Yang Min
Yang Min was Shu Han’s agricultural supervisor and is recorded for criticizing Jiang Wan; he does not appear in the novel.
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History · vol. 44Records of the Three Kingdoms
…又督農楊敏曾毀琬，曰：「作事憒憒；誠非及前人。」或以白琬，主者請推治敏。…
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東曹掾楊戲索性簡略，琬與言論，時不應答。或欲構戲於琬，曰：「公與戲語而不見應，戲之慢上，不亦甚乎!」琬曰：「人心不同，各如其面；面從後言，古人之所誡也。戲欲贊吾是耶，則非其本心，欲反吾言，則顯吾之非，是以默然，是戲之快也。」又督農楊敏曾毀琬，曰：「作事憒憒；誠非及前人。」或以白琬，主者請推治敏。琬曰：「吾實不如前人，無可推也。」主者重據聽不推，則乞問其憒憒之狀。琬曰：「苟其不如，則事不當理，事不當理，則憒憒矣。復何問邪?」後敏坐事繫獄，眾人猶懼其必死。琬心無適莫，得免重罪。其好惡存道，皆此類也。
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Yang Min was an agricultural official of Shu Han, mentioned in a relevant passage in Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book 44; he does not appear in the Romance.
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Yang Min once criticized Jiang Wan for handling affairs in a confused and disorderly manner, believing that he truly fell short of his predecessors. When someone asked that Yang Min be investigated, Jiang Wan refused to grant the request. (Recorded in the histories)
Later, Yang Min was imprisoned over an incident, but Jiang Wan spared him a severe punishment. (Recorded in the histories)
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History · vol. 44
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Agriculture supervisor Yang Min criticized Wan as “confused in his conduct; truly, he was not the equal of those before him”; Wan replied, “I am indeed not as good as those before me.”