Ancient China · Minister of Justice under Yao

Gao Yao 皐陶

Gāo Yáo

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Yao was a minister of Justice under Yao.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Tingjian	庭堅	Tíngjiān

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 8

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yi (益)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 9
Child of Nühua (女華)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passage 8

Career and standing

Minister of Justice 大理
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passages 8-9

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 70Volume 70 Tables 10A: Imperial Clan Lineages 1A · 2 passages

帝顓頊高陽氏生大業，大業生女華，女華生皐陶，字庭堅，為堯大理。 Emperor Zhuanxu of the Gaoyang line had Daye; Daye had Nühua; and Nühua had Gao Yao, styled Tingjian, who served Emperor Yao as Minister of Justice.

生益，益生恩成，歷虞、夏、商，世為大理，以官命族為理氏。 Gao Yao's line continued through Yi and Encheng. Under Yu, Xia, and Shang they held the post of Minister of Justice for generations, and the clan took the name Li ('minister of justice') from that office.