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Yang Yan
Chinese chancellor (727-781) · Artists · Died at 54
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Something wrong?Yang Yan, courtesy name Gongnan (公南), was a Chinese historian and politician serving as a chancellor early in the reign of Emperor Dezong.
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Yang Yan, courtesy name Gongnan (公南), was a Chinese historian and politician serving as a chancellor early in the reign of Emperor Dezong. He was credited with reforming the tax system to reduce burdens on the peasants and to bring merchants into the rank of taxpayers, but was blamed for using his position to take vengeance on political enemies. He was removed in 781 and soon executed.
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