Overview
The translated histories identify Yao as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yao | 尧 | Yao |
| Title | Emperor Yao | 帝尧 | Di Yao |
| Personal name | Yao | 尧 | Yao |
| Personal name | Yao | 尧 | Yáo |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:108:s0037, houhanshu:110:s0066
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 古 · Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0266
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · houhanshu:108:s0037, houhanshu:110:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 建武七年五月 · Western Year: AD 31Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 建武三十二年二月 · Western Year: AD 56Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0117, houhanshu:108:s0101
Family
- Kin of Shun (舜)Kinship Term: yielded to / 让与
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: yielded-to-shun · Other Person Id: Shun (舜) · Provenance: Mode: quotationExplicit · houhanshu:108:s0117
- Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0266
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · houhanshu:108:s0037, houhanshu:110:s0066
References in the histories
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