Sui and Tang · Sui prince and chief commander of Bingzhou

Yang Liang 楊諒

Attested AD 581 - AD 618

Passages: 11
Chapters: 6
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Liang was a Sui prince and chief commander of Bingzhou.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yang Liang, Prince of Han	漢王楊諒	Yang Liang, Prince of Han

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 604 漢王諒之反
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 92
AD 604 漢王諒作亂并州
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 147
AD 590 to AD 604 漢王諒為并州總管
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passage 159
AD 605 to AD 618 煬帝朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 43, passage 49
AD 600 開皇末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 53, passage 26
AD 581 to AD 604 高祖在位時
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 59, passage 8

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AD 604 高祖崩／楊諒作逆
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 217, 249

Family

Sibling of Yang Yong (楊勇)
brother 同胞 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 43, passage 49

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Chief Commander of Bingzhou 并州總管
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 159
Prince of Han 漢王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 248; Book of Sui 56, passage 147
Suffered
Executed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 8
Polity Sui
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 53, passage 26
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 147
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passage 217

Events and relationships

Advanced by the Mayi route with Shi Wansui against Tardu Khan.
Frontier campaign
Directly stated · Book of Sui 53, passage 26
Defeated
AD 604 高祖崩／楊諒作逆 · Military · Defeated party
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 224
Left the sovereign's side upon marriage
Family · Mode quoted-report Speaker Yang Zhao, Prince of Jin (晉王昭)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 8
Praised Guo Jun's household and gave clothing to more than twenty brothers
Official · Patron · With Guo Jun (郭俊)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passage 159
Rebelled at Bing
AD 604 高祖崩／楊諒作逆 · Rebellion · Rebel leader · At Bing Prefecture 并州
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 249
Rebelled
AD 604 漢王諒作亂并州 · Military · Rebel leader · At Bingzhou 并州
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 147

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Rebelled
AD 604 高祖崩／楊諒作逆 · Rebellion · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 217
Rebelled
Rebellion · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 92
Relation Commander of · Person Qi Liang (綦良)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 147

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 2 passages

又王之昏主，心若豺狼，仇忿同胞，有逾沉、閼，惟勇及諒，咸磬甸師，況及族類為非，何能自保！ And consider your sovereign: benighted and wolf-hearted, more savage toward his own brothers than the worst villains of old. Princes Yong and Liang were wiped out to the last man—why would your branch of the family fare any better?

漢王諒之反也，朝廷以為有二心，廢錮不齒。 When Prince Liang of Han rebelled, the court suspected Chule of divided loyalties; he was stripped of rank, imprisoned, and disgraced.

Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 4 passages

遇楊諒作逆，敕以本官為相州刺史，發山東兵馬，與李雄等共經略之。 When Yang Liang rebelled, Sheng was ordered to remain in his post but become governor of Xiang Prefecture, raise Shandong troops, and plan the campaign with Li Xiong and others.

諒破，追還，轉武衛將軍。 When Liang was defeated he was recalled and made General of the Martial Guard.

起家漢王諒庫真，甚見親狎。 He began as a treasury attendant to Prince Han Yang Liang and was greatly favored.

後遇諒於并州起逆，率眾南拒官軍，乃留行布城守，遂與豆盧毓等閉門拒諒，城陷，遇害。 When Liang rebelled at Bing Prefecture and led troops south against the imperial army, Xingbu was left to hold the city and, with Doulu Yu and others, shut the gates against Liang; when the city fell he was killed.

Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 1 passage

開皇末，突厥達頭可汗犯塞，上令晉王廣及楊素出靈武道，漢王諒與萬歲出馬邑道．[一]萬歲率柱國張定和、大將軍李藥王、楊義臣等出塞，至大斤山，與虜相遇．達頭遣使問曰：「隋將為誰？」 At the end of Kaihuang the Turk khan Tatou raided the frontier. The emperor sent Prince Jin Guang and Yang Su by the Lingwu route, and Prince Han Liang and Wansui by the Mayi route. [1] Wansui led the pillars of state Zhang Dinghe and the grand generals Li Yaowang, Yang Yichen, and others beyond the border. At Mount Dajin they met the enemy. Tatou sent a messenger to ask, “Who is the Sui general?”

Book of Sui, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang · 2 passages

會漢王諒作亂并州，遣偽將綦良東略地，攻逼慈州。 When Prince Liang of Han rebelled at Bingzhou, he sent the false general Qi Liang to advance east and attack, pressing Cizhou.

刺史上官政請援於胄，胄畏諒兵鋒，不敢拒，良又引兵攻胄，胄欲以計卻之，遣親人魯世范說良曰：「天下事未可知，胄為人臣，去就須得其所，何遽相攻也？」 Governor Shangguan Zheng requested aid from Zhou. Zhou feared Prince Liang's military edge and did not dare refuse. Qi Liang then led troops to attack Zhou. Zhou wished to repel him by stratagem and sent his close associate Lu Shifan to tell Qi Liang, "Affairs under Heaven are not yet settled. Zhou, as a minister, must choose his stand according to what is fitting. Why rush to attack one another?"

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 1 passage

高祖問其故，對曰：「漢王未婚時，恆在至尊所，一朝娶婦，便則出外。 Emperor Wen asked why; he answered, "When the Prince of Han was still unmarried he was always at Your Majesty's side; the day he married he went out to his own residence at once.

Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 1 passage

漢王諒為并州總管，聞而嘉歎，賜兄弟二十餘人衣各一襲。 Prince of Han Yang Liang, as chief commander of Bingzhou, heard of this, sighed in admiration, and gave each of the more than twenty brothers a suit of clothing.