Yang Biao

Yang Biao
楊彪
Personal details
Born142
Hongnong Commandery (弘農郡), present-day Lingbao, Henan
Died225 (aged 83)
Unknown
ChildrenYang Xiu
Parent
  • Yang Ci (楊賜) (father)
OccupationScholar, official

Yang Biao (Chinese: 楊彪; pinyin: Yáng Biāo; 142–225), courtesy name Wenxian (文先), was a Chinese scholar and official who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.

Yang Biao was born in 142 to Yang Ci.[1][2] His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather each had held the title of Excellency during the Han dynasty.[3] His courtesy name is Wenxian.[1] His son was Yang Xiu.[1] Yang Biao died in 225 and is buried in Tongguan County with six relatives.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 944–945. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0. Retrieved 2026-07-26 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Guo, Qinhua 郭清华 (2020). Hou, Subai 侯素柏 (ed.). 三國成語典故 [Three Kingdoms Idioms] (in Chinese). Ningxia: Ningxia People's Publishing House. Retrieved 2026-07-26 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ de Crespigny, Rafe (2010). Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD. Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 115. ISBN 978-90-04-18522-7. ISSN 0169-9563. Retrieved 2026-07-26 – via Google Books.