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 117, passages 17, 19, 25

Career and standing

Prefect of Wudang commandery 武當郡太守
Demoted to · From Source Date: Text: 天寶二年 · Western Year: AD 743
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 25
Vice Minister of Personnel 侍郎
AD 741 to AD 743 同列侍郎宋遙 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 17

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 17

Events and relationships

Favored Zhang Shi for Zhang Yi
AD 743 天寶二年春 · Examination · Examiner · With Zhang Shi (張奭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 19

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 17

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 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, as minister of personnel, kept his grip on court power and left the business of selection entirely to Jingqing and his colleague Song Yao.

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 sat for the examinations. Jingqing and Yao, wishing to curry favor with Yi, who had only recently risen in the emperor's grace, ranked sixty-four candidates in three grades—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 was furious. Jingqing was demoted to prefect of Ankang, Yao to prefect of Wudang, and Zhang Yi to prefect of Huaiyang.