Yang (999- 1074), whose real name is Zhong Rong, was born in Taiyuan (now Taiyuan, Shanxi Province), a famous soldier in the Northern Song Dynasty, the son of Yang Ye, the grandson of Yang Ye (Yang is the son of Yang in the official history and a fictional character in the romance of Yangjiafu). Used by Fan Zhongyan, his ancestral home is Linzhou (now Shenmu North, Shaanxi).

Yang was born in the second year of Xianping (999) and died in the seventh year of Xining (1074). Bai Shouyi thinks he is Yang's third son (Longping Collection): "His son is poor in communication, morality and literature." ), with his father as an official, served as the commander in chief of the four compartments of Rowen (riding army) and Shenwei (stepping army), and was later promoted to the defense ambassador. When Song Shenzong fought against Xixia, he was appointed as the deputy general manager of Dingzhou Daohe Bujun. The post-Liao people disputed the boundary of Daizhou, and he devoted himself to the battle plan and the strategy of capturing Youyan. Spin died of illness and had four sons.

In the storytelling, Shaoling has 19 wives: Jin, Du, Dou Jingu, Bao, Qi Changshan, Zhao Baihua, Su Sanniang, Murong Ying, Nong Yanhua, Li Yuru, Wu Jinding, Liu Xiangchun, Zeng Feng Ying, Mei Ruolan, Zhao Chunrong, Xue Baihua, Murong Zhaorong and Fan Wenying; He has four sons, and the youngest son, Huai Yu, is the most outstanding.