Yang Shiwo () was a member of the
Jin (晉) family and lived during the
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...
(春秋時期). His ancestral surname was
Ji and his
clan name was Yangshe(羊舌), his name was Boshi(伯石), and he was also called Yang Shi (楊石),
[ ]courtesy name
A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particula ...
Shiwo(食我). His father was Yangshe Xi or simply named Yang Yu ( 楊譽).
Yang Shiwo had a good friend Qi Ying, the grandson of Qi Xi. In 514 BCE, Qi Ying had two retainers, Qi Sheng and Wu Zhi who had exchanged their wives. Qi Ying imprisoned the two of them. An official, Xun Li, was bribed by Qi Sheng, who then went to Duke Qing of Jin
Duke Qing of Jin (), personal name Ji Quji or Ji Qiji, was the ruler of the Jin state from 525 BC to 512 BC. He succeeded his father, Duke Zhao, who died in 526 BC.
In 520 BC, King Jing of Zhou died. The king's three sons – Crown Prince Ga ...
to say that Qi Ying was personally arresting people. So Duke Qing of Jin arrested Qi Ying. Yang Shiwo became aware of this injustice. So he helped Qi Ying's family to kill Qi Sheng and Wu Zhi. In a great rage on hearing of this, Duke Qing of Jin sent several officials to punish Qi Ying and Yang Shiwo, killing Qi Ying and dividing his land. Yang Shiwo and his children fled to the area around Huashan(華山), with the surname fiefs called Yang, Yang Shiwo asserted to Yang
Yang may refer to:
* Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy
* Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902
* YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration p ...
's ancestor.[《]左傳
The ''Zuo Zhuan'' ( zh, t=左傳, w=Tso Chuan; ), often translated as ''The Zuo Tradition'' or as ''The Commentary of Zuo'', is an ancient Chinese narrative history traditionally regarded as a commentary on the ancient Chinese chronicle the '' ...
》 昭公二十八年
Bibliography
" Chunqiu Zuozhuan"(《春秋左傳》
28 years of the Duke Zhao
References
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510s BC deaths
6th century BC