Yang Wenguang | |
---|---|
from the 1815 novel Complete Legends of Later Song Crown Prince Ciyun's Flee from Disaster and Travels in the Country (後宋慈雲太子逃難走國全傳)
|
|
Native name | Family name: Yáng () Given name: Wénguǎng () courtesy name: Zhòngróng () |
Died | 1074 Dingzhou, Hebei |
Parent(s) | Yang Yanzhao, father |
Relatives | Yang Chuanyong (楊傳永), brother Yang Dezheng (楊德政), brother |
Yang Wenguang | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simplified Chinese | |||||||||||||||
|
Transcriptions | |
---|---|
Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Wénguǎng |
Wade–Giles | Yang2 Wen2-kuang3 |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Yeung4 Man4-gwong2 |
Jyutping | Joeng4 Man4-gwong2 |
Yang Wenguang (楊文廣) (died 1074) was a general in ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty.
In history, Yang Wenguang was the son of Yang Yanzhao, however, he is the grandson of Yang Yanzhao in the popular fictionalized stories of Yang clan warriors.
In 1044, Fan Zhongyan was dispatched to the Shaanxi area and met with Yang Wenguang. He was impressed and took Yang as his subordinate. In 1052, Yang Wenguang followed Di Qing in the expedition to Guangxi and helped defeat Nong Zhigao's rebellion. Afterwards he was promoted by Emperor Yingzong. Later, he built several forts in Shaanxi and successfully resisted several Western Xia invasion attempts. During Emperor Shenzong's reign, he was stationed in Dingzhou. He offered the emperor his strategy on recovering lost territories from the Khitans shortly before he died at the frontier.
In fiction, Yang Wenguang is the son of Yang Zongbao and Mu Guiying.