Sui and Tang · Official

Song Yao 宋遙

Attested AD 743

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Song Yao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 743 天寶二年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 18

Career and standing

Prefect of Wudang 武當郡太守
Demoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 24
Vice Minister 侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 16

Events and relationships

Ranked Shi first
AD 743 天寶二年春 · Examination favoritism · Examiner · With Zhang Shi (奭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 18

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 3 passages

李林甫為尚書，專任廟堂，銓事唯委晉卿及同列侍郎宋遙主之。 Li Linfu held the ministerial post but kept his grip on court power, leaving the actual running of selections to Jinqing and his fellow vice minister Song Yao alone.

天寶二年春，御史中丞張倚男奭參選，晉卿與遙以倚初承恩，欲悅附之，考選人判等凡六十四人，分甲乙丙科，奭在其首。 In the spring of Tianbao 2 (743), Zhang Yi's son Shi entered the examinations. Jinqing and Yao, eager to curry favor with the newly favored Zhang Yi, ranked sixty-four candidates in three tiers and placed Shi at the top.

上怒，晉卿貶為安康郡太守，遙為武當郡太守，張倚為淮陽太守。 The emperor's rage sent Jinqing to Ankang as prefect, Yao to Wudang, and Zhang Yi to Huaiyang.