Yang Zhicheng (Tang dynasty)

For the Chinese-American illustrator, see Ed Young (illustrator).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Zhicheng (Chinese: 楊志誠; died 835?[1][2]) was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang dynasty, ruling Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing) as its military governor (jiedushi) in de facto independence from the imperial government from 831 to 834.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 245.
  2. ^ Yang Zhicheng was exiled on December 24, 834, and said to be executed on the way to exile. It is thus likely that the death occurred some time after the exile order, although there is no clear date of Yang's death.