Qin and Han · Official

Yang Ke 楊可

Yáng Kě

Attested BC 114 - BC 110

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yang Ke was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 114 to BC 110 於是（楊可）告緡錢縱矣
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 187
BC 114 to BC 110 楊可告緡遍天下
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 196, 202

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 187

Events and relationships

Allowed to proceed with reports on concealed cash holdings
Legal · Agent
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 187
Gaomin reports spread empire wide; middling families and above mostly accused
Legal · Agent
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 196
Gaomin wealth filled Shanglin, leading Water Balance to take charge of Shanglin
Administrative · Agent
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 202

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 187

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 1 passage

至冬，楊可方受告緡，縱以為此亂民，部吏捕其為可使者。 When Yang Ke launched the wealth-reporting inquisitions, Yi Zong called them destabilizing and seized Yang Ke's deputies.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 30Treatise on the Balanced Standard · 3 passages

天子既下緡錢令而尊卜式，百姓終莫分財佐縣官，於是（楊可）告緡錢縱矣。 After the Son of Heaven issued the cash-registration order and honored Bu Shi, the common people still did not contribute their wealth to assist the government. Yang Ke was then allowed to proceed with reports on concealed cash holdings.

卜式相齊，而楊可告緡遍天下，中家以上大抵皆遇告。 Bu Shi became chancellor of Qi, and Yang Ke's reports on concealed cash holdings spread throughout the empire. Families of middling means and above were almost all accused.

及楊可告緡錢，上林財物眾，乃令水衡主上林。 When Yang Ke's reports on concealed cash holdings brought large quantities of wealth and goods into Shanglin, they ordered the Water Balance to take charge of Shanglin.