Yang Jian or Jian Yang may refer to: Historical figures Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604), personal name Yang Jian, founder and emperor of the Sui dynasty Yang Jian (Sui prince) (585–618), Sui dynasty prince and Emperor Wen's grandson Yang Jian (Song dynasty) (died 1121), Song dynasty eunuch politician Sportspeople Yang Jian (rower) (born 1981), Chinese rower Yang Jian (footballer) (born 1988), Chinese footballer Yang Jian (diver) (born 1994), Chinese diver Others Erlang Shen, personal name Yang Jian, a mythological Chinese God Jian Yang (politician) (born 1961), China-born New Zealand politician Jian Yang (geneticist), statistical geneticist, Ruth Stephens Gani Medalist See also Yangjian, a town in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Yang Jiang (1911–2016), Chinese dramatist, writer, and translator