Qin and Han · Commandant Who Remonstrated with Prince He

Wang Yang 王陽

Attested BC 74 - BC 33

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Yang was a Commandant Who Remonstrated with Prince He.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 44 往者有王陽、貢公
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 89, passage 180
BC 74 昌邑廢
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 165
BC 48 to BC 33 王陽
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 200

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 101 Volume 89: Upright Officials 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 14 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang 1 passage

Events and relationships

Relation Mutual advancement with · Person Gong Yu (貢禹)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passage 180

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage

往者有王陽、貢公，故長安語曰「蕭、朱結綬，王、貢彈冠」，言其相薦達也。 Hence the old capital rhyme: "When Xiao and Zhu don seals, Wang and Gong dust off their caps"—meaning mutual promotion.

Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 1 passage

昌邑群臣坐陷王於惡不道，皆誅，死者二百餘人，唯遂與中尉王陽以數諫爭得減死，髡為城旦。 The Changyi ministers were condemned for leading their prince into wickedness; more than two hundred died. Only Gong Sui and commandant Wang Yang, having remonstrated often, escaped execution and were shorn for hard labor at dawn.

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

是以王陽登則貢公喜，罕生逝而國子悲。 Therefore when Wang Yang rose, Lord Gong rejoiced; when Han Sheng left, Guozi grieved.