Yuan Shang

Yuan Shang
袁尚
Governor of Ji Province (冀州牧)
In office
202 (202)–207 (207)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
Preceded byYuan Shao
Personal details
BornUnknown
Died207[1]
Liaoyang, Liaoning
Parents
Relatives
OccupationMilitary general, politician, warlord
Courtesy nameXianfu (顯甫)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuan.

Yuan Shang (died c. December 207[2]), courtesy name Xianfu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was the third son and successor of the warlord Yuan Shao.[1] In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shang was described as "strong but arrogant", and he was his father's favourite son.

  1. ^ a b de Crespigny (2007), p. 1009.
  2. ^ 11th month of the 12th year of the Jian'an era, per Emperor Xian's biography in Book of the Later Han. The month corresponds to 7 Dec 207 to 5 Jan 208 in the Julian calendar.