Qin and Han · Courtier

Yang Sheng 羊勝

First attested BC 154; died BC 150

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Sheng was a Courtier.

Life and dates

Death

BC 150 令勝、詭皆自殺
suicide 自殺
Directly stated · Book of Han 56, passage 42

Attested activity

BC 154 其春後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 56, passage 25

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 56Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen · 4 passages

招延四方豪桀，自山東游士莫不至：齊人羊勝、公孫詭、鄒陽之屬。 He drew in adventurers from every quarter; no notable wandering scholar east of the mountains failed to answer his call—among them Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and Zou Yang of Qi.

梁王怨爰盎及議臣，乃與羊勝、公孫詭之屬謀，陰使人刺殺爰盎及他議臣十餘人。 The king of Liang blamed Yuan Ang and the ministers who had opposed him. With Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and their confederates he arranged the secret murder of Yuan Ang and more than a dozen others who had spoken against him.

捕公孫詭、羊勝，皆匿王后宮。 Gongsun Gui and Yang Sheng were ordered seized, but both had taken refuge in the queen of Liang’s apartments.

使者責二千石急，梁相軒丘豹及內史安國皆泣諫王，王乃令勝、詭皆自殺，出之。 Under relentless pressure from the envoys, Chancellor Xuanqiu Bao and Inner Scribe Anguo wept as they urged the king to yield; at last he had Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui kill themselves and handed over their bodies.