Sui and Tang · Prince and Official

Yang Lun 楊綸

Attested AD 581 - AD 626

Passages: 17
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Lun was a prince and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Binzhou	斌籀	Binzhou

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 611 大業七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 48
AD 618 to AD 626 歸大唐
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 51
AD 605 to AD 618 煬帝猜忌骨肉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 43, passage 33
AD 581 高祖受禪
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 30

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yang Zan (楊瓚)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 28
Spouse of Wife of Yang Lun
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 50
Sibling of Yang Tan (楊坦)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 52

Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 50

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Career and standing

Governor of Shao Prefecture 邵州刺史
AD 582 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 31
Duke of Shao 邵國公
Households 8000 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 30
Duke of Shao 邵國公
AD 581 高祖受禪 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 30
Duke of Huaihua County 懷化縣公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 51
Entered
Commoner
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 46
Suffered
Deposed and banished
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 33

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stripped of nobility and exiled to Shi'an 除名為民，徙始安
Exiled · Authority Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 46

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 大唐 · Relation Submitted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 51
AD 611 未幾
At Zhuya 硃崖 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 49
At Shi'an 始安 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 46

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Subject · Speaker Yang Su (楊素) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passages 41-45
Speech · Addressee · With Wang Chen (王琛) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passages 36-37

Events and relationships

Conveyed betrothal gifts
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 32
Fled from
Flight · Fugitive · With Lin Shihong (林仕弘) · At Dan'er 儋耳
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 50
Relation Consulted · Person Wang Chen (王琛)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 35
Relation Associated with · Person Hui'en (惠恩)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 38
Relation Associated with · Person Jueduo (崛多)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 38

References in the histories

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History

17 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 1 passage

帝時猜忌骨肉，滕王綸等皆被廢放，唯慶獲全。 When the emperor grew suspicious of his own kin and deposed or banished princes such as Lun of Teng, Qing alone escaped unscathed.

Book of Sui, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji · 16 passages

滕穆王瓚嗣王綸 Prince Teng the Mu, Zan; His Heir Wang Lun

子綸嗣。 His son Lun succeeded him.

綸字斌籀，性弘厚，美姿容，頗解鐘律。 Lun, styled Binzhou, was openhearted and handsome and had considerable knowledge of music theory.

高祖受禪，封邵國公，邑八千戶。 When Gaozu took the throne, Lun was enfeoffed as Duke of Shao with a fief of eight thousand households.

晉王廣納妃于梁，詔綸致禮焉，甚為梁人所敬。 When Prince Jin Guang took a bride from Liang, Lun was ordered to convey the betrothal gifts on his behalf and won great respect among the Liang court.

綸以穆王之故，當高祖之世，每不自安。 Because of his father's disgrace as Prince Teng the Mu, Lun never felt secure throughout Gaozu's reign.

綸憂懼不知所為，呼術者王琛而問之。 Tormented by fear and uncertainty, Lun summoned the diviner Wang Chen to consult him.

有沙門惠恩、崛多等，頗解占候，綸每與交通，常令此三人為度星法。 There were also the monks Hui'en and Jueduo, who were skilled in divination. Lun associated with them regularly and often had the three of them practice astrological prognostication.

有人告綸怨望咒詛，帝命黃門侍郎王弘窮治之。 Someone reported that Lun was nursing resentment and practicing curses. The emperor ordered Yellow Gate Attendant Wang Hong to investigate the case thoroughly.

弘見帝方怒，遂希旨奏綸厭蠱惡逆，坐當死。 Seeing the emperor's anger, Hong shaped his findings to please him and reported that Lun had practiced malign sorcery and treason, crimes punishable by death.

帝令公卿議其事，司徒楊素等曰：「綸希冀國災，以為身幸。 The emperor ordered the high ministers to deliberate. Minister of Education Yang Su and others said, "Lun has been praying for calamity to befall the state, treating national disaster as his personal opportunity.

帝以公族不忍，除名為民，徙始安。 Unable to bring himself to execute a kinsman, the emperor struck Lun from the rolls of nobility, reduced him to commoner status, and exiled him to Shi'an.

大業七年，親征遼東，綸欲上表，請從軍自效，為郡司所遏。 In the seventh year of Daye (611), when the emperor campaigned in person against Liaodong, Lun tried to submit a memorial offering to join the army and prove his loyalty, but the local officials prevented it.

綸弟坦，字文籀，初封竟陵郡公，坐綸徙長沙。 Lun's younger brother Tan, styled Wenzhou, had initially been enfeoffed as Duke of Jingling; implicated in Lun's case, he was exiled to Changsha.

時滕王綸坐與相連，帝不忍加誅，乃下詔曰：「綸、集以附萼之華，猶子之重，縻之好爵，匪由德進。 At the time Prince of Teng Lun was implicated in the same affair. Unable to bring himself to execute them, the emperor issued an edict: "Lun and Ji are like blossoms on the imperial stem, bearing the weight of princes of the blood. They were granted noble rank, yet not for any merit of their own.

煬帝即位，滕王綸、衛王集並以讒構得罪，高陽公智明亦以交遊奪爵，智積逾懼。 When Emperor Yang came to the throne, Prince of Teng Lun and Prince of Wei Ji were both convicted on charges of slanderous plotting; Duke of Gaoyang Zhiming likewise lost his title for improper associations, and Zhiji grew ever more fearful.