Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor
Yang Guangyuan (Chinese: 楊光遠) (died January 21, 945), né Atan (阿檀), later known as Yang Tang (楊檀) before changing his name to Guangyuan, courtesy name Deming (德明), formally the Prince of Qi (齊王), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin) and Later Jin. He rebelled against Later Jin in 944, believing that he would prevail with aid from the Khitan Liao Dynasty, but after the Liao aid forces were repelled by Later Jin forces, his son Yang Chengxun (楊承勳) put him under arrest and surrendered. He was subsequently killed by soldiers sent by the Later Jin general Li Shouzhen.
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