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Also Known As Yang Hsiung • Yang Ziyun
Born c.53 BCE • Chengdu • China
Died 18 • Xi’an • China
Notable Works “Taixuanjing”

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Yang Xiong, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
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