Yang Xi (late 200s[1] - 261), courtesy name Wenran, was a Chinese politician of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Chen Shou, the third-century historian who wrote the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), extensively quoted and annotated Yang Xi's collection.
[2] Yang Xi was from Wuyang County (武陽縣), Qianwei Commandery (犍為郡), which is present-day Pengshan District, Meishan, Sichuan.
[8] After Jiang Wan rose to the position of General-in-Chief (大將軍), he reassigned Yang Xi to be an official in the east bureau of his office.
While he was in office, Yang Xi gained a reputation for maintaining an honest, prudent, simple and minimalist approach towards performing his duties.
[16] Yang Xi was a close childhood friend of Han Yan (韓儼) and Li Tao (黎韬), who were from Baxi Commandery.
Han Yan could not serve because of his poor health while Li Tao, who initially made it too, was later dismissed from office for misconduct.
Despite what happened to them, Yang Xi still treated them like his close friends and even provided them financial aid and helped them in their daily lives.
Chen Shou, the third-century historian who wrote the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), extensively quoted and annotated Yang Xi's collection.