Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Yang Yuansun 楊元孫

Attested AD 534 - AD 556

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Yuansun was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 8

Attested activity

AD 534 to AD 556 武元皇帝建義關中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 43, passage 7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yang Aijing (楊愛敬)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 43, passages 5-6
Parent of Yang Hong (楊弘)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 6
Child of Lady Guo (郭氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 6

Career and standing

posthumous Pillar of State, Director of State Affairs, Duke of Hejian 柱國、尚書令、河間郡公
Posthumous
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 16

Source notes

From Yang 楊 · To Guo 郭 · Reason feared Northern Qi execution
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 3 passages

父元孫，少孤，隨母郭氏養于舅族。 His father Yuansun lost his parents in childhood and was brought up by his mother, Lady Guo, among her maternal relatives.

及武元皇帝與周太祖建義關中，元孫時在鄴下，懼為齊人所誅，因假外家姓為郭氏。 When Emperor Wuyuan and the Zhou dynastic founder raised their banner in Guanzhong, Yuansun was still in Ye. Fearing the Northern Qi would put him to death, he assumed his maternal clan's surname and became Guo.

元孫死，齊為周所並，弘始入關，與高祖相得。 After Yuansun died and Qi was overrun by Zhou, Hong finally entered Guanzhong, where he and the future Emperor Wen became close.