Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and General

Yang Hu 羊祜

Attested AD 265 - AD 278

Passages: 6
Chapters: 6
Histories: 6

Overview

Yang Hu was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shuzi	叔子	Shuzi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 269 to AD 278 周瑜、魯肅、呂蒙、陸遜、陸抗、鄧艾、羊祜皆以其地顯名
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 436, passages 141-142
AD 269 to AD 278 羊、杜 Western Jin (allusion; not Zhenyuan)
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 49
AD 265 to AD 278 羊、杜
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 21
AD 265 to AD 278 西晉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 71, passage 227
AD 269 to AD 278 西晉
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 178, passage 77
AD 270 to AD 278 言于武帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 93, passage 121

Key source chapters

Career and standing

general whose tasks are cited 所務之將臣
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 77
South-Pacifying General 鎮南將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 121

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 21; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 49; History of Song 436, passage 142; New Book of Tang 178, passage 77
At Jing-Xiang 荊襄 · Relation Won fame from
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 142

Events and relationships

Invoked as model governor if reborn
Rhetorical comparison · Exemplar · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Nanzhong (姚南仲)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 49
Made name from Jing Xiang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 142
Tasks compared unfavorably to Shun
Military · Exemplar
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 77
Relation Recommender of · Person Chu Lü (褚䂮) · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 121
Relation Old acquaintance of · Person Chu Lü (褚䂮)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 121

Assessments and attributes

Assessment moral virtue and humility like Sengchuo · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 71, passage 229
Assessment what he makes his task cannot match Yu Shun's dancing with shields and axes · Mode speaker-judgment Speaker Liu Fen (劉蕡)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 77

Source notes

Historicity historical
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 21
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Song 71, passage 227
Value historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 77

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 63: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

年垂五十，鎮南將軍羊祜與䂮有舊，言于武帝，始被升用，官至安東將軍。 Near fifty, he was finally recommended to Emperor Wu by his old acquaintance Yang Hu, South-Pacifying General, and rose to East-securing General.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 1 passage

如盈珍輩所在有之，雖羊、杜復生，撫百姓，禦三軍，必不能成愷悌父母之政，師律善陣之制矣。」 Men like Yingzhen are everywhere. Even if Yang Hu and Du Yu were reborn, they could not comfort the people and command the armies while achieving a parental rule of kindness or the discipline of proper formations and army law.'

History of Song, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 195: Confucian Scholars 6: Chen Liang, Zheng Qiaolinting, Li Daochuan · 1 passage

周瑜、魯肅、呂蒙、陸遜、陸抗、鄧艾、羊祜皆以其地顯名。 Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, Lu Xun, Lu Kang, Deng Ai, and Yang Hu won fame there.

Book of Song, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao · 1 passage

昔山濤舉羊祜為太子太傅，蓋欲以後事委之，而羊公短世。 Formerly Shan Tao recommended Yang Hu as Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent, intending to entrust the succession to him, but Yang Hu died young.

Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage

至若鯀為黃熊，杜宇為鶗鴂，褒君為龍，牛哀為獸，君子為鵠，小人為猿，彭生為豕，如意為犬，黃母為黿，宣武為鱉，鄧艾為牛，徐伯為魚，鈴下為烏，書生為蛇，羊祜前身，李氏之子，此非佛家變受異形之謂邪？」 Consider Gun becoming a yellow bear, Du Yu becoming a cuckoo, Lord Bao becoming a dragon, Niu Ai becoming a beast, the gentleman becoming a swan, the petty man becoming an ape, Peng Sheng becoming a pig, Ruyi becoming a dog, Lady Huang becoming a soft-shelled turtle, Xuan Wu becoming a river turtle, Deng Ai becoming an ox, Xu Bo becoming a fish, the bell-ringer becoming a crow, the scholar becoming a snake, Yang Hu's former incarnation, the son of the Li clan—are these not what Buddhism calls transformation into different forms?"

New Book of Tang, Chapter 178Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen · 1 passage

叔子之所務，不若虞舜舞幹。 what Shuzi makes his task cannot match Yu Shun's dancing with shields and axes.