Yang Yin

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Yang Yin (楊愔) (511 – 4 April 560[1]), courtesy name Zhunyan (遵彦), nickname Qinwang (秦王),[2] was a high-level official of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty.

Background[edit]

At the age of 5, Yang Yin studied the histories; by 10, he was studying the Shi Jing, and the I Ching, but particularly favored the Zuo Zhuan version of the Spring and Autumn Annals.[3]

Service under Gao Huan and Gao Cheng[edit]

Service under Emperor Wenxuan[edit]

Service under Emperor Fei[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ yi'si day of the 2nd month of the 1st year of the Qian'ming era, per Emperor Fei's biography in Bei Qi Shu. Yang Yin's biography in the same work indicate that he was 50 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died.
  2. ^ (字遵彦,小名秦王) Bei Qi Shu, vol.34
  3. ^ (六岁学史书,十一受《诗》《易》,好《左氏春秋》) Bei Qi Shu, vol.34