Yang Shuang 楊爽

Other names

Family

• Child of Taizu (太祖)
  father 父
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 44, passage 69
• Child of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后)
  reared by 鞠養 · Foster parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 70
• Parent of Yang Ji (楊集)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 95
• Sibling of Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  younger half-brother 異母弟 · Paternal half siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 68

Career and standing

• Director of Discourse 納言
  AD 587 明年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 88
• Commander-in-Chief of Liang Province 涼州總管
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 77
• Commander-in-Chief of Qin Province 秦州總管
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 72
• Governor of Pu Prefecture 蒲州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 73
• Governor of Yong Province 雍州牧
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 75
• Grand General of the Right Army Guard 右領軍大將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 76

Events and relationships

• Campaign from Hechuan
  AD 586 六年 · Military · Commander in chief
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 86
• Defeated
  Military · Commander in chief · With Shabolüe Qaghan (沙缽略可汗) · At White Road 白道
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passages 83-84
• Northern campaign
  AD 583 to AD 584 其年北伐 · Military · Commander in chief
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passages 79-80

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment distinguished bearing, breadth of vision, governed with renown · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 78