Qin and Han · Qin general executed by order of the Second Emperor

Yang Xiong 楊熊

Yáng Xióng

Attested BC 208 - BC 207

Passages: 6
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Yang Xiong was a Qin general executed by order of the Second Emperor.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Executed by an envoy on the Second Emperor's order
Directly stated · Book of Han 1, passage 175

Attested activity

BC 207 Qin campaign
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 169
BC 207 擊將楊熊軍
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 26
BC 208 to BC 207 擊楊熊
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 98, passage 2
BC 207 擊破楊熊軍
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 54

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 54

Events and relationships

Defeated by
Military · Commander · With Duke of Pei (沛公)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 54

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 54

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 2 passages

西與秦將楊熊會戰白馬，又戰曲遇東，大破之。 They met Qin general Yang Xiong in battle at Baima to the west, and again at Quyu to the east, greatly defeating him.

楊熊走之滎陽，二世使使斬之以徇。 Yang Xiong fled to Xingyang. The Second Emperor sent an envoy to execute him as a warning to others.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

西擊秦將楊熊軍於曲遇，破之，虜秦司馬及御史各一人。 West of the lines he smashed Yang Xiong’s Qin army at Quyu and took one major and one censor prisoner.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

西擊將楊熊軍於曲遇，破之，虜秦司馬及御史各一人。 Striking west against General Yang Xiong's army at Quyu, he defeated it and captured a Qin marshal and an imperial censor.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 55House of Marquis of Liu · 1 passage

沛公之從雒陽南出轘轅，良引兵從沛公，下韓十餘城，擊破楊熊軍。 When the Duke of Pei marched south from Luoyang through the Xuanyuan Pass, Liang led his troops to join him. Together they took more than ten cities and routed Yang Xiong's army.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage

從攻安陽、杠裏，擊趙賁軍於開封，及擊楊熊曲遇、陽武，斬首十二級，賜爵卿。 Fu Kuan took part in the attacks on Anyang and Gangli, engaged Zhao Ben's army at Kaifeng, and fought Yang Xiong at Quyu and Yangwu. He took twelve heads and was granted the rank of Minister.