Ancient China · General

Yue Yang 樂羊

Attested BC 408

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yue Yang was a general.

Life and dates

Death

At Lingshou 靈壽
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 3

Attested activity

BC 408 樂羊為魏文侯將，伐取中山
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 2

Family

Ancestor of Yue Yi (樂毅)
ancestor 先祖 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 1

Career and standing

general 將
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 2
enfeoffed at Lingshou 封...以靈壽
At Lingshou 靈壽 · Received
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 2

Places and affiliations

At Lingshou 靈壽 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 3

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 3 passages

樂毅者，其先祖曰樂羊。 Yue Yi's ancestor was called Yue Yang.

樂羊為魏文侯將，伐取中山，魏文侯封樂羊以靈壽。 Yue Yang was a general under Marquis Wen of Wei. After he attacked and captured Zhongshan, Marquis Wen enfeoffed him at Lingshou.

樂羊死，葬於靈壽，其後子孫因家焉。 Yue Yang died and was buried at Lingshou, and his descendants thereafter made their home there.