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inquiries on special topics of state interest. He also advocated the abolition of the imperial examination on Taoism. Yang's proposal drew much debate, although it was ultimately rejected on the account that it was overly radical of a change to the examination system. However, in 764, when he proposed that two other special examinations – for those known for their devotion to family and for children under 10 who already were knowledgeable in one of the classics – be abolished, as they did not test true abilities either, Emperor
Daizong agreed and abolished them. He was later made the deputy minister of civil service affairs (吏部侍郎,
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be in charge of correcting the corruption that permeated the imperial government at the time, but soon after Yang became chancellor, he suffered a stroke. His condition at one point got better, but he eventually died later in the year. Emperor
Daizong was greatly saddened and was said to have told the officials, "Is it that Heaven does not wish for me to have peace in this realm that it took away Yang Wan this quickly?" The officials in charge of
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406:(the later Emperor Suzong), and it is not known which year Yang stood for imperial examinations, it is not completely clear which crown prince he served, although in light of the fact that Yang appeared to be still a relatively new examination passer by 754, it was probably Li Heng, given that Li Heng became crown prince in 738.
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reduced the musicians at his feasts by 80%; the official Li Gan (黎幹), who liked to have a large group of guards on horseback to accompany him, reduced his guards to 10; and the official Cui Kuan (崔寬) tore down his excessively large home. It was further said that
Emperor Daizong intended to have Yang
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type – that the examinees had to first be tested and recommended by county magistrates, and then by prefectural prefects; then, after they went through these two rungs and stood for imperial examinations at the capital, they were to be subjected to 20 questions on explaining the classics and three
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proposed that he be given the posthumous name
Wenjian (文簡, meaning "civil and undiscriminating"), which Emperor Daizong agreed. When an official jealous of Yang, Su Duan (蘇端), was induced by Chang (who was also jealous of Yang) to argue that that was an overly praiseful posthumous name, Emperor
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instead, where he was declared emperor (as
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writings, ability to write beautifully, and capability in military strategies – giving them one day to complete the examination. Yang was one of the three selected for writing beautiful poems, and he was promoted to be
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would receive special honors, and the 80% of the stipends given to them on the whole would be allocated to him. Yang was set to receive this special treatment, but he believed that as all of the
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examinees had become overly obsessed in trivia in the
Confucian classics, without either type of examinees showing true abilities. He proposed that the examination system be returned to the
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became increasingly corrupt, and
Emperor Daizong eventually tired of this. In 777, he had Yuan and Wang arrested; Yuan was executed, while Wang was exiled. He replaced them with Yang and
195:(中書舍人), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau, and was in charge of editing the imperial history. There had been a custom at the legislative bureau that the most senior among the
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282:(同中書門下平章事). It was said that the day that Yang was made chancellor, his reputation for frugality caused a change in his colleagues' behavior. In particular, the general
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had the same rank and responsibilities, the stipends should be divided equally, and he was much praised for this modesty.
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