Ancient China · Official

Gaoyao 咎繇

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

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Gaoyao was an official.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 65Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu · 1 passage

臣聞堯受命，以天下為憂，而未以位為樂也，故誅逐亂臣，務求賢聖，是以得舜、禹、稷、□、咎繇。 I have heard that Yao, once charged with the realm, worried for the world rather than rejoiced in the throne—so he purged corrupt ministers and sought sages, gaining Shun, Yu, Lord Millet, Xie, and Gaoyao.