Sui and Tang · Tang Official

Yang Yuqing 楊虞卿

Attested AD 820 - AD 846

Passages: 17
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Yuqing was a Tang Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shigao	師臯	Shigao
Nickname	Faction Chief	黨魁

Life and dates

Death

At after demotion to Qianzhou army aide 貶虔州司戶參軍，死
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 143

Attested activity

AD 835 太和九年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 138
AD 840 to AD 846 武宗時
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 202
AD 820 穆宗初立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 102

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Yang Rushi (楊汝士)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 133
Sibling of Yang Hangong (楊漢公)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 133
Child of Yang Ning (楊寧)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 93
Parent of Yang Kan (楊堪)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 144
Parent of Yang Hangong (楊漢公)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 144
Parent of Yang Tan (楊壇)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 144
Parent of Yang Zhiquan (楊知權)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 144
Parent of Yang Zhituo (楊知退)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 144

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 202

Key source chapters

Career and standing

metropolitan magistrate of Jingzhao 京兆尹
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 137
Entered
Imprisoned · Authority emperor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 202
At Hongnong in Guo 虢州弘農
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 92

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential erudite macrocosmic 博學宏辭
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 99
Earned
Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 99

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Muzong (穆宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 102-118

Events and relationships

Blocked fair advancement
Political · Faction leader
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 202
Exposed forgery
Legal · Whistleblower · With Li Bin (李賨)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 125

Assessments and attributes

Assessment pliant flatterer; faction chief · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 131, 135

Source notes

Hangong is called both brother and son of Yuqing in this chapter
Field family-relationship · Witness Person Ids
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 133, 144
Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 202

References in the histories

Search passages

History

17 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 44Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 · 1 passage

德裕嘗論公卿子弟艱于科舉，武宗曰：「向聞楊虞卿兄弟朋比貴勢，妨平進之路。 Li Deyu once argued that sons of high ministers struggled in the civil examinations. Wuzong replied: "I have heard that the Yang Yuqing brothers formed factions with the powerful and blocked the path of fair advancement.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 16 passages

楊虞卿，字師臯，虢州弘農人。 Yang Yuqing, style name Shigao, came from Hongnong in Guo.

虞卿第進士、博學宏辭，為校書郎。 Yuqing took jinshi and erudite macrocosmic degrees and served as collator.

抵淮南，委婚幣焉，會陳商葬其先，貧不振，虞卿未嘗與遊，悉所賫助之。 Bound for Huainan with betrothal gifts, he found Chen Shang burying his ancestors too poor to proceed; though strangers, Yuqing gave all he had to aid him.

穆宗初立，逸遊荒恣，虞卿上疏曰：「烏鳶遭害仁鳥逝，誹謗不誅良臣進。 At Muzong's accession, given to idle roaming and dissipation, Yuqing submitted: "When carrion birds are harmed, the virtuous birds flee; when calumny goes unpunished, good ministers come forward.

會曹史李賨等鬻偽告，調官六十五員，贓千六百萬以上，虞卿發其奸，賨等系御史府。 Clerks led by Li Bin sold forged appointment notices for sixty-five posts, taking more than sixteen million in bribes; Yuqing exposed them and they were jailed in the censorate.

而虞卿親吏嘗受二百萬，亡命，私奴受三十萬，虞卿縛奴送獄。 His own clerk had taken two million and fled; a household slave took three hundred thousand—Yuqing tied the slave and sent him to jail.

虞卿坐不檢下免官。 Yuqing lost office for failing to discipline his staff.

虞卿佞柔，善諧麗權幸，倚為奸利。 Yuqing was pliant and flattering, adept at charming favorites, and traded on them for corrupt profit.

當時有蘇景胤、張元夫，而虞卿兄弟汝士、漢公為人所奔向，故語曰：「欲趨舉場，問蘇、張； Su Jingyin and Zhang Yuanfu still mattered, but Yuqing's brothers Rushi and Hangong drew the crowds, so people said: "For the examination field, ask Su and Zhang;

宗閔待之尤厚，就黨中為最能唱和者，以口語軒輊事機，故時號「黨魁」。 Zongmin favored him most; in the clique he led the chorus and steered affairs by rumor, earning the title "Faction Chief."

德裕之相，出為常州刺史。 When Deyu took the chancellorship, Yuqing was posted to Changzhou as prefect.

帝不悅，註亦內不安，而雅與虞卿有怨，即約李訓奏言：「語出虞卿家，因京兆騶伍布都下。」 The emperor was angered; Zhu, ill at ease and hostile to Yuqing, with Li Xun claimed: "The tale began in Yuqing's household and was spread by Jingzhao runners throughout the capital."

御史大夫李固言素嫉虞卿周比，因傅左端倪。 Censor-in-chief Li Guyan, who loathed Yuqing's faction ties, seized on loose ends.

帝大怒，下虞卿詔獄。 The emperor flew into a rage and imprisoned Yuqing.

於是諸子弟自囚闕下稱冤，虞卿得釋，貶虔州司戶參軍，死。 His sons and brothers then chained themselves at the palace gate pleading injustice; he was freed, demoted to Qianzhou army aide, and died.

坐虞卿，下除舒州刺史，徙湖、亳、蘇三州。 Implicated through Yuqing, he was demoted to Shu prefect, then served Hu, Bo, and Su.