Consort Yang, titled ''Yuanfei'' (仰元妃), was the second wife of

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(King Zhongxian), the third king of the

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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state

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— and the only known wife when he was king. Little is known about Consort Yang herself. Her father

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was a prominent general under Qian Hongzuo's father

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(King Wenmu), reaching the title of military governor (''

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''). In 943, Qian Hongzuo, whose first wife Lady Du had died,''

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'', vol. 83. married her as his second wife.''

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'', vol. 283. She died not long after, however.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Consort 10th-century births 940s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain Wuyue people Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms imperial consorts Later Jin (Five Dynasties) people