Yang (state)

State of Yang
楊國
?–677 BC[1]
Capital Not specified
Government Monarchy
King Shangfu (尚父)
History
 -  Established ?
 -  Conquered by Jin. 677 BC[1]

Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨; traditional Chinese: 楊) was a state established during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.[2][3][4]

History

Yang Boqiao

King Wu of Zhou granted Shu Yu of Tang a state named Tang. He was the son of King Wu of Zhou and the younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou. The State of Tang would later be renamed Jin by Shu Yu's son and successor, Xie.[5]

The Yang state was conquered by the Jin state during the reign of Duke Wu of Jin, and ancient lands of the Yang state was given to one of his sons named Boqiao at 13th years old. A clan named Yang (楊) was erected which become a surname in later time.[1][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://zhzp.huhuhu.net/news_view.php?id=235, retrieved 26 September 2014
  2. ↑ Annals of Wei, Bamboo Annals.
  3. ↑ Schirokauer, Conrad; Brown, Miranda (2006). A Brief History of Chinese Civilization (Second ed.). Wadsworth: Thomson Learning.
  4. ↑ The Discourses of the States (國語) Chapter Discourses of Zheng (鄭語)
  5. ↑ Han, Zhaoqi (2010). "House of Jin". Annotated Shiji (in Chinese). Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 3093–3094. ISBN 978-7-101-07272-3.
  6. ↑ "Yang Family History". Retrieved 28 March 2014.