Yang Xiu (Han dynasty)

Yang Xiu
楊修
A Qing dynasty illustration of Yang Xiu
Registrar of the Imperial Chancellor
(丞相主簿)
In office
? (?)–219 (219)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Personal details
Born175[1]
Huayin, Shaanxi
DiedAugust 219 (aged 44)[1]
Hanzhong, Shaanxi
ChildrenYang Xiao
Parents
OccupationOfficial, adviser
Courtesy nameDezu (德祖)

Yang Xiu (175[2] – 219[3]),[a] courtesy name Dezu, was an official and adviser serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

  1. ^ a b c de Crespigny (2007), p. 962.
  2. ^ A Continuation of the Book of Han annotation in Yang Xiu's biography in Book of the Later Han indicated that he was 45 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (续汉书曰:...故遂收杀之,时年四十五矣。) Xu Hanshu annotation in Houhanshu, vol. 54
  3. ^ A Dianlüè annotation in Cao Zhi's biography in Sanguozhi indicated that Yang Xiu was killed in the autumn (7th to 9th month) of the 24th year of the Jian'an era. The period corresponds to 30 Jul to 25 Oct 219 in the Julian calendar. (《典略》曰:杨脩字德祖,太尉彪子也。谦恭才博。建安中,....至二十四年秋,公以脩前后漏泄言教,交关诸侯,乃收杀之。) Dianlüè annotation in Sanguozhi, vol.19


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