Overview
Yang Wen was a Drill Officer.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Date Source Date: Text: 廣順元年三月 · Western Year: AD 951 · Killed after city fellDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 57
Attested activity
- AD 950 乾祐三年十一月Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 42, 46, 57
- AD 951 廣順元年三月Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 54, 57
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Drill officer 教練使HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 54
Events and relationships
- Held Xuzhou for YunDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 54-55
- Military · Defender · At Xuzhou 徐州 · With Liu Yun (劉赟)Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 62
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment loyal unto death holding Xuzhou for Yun · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 59, 61, 67
Source notes
- Four Zhou edicts claim Wen had submitted then rebelled; no submission document survives; manner of death unclearField death-manner · Negated falseDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 62, 64
References in the histories
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