Overview
Yang Zhicheng was a Military Officer and Warlord.
Life and dates
Death
- Killed · At Shangzhou 商州Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 89
Attested activity
- AD 833 太和七年Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 78
- AD 831 太和五年Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 34, 58
- AD 834 太和八年Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 86
- AD 831 to AD 834 楊志誠Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 231
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Wife of Yang Zhichengwife 妻Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 56
- Kinship Role children · Quantity plural-unspecified · 孥 — children killed with wifeDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 56
Career and standing
- acting administrator and Left Regular Attendant 節度觀察留後、檢校左散騎常侍AppointedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 76
- acting Minister of Works and vice military governor 檢校工部尚書、節度副大使AppointedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 77
- Right Vice Director 尚書右僕射AppointedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 85
- deputy commander of the Youzhou rear guard 幽州後院副兵馬使AD 831 太和五年 · HeldDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 58
- overall commander of cavalry and infantry 馬步都知兵馬使SeizedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 61
- acting Minister of Personnel 檢校吏部尚書AD 833 太和七年 · TransferredDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 78
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- banishment to Lingnan 流嶺南SufferedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 88
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 76
- At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 58
Events and relationships
- Detained imperial envoysDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 82-83
- Driven outDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 86
- Drove out Li ZaiyiDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 34, 60-61
- Seized powerUsurpation · Usurper · At Youzhou 幽州 · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231-232
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Zaiyi (李載義)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 34, 58
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment seized-power-through-inbenevolence · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231, 236
- Item dragon robes and embroidered regalia 袞龍衣 · Relation MadeDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 87