People named Yang

Yang Jian (541-604 AD), whose surname was Yang and whose given name was Jian, and whose surname was Pu Liuru and whose given name was Narayan in Xianbei. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian was born in Hongnong Huayin (now Huayin County, Shaanxi Province). His father Yang Zhong was a military aristocrat in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was promoted to the general of the Zhu Kingdom and was named the Duke of the Sui Dynasty. Yang Jian inherited his father's title. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian was the king of the Sui Dynasty. He later deposed Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. He established the Sui Dynasty and became the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty. He unified China and laid a solid foundation for the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the future. After reigning for 24 years, he was murdered by his son Yang Guang. He died at the age of 64 and was buried in Tailing (20 miles southwest of the county in Shaanxi Province today).

Yang Guang (569-April 10, 618) was the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the second son of Yang Jian. He was a very talented, shrewd, active and enterprising man. people. Build the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal". He also had grand ambitions for national affairs and worked hard to realize them. After taking office, he inspected frontier expansion, opened up the Western Regions, and promoted major construction. However, in the end, because the people could not bear the burden, he resorted to violence again and again, and he became famous in the world for his cruelty. Some people compared him with King Zhou of Shang and Qin Shihuang, and called him a tyrant. He was very harsh on the people's enslavement and expropriation, causing serious damage to production. Under the attack of the people's uprising, his subordinates Yu Wenhuaji and others launched a mutiny and hanged him in Jiangdu (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu).

Yang Zhen: The most famous ancient eunuch named Yang. Diligent, studious, and well-read, he was known as the "Kansai Confucius" during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He successively served as governor of Jingzhou, prefect of Zhuojun, Situ, and Taiwei. His "four knowledges" (knowledge from heaven, knowledge from gods, knowledge from me, and knowledge from children, what is ignorance?) and his refusal to bribe have become famous sayings. At that time, Wang Sheng, the wet nurse of Emperor Han'an, and Fan Feng, the chief minister of the Han Dynasty, were corrupt and arrogant. He went to Shuqie to remonstrate many times, but was falsely accused by Fan Feng and dismissed from office, and then committed suicide. Yang Zhen's descendants served as high officials for generations, and his "Hongnong Yang family" became a famous family in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yang Xingfo: also known as Yang Quan, the first warrior to reveal the truth about Red China. In 1931, when the Kuomintang was intensifying its "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Red Army in Jiangxi, Yang Xingfo, director-general of the Kuomintang's Academia Sinica, went to Jiangxi and wrote an investigation report on the current situation in Jiangxi, "Red Disaster and the Survival of China," which was published as a document of the Academia Sinica . This inspection report fully describes the actual situation of the Soviet movement in Jiangxi Province, which is in sharp contrast to the rumors and slanders carried out by some domestic newspapers of the Kuomintang at that time specifically against the Communist Party and the Red Army. Because he participated in and led the China Human Rights Protection League, he was assassinated by Kuomintang agents on June 18, 1933.

Yang Hucheng: the most famous patriotic general of the Kuomintang. In 1908, a team was organized to fight the rich and help the poor. During the Revolution of 1911, he led a team to join the Shaanxi People's Army. Served as battalion commander and commander of guerrilla detachment. Joined the Kuomintang in 1924. He served as commander of the Third Division of the Third Army of the National Army and commander-in-chief of Feng Yuxiang's Tenth Route of the National Alliance Army. In April 1929, he led his troops to defect to Chiang Kai-shek. He was appointed commander of the new 14th Division and commander-in-chief of the 17th Route Army. Later he served as Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government and Director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office. Appointed Communist Party members and progressives such as Nan Hanchen. From 1935 to 1936, after the military failure of the "suppression of the Communist Party" and the struggle of the Chinese Communist Party, he realized that he should unite with the Communist Party of China to resist Japan, and together with Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army, he stopped fighting the Red Army. On December 12, 1936, he and Zhang Xueliang launched the "Xi'an Incident", "military remonstrance" against Chiang Kai-shek, and promoted domestic peace. He was forced to resign by Chiang Kai-shek in April 1937 and went abroad in June. In November 1937, he returned to China to fight against Japan and was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for 12 years. On September 17, 1949, he was killed in Chongqing by military reunification agents ordered by Chiang Kai-shek.

Zhenning Yang: One of the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize. Chinese-American, famous physicist, professor at the State University of New York in the United States. Born in 1922, graduated from Tsinghua University. In 1946, he went to the United States to study and engage in physics research. His main achievement was his collaboration with Lee Tsung-dao to publish the theory of parity non-conservation in the weak interaction of elementary particles, and he won the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Einstein Prize in 1957.

Yang Jian: The longest-lived person among the historical celebrities named Yang. Philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty. Born in 1141 and died in 1225 at the age of 84. A disciple of the famous idealist philosopher Lu Jiuyuan, he was a bachelor of Baomo Pavilion.

Yang Jiong: The youngest person named Yang to become famous. A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was smart and eager to learn when he was young. He was selected as a child prodigy at the age of 10 and was waiting to be made into Hongwen Hall. At the age of 27, he was admitted to the imperial examination and became a scholar at the school. He became a bachelor at Chongwen Hall. Together with Wang Bo, Luo Binwang and Lu Zhaolin, he is known as the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty".

Yang Guozhong: The most notorious traitor named Yang. My real name is Yang Zhao. During the Tianbao period, because his cousin Yang Guifei was deeply favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was promoted from the supervisory censor to the serving censor, named Yang Guozhong, and held 15 positions, gradually increasing his power. Two troops were sent to conquer Nanzhao, resulting in the loss of 200,000 troops. When Li Linfu died in 752, he took his place as right prime minister, holding more than 40 positions. He formed cliques for private gain, bribed public officials, indulged in lawlessness, and selected officials from private houses. Later, the conflict with Anlushan gradually intensified. In 755, Anlushan raised his troops to rebel in the name of crusade against Yang Guozhong. Yang Guozhong fled to Maweiyi (today's Xingping, Shaanxi Province) with Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and was killed by soldiers.

Yang Yuhuan: The fat beauty among the four beauties in ancient China. Also known as Yang Taizhen, she was the noble concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Yang Guifei. She has a plump body and delicate skin. She is one of the four famous beauties in ancient China.

At first, she was married to Li Mao, the son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, as his concubine. Later, because of her beauty, she was called into the palace by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and made her a noble concubine. She was deeply loved. The Yang family became prominent because of this, and his cousin Yang Guozhong manipulated the government and corrupted it. In 756, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Maweiyi. The soldiers mutinied and Concubine Yang was forced to hang herself. Celebrity founder of the People's Republic of China

Yang Shangkun: Served as Chairman of the People's Republic of China.

Yang Yong (born in Liuyang), the founding general.

Yang Zhicheng, the founding general.

Yang Chengwu (Changting native), the founding general. Served as Acting Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Yang Dezhi (from Liling), the founding general. Served as Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army.

Yang Shen: One of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, he is known as the first in the Ming Dynasty in exposition. He was punished for offending Emperor Jiajing and was sent to Yunnan to be exiled to the army. His most famous representative is a popular saying - the rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, the waves dig out the heroes, right and wrong, success and failure turn around, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. A family happily meets each other over wine, and many things in ancient and modern times are discussed with laughter.

Yang Wanli (1127-1206), Han nationality, named Tingxiu and Chengzhai. A native of Jishui, Jizhou (now Jishui County). An outstanding poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He became a Jinshi in the 24th year of Shaoxing (1154). He was granted the title of Sihu in Ganzhou and later transferred to the position of Prime Minister of Lingling County in Yongzhou. He met Zhang Jun who was relegated to Yongzhou and received much encouragement and instruction. After Xiaozong ascended the throne, Zhang Jun became prime minister and recommended Wanli as a professor in Lin'an Prefecture. Before taking office, his father died. After serving his term, he changed his name to Fengxin County. In the sixth year of Qiandao (1170), he was appointed Doctor of Guozi and began to serve as a capital official. Soon he was moved to Taichang Cheng and became a young general. In the first year of Chunxi (1174), he was sent to Zhangzhou and changed to Changzhou. In the sixth year, he promoted tea salt in Changping, Guangdong, suppressed Shen Shi's uprising army, and was promoted to Tidian Prison in Guangdong. Soon after, his mother died and he left his post. He was called back to be a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wai Lang, and was promoted to a doctor. In May of the twelfth year (1185), he responded to the imperial edict with an earthquake. He discussed ten current affairs, advised Xiao Zonggu to put aside urgent matters and concentrate on preparing for enemies. He resolutely opposed some people's suggestions of abandoning the Huaihe River and retreating. Bao Yangjiang's suggestion of harming the country advocated the selection of talents and active preparation for war. The following year, he was appointed Privy Council Prosecutor and Prince's Attendant. In the fourteenth year (1187), he was moved to the post of Secretary Shaojian. After Emperor Gaozong died, Wanli argued that Zhang Jun should be worthy of temple sacrifices and accused Hong Mai of "referring to a deer as a horse", which angered Emperor Xiaozong and sent him to Junzhou (today's Gao'an, Jiangxi). Guangzong ascended the throne and was called secretary supervisor. In the first year of Shaoxi (1190), he served as the envoy to the Kingdom of Jin and the reviewer of the Record Academy. In the end, Xiaozong was dissatisfied with him and became the deputy envoy to Jiangdong. The imperial court wanted to carry out iron money in the counties south of the Yangtze River, but Wanli thought it would be inconvenient for the people, so he refused to obey the edict, disobeyed the prime minister's wishes, and changed his name to Ganzhou. Wan Li saw that his ambition could not be realized, so he did not take up his post. He begged for a ancestral official position (he had no actual official position, only received a ancestral salary, which was equivalent to retirement) and returned. In the second year of Kaixi (1206), he died of grief and anger because he hated Han Kuanzhou for manipulating power and harming the country. He eventually became a scribe in Baomo Pavilion and was given the posthumous title of "Wenjie".

The founding lieutenant generals: Yang Xiushan, Yang Guofu, and Yang Meisheng.

The founding major generals: Yang Silu (Yudu), Yang Zhuo (Xing), Yang Li (Ruijin), Yang Hanlin (Xing), Yang Junsheng (Ruijin), Yang Huaizhu (Ji'an), Yang Tian (from De'an), Yang Shiming (from Liuyang), Yang Yongsong (from Dabu), Yang Shanggao (from Pingjiang), Yang Shangru (from Liancheng), Yang Guoyu (from Yilong), Yang Jiabao (from Jishui), Yang Huitu ( Dabu native) and 33 others. Nearly 1/2 of the above are from Hakka settlements. "Three Hundred Generals of Huangpu Military Academy" lists Yang Lin (Chief of Staff of the Red Front Army), Yang Jie (Major General of the Kuomintang), Yang Zhicheng (General of the People's Liberation Army), Yang Jialiu (Posthumous Major General of the Kuomintang), Yang Sizhen (Thirtyth Army of the National Revolutionary Army) Deputy Director of the Political Department) and other 5 people. Yang Yiren, a scholar from Ruijin in southern Jiangxi who was one of the "Five Great Jiangxi Masters" in the late Ming Dynasty, Yang Zhiyuan, a famous poet in the early Qing Dynasty, and Yang Fangli, a poet with Ruan Ji style; Yang Shangkui, secretary of the provincial party committee who was self-improvement and aboveboard in Xingguo, etc. .

In the history of China, there were more than a dozen people named Yang who claimed to be emperors and kings, and successively established the Sui, Wu and other regimes. At the end of the Northern Dynasty, Yang Jian, a native of Huayin and a relative of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, served as prime minister when Emperor Jing ascended the throne when he was young. He took charge of the government and was granted the title of King of the Sui Dynasty. In 581, he deposed Emperor Jing and established himself as the Sui Dynasty. His capital was Daxing (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi). It was destroyed in 587. Hou Liang destroyed Chen in 589, ending the separation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and unifying the country. The Sui Dynasty lasted for 38 years and was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in 618. During the Five Dynasties, Yang Xingmi, a native of Hefei, founded the State of Wu, with its capital in Yangzhou, in the 36th year of the 4th king. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yang Mo, a native of Longyang (now Hanshou, Hunan), led a peasant uprising in the Dongting Lake area. He was called the Great Sage and Heavenly King, and he used it to commemorate the year. There were tens of thousands of people. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Yang An'er, the leader of the Red Coat Army and a native of Yidu (now Shandong), established an anti-Jin regime and established Tianshun in Jianyuan, with hundreds of thousands of people. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Yang Zhenlong, a native of Ninghai, led the peasant uprising in eastern Zhejiang. The country was named Daxing and the reign was stabilized.

In addition to those who proclaimed themselves emperors and kings, many outstanding talents emerged from the Yang surname in culture, science, military, politics and other fields. In the early Warring States period, there was a philosopher named Yang Zhu. In the Western Han Dynasty, there were the scholar Yang He, the atheist Yang Wangsun, and the poet, philosopher, and linguist Yang Xiong. In the late years of Xinmang, there was Yang Yin, the chief minister of the red eyebrow military regime. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a writer named Yang Xiu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei had a Jingzhao Yin Yang Pei who was not afraid of the mighty. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was the philosopher Yang Quan. In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was the Taifu and the Governor Yang Jun.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were Yang Dayan, a brave general Pingdong and a member of the Di tribe, and Yang Xuanzhi, an essayist and author of "Luoyang Jialan Ji". In the Sui Dynasty, there were ministers Yang Su and Yang Xuangan, their father and son. In the Tang Dynasty, 11 people of the Yang family served as prime ministers. Among them, Yang Yan, prime minister of Tang Dezong, had decided to reform the tax system. He was called a financial planner, scholar Yang Shixun, and sculptor Yang Huizhi. During the Five Dynasties, there was a calligrapher named Yang Ningshi, whose calligraphy was majestic and varied. Critics say that his pen has the wonderful ability to break squares into circles and cut complexity into simplicity. In the Song Dynasty, the most prominent figure in the Yang family was the Yang family generals headed by Yang Ye. Yang Ye, also known as Jiye, was originally a general in the Northern Han Dynasty and was known as "invincible". After Hedong returned to the Song Dynasty, he was appointed as the governor of Daizhou and responsible for the deployment of troops and horses at the three levels. He once defeated the Khitan soldiers at Yanmen Pass in the third year of Emperor Yongxi's reign (986). Year), the Song army launched a large-scale Northern Expedition. He led the army to regain the four prefectures of Yun, Ying, Huan and Shuo. Later, under the wrong command of the commander Pan Mei and the supervisor Wang, he was trapped alone at the mouth of Chenjia Valley. He was seriously injured and captured. He died on a hunger strike. ; His sons Yang Yanzhao and Sun Yang Wenguang were both famous generals in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Ye's deeds were praised by people in contemporary times. Later, they were exaggerated by literary artists and formed a rich legend of Yang family generals, which was even more legendary. In addition, there were writer Yang Yi, scholar Yang Shi, and medical scientist Yang Jie in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were poet Yang Wanli and mathematician Yang Hui. In the Yuan Dynasty there were poet Yang Zai, foreign trader Yang Shu, writer and calligrapher Yang Weizhen, sanquist Yang Chaoying, and opera writers Yang Zi, Yang Xianzhi and Yang Na. In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, and Yang Pu all assisted the government during the reign of Emperor Yingzong, and were known as the "Three Yangs"; Yang Jisheng impeached the powerful Prime Minister Yan Song for ten crimes, and Yang Lian impeached Wei Zhongxian for 24 crimes. They were all persecuted to death. They can be said to be heroes who are not afraid of power and traitors. There are also poet Yang Ji, writer Yang Shen, scholar Yang Dongming, acupuncturist Yang Jizhou, painter Yang Wenchong, leader of the peasant uprising in the Central Plains Yang Hu, and folk anti-Japanese hero Yang Tian. In the Qing Dynasty, there were scholars Yang Mingshi, opera writers Yang Chaoguan and Yang Enshou, bibliophile Yang Yizeng, Taiping generals Yang Xiuqing and Yang Fuqing, Hunan Moyang peasant uprising leader Yang Dapeng, historical geographer Yang Shoujing, Buddhist scholar Yang Wenhui, diplomat Yang Ru, and the "Six Gentlemen of Wuxu" One of them is Yang Shenxiu. In modern times, there are Yang Yin, one of the leaders of the 1925 Provincial and Hong Kong General Strike, Mao Zedong’s close comrade-in-arms and wife Yang Kaihui, Chinese proletarian revolutionary and main leader of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Yang Jingyu (formerly known as Ma Shangde), chemist, papermaking expert, Jidong Anti-Japanese War Leader Yang Shisan (also known as Yang Yumin), educational thinker Yang Xianjiang, educator and jurist Yang Xiufeng, and Yang Weimin, the founder and pioneer of China's reliability systems engineering.

The Chinese surnamed Yang living overseas have made positive contributions to local prosperity and progress, and many famous figures have emerged. For example, as mentioned above, the United States has the Nobel Prize winner in physics, Chinese-American Yang Zhenning, and the famous entrepreneur Yang Xuelan; New Zealand has the "Cauliflower King" Yang Wenzhao. Yang Wenzhao, Yang Yinglin of the Philippines, Yang Zhongli of Malaysia, Yang Lienjing and his son, Yang Shoucheng of Hong Kong, Yang Bingzheng of Macau, Yang Tanghai of Taiwan, etc. are all world-famous for having wealth exceeding hundreds of millions or more than one billion US dollars. Listed in the "World Chinese Billionaires List".