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passages 5-6

Family

Descendant of Bo Qiao (伯僑)
flowed down to Marquis of Yang 流於末之揚侯 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 24
Ancestor of Yang Xiong (揚雄)
paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 98, passages 3, 10

Career and standing

Marquis of Yang 揚侯
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 4

Places and affiliations

At Chu Mount Wu 楚巫山 · Relation Settled at
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 6

Events and relationships

Fled to Chu Wu mountains
Migration · Fugitive
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 6

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 3 passages

揚在河、汾之間，周衰而揚氏或稱侯，號曰揚侯。 Their fief lay between the Yellow and Fen rivers; as the Zhou waned the clan was ennobled as marquises of Yang.

當是時，逼揚侯，揚侯逃於楚巫山，因家焉。 Under that pressure the marquis of Yang fled to the Wu mountains of Chu and settled there.

有周氏之蟬嫣兮，或鼻祖於汾隅，靈宗初諜伯僑兮，流於末之揚侯。 The house of Zhou stretches in long descent: some say our forebear stood at Fen's shore; the spirit-line began with Bo Qiao and flowed on to the marquises of Yang.