Ancient China · Sage King and Ruler

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a Sage King and Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 281, 289

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang-Yu 唐虞 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 65, passages 281, 289

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 281

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 65Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu · 2 passages

其餘盡循堯道，何更為哉！ the rest followed Yao’s path unchanged.

道之大原出於天，天不變，道亦不變，是以禹繼舜，舜繼堯，三聖相受而守一道，亡救弊之政也，故不言其所損益也。 The Way springs from Heaven; Heaven is changeless, so the Way is changeless—Yao, Shun, and Yu handed on one thread with no “repair” edicts, hence silence on additions or cuts.