Overview
Yang Chengxun was a Family Member and Military Officer.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Execution · Method dismembermentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 87
Attested activity
- AD 944 丁巳，楊承勳囚其父光遠以降，殺之。Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 9, passage 117
- AD 947 明年正月戊子Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 87
- AD 944 開運元年十一月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 109, passages 88, 93
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Yang Tan (楊檀)father 父
son 子 · paternal line - Child of Father of Yang Chengxun (楊承勛之父)father 父Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 87
- Sibling of Chengxin (承信)younger brother 弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 89
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85 Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 1 passage
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 109 Volume 109 Book of Later Jin 11: Biographies 6: Du Zhongwei, Li Shouzhen, Zhao Siwan 1 passage
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9 Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled 1 passage
Career and standing
- DismemberedExecuted · Reason betraying his fatherDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 87
Events and relationships
- Chengxun and others begged to surrenderAD 944 開運元年十一月 · Military · Surrendering partyDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 109, passages 88, 93
- Imprisoned father and surrenderedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 9, passage 117
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 109, passage 93
References in the histories
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