Yang Qiu 阳球

Other names

Family

• Child of Mother of Yang Qiu (其母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 187
• Spouse of Wife of Yang Qiu (阳球妻)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 253

• Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified · 妻、子 banished; children not individuated
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 253

Origins and identity

• His family had for generations been a great office-holding clan.
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 184

Career and standing

• Gentleman Consultant 议郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 204
• Gentleman of the Masters of Writing 尚书侍郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 188
• Magistrate of Gaotang 高唐令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 189
• Prefect of Jiujiang 九江太守
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 192
• Prefect of the Masters of Writing 尚书令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 206
• Colonel Director of Retainers 司隶校尉
  AD 179 光和二年 · Promoted to
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 221

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Han 东汉 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 85, passage 251
• Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 13
• At Quanzhou in Yuyang commandery 渔阳泉州 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 183
• At Luoyang prison 洛阳狱 · Relation Died at
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 253

Learning and skills

• Favored
  Subject teachings of Shen Buhai and Han Fei 申、韩之学 · With Shen Buhai (申子), Han Fei (韓非)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 186
• Earned
  Credential highest-ranked staff evaluation 高第
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 190
• Recommended
  Credential Filially Pious and Incorrupt 孝廉
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 188
• Skill mounted archery 弓马 · Level practiced
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 185
• Skill swordsmanship 击剑 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 185
• Skill administrative precedent and memorial deliberation 故事、章奏处议 · Level trusted by the ministries
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 188

Works and attributed material

• Requested arrest and clan extermination of Wang Fu, Chunyu Deng, Yuan She, Feng, Liu Yi, Pang Xun, Zhu Yu, Qi Sheng, their magistrate kin, and Duan Jiong.
  Memorial · Author · With Wang Fu (王甫), Chunyu Deng (淳于登), Yuan She (袁赦), Feng (damaged name) (封𦐇), Liu Yi (刘毅), Pang Xun (庞训), Zhu Yu (硃禹), Qi Sheng (齐盛), Duan Jiong (段颎) · Mode reported-document Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 222-223
• Requested abolition of Hongdu appointments and condemned portraits and promotions for writers he considered fraudulent.
  Memorial · Author · With Yue Song (乐松), Jiang Lan (江览) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 207-218
• Asked for one more month to punish the remaining predators after executing Wang Fu and Duan Jiong.
  Plea · Speaker · With Wang Fu (王甫), Duan Jiong (段颎), Emperor Ling (靈帝) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 245-247
• He pardoned old offenses, invoked Duke Huan and Gaozu, and warned that future wrongdoing would not be tolerated.
  Proclamation · Author · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 195-200
• Refused leniency because their crimes were beyond description and death could not cancel the debt.
  Speech · Speaker · With Wang Meng (萌) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 228
• If he became Colonel Director of Retainers, Wang Fu and Cao Jie's clique would not be tolerated.
  Speech · Speaker · With Wang Fu (王甫), Cao Jie (曹節) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Yang Qiu (阳球)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 220

Events and relationships

• Annihilated Jiujiang bandits and executed all corrupt commandery clerks
  Suppression · Prefect
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 191-193
• Dismembered and displayed Wang Fu's corpse at Summer Gate under a traitor placard
  Posthumous punishment · Authority · With Wang Fu (王甫)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 233
• Dismembered and displayed Wang Fu's corpse
  Posthumous punishment · Authority · With Wang Fu (王甫)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 13
• Gathered dozens of youths, killed the clerk who insulted his mother, and exterminated the clerk's household
  Revenge killing · Leader
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 187
• Had Wang Meng's mouth packed with mud and father and son beaten to death
  Execution by torture · Authority · With Wang Fu (王甫), Wang Meng (萌)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 231
• Impeached
  AD 179 及阳球奏甫 · Legal · Impeacher · With Wang Fu (王甫)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 268

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment powerful households hid luxury goods and the capital trembled in fear · Mode public-reputation
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passages 236-238
• Assessment the commandery feared and obeyed him · Mode public-reputation
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 201

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 13