Ancient China · Legendary Ruler

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a Legendary Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 99

Events and relationships

Yielded world to Xu You
Political · Yielder · With Xu You (許由) · Mode quoted-exemplum Speaker Lu Mao Shou (鹿毛壽)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 99

Assessments and attributes

Assessment worthy · Mode quoted-exemplum Speaker Lu Mao Shou (鹿毛壽)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 99

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34House of Yan Shaogong · 2 passages

人之謂堯賢者，以其讓天下於許由，許由不受，有讓天下之名而實不失天下。 People call Yao worthy because he yielded the world to Xu You. When Xu You did not accept it, Yao gained the reputation of yielding the world while in reality not losing it.

今王以國讓於子之，子之必不敢受，是王與堯同行也。」 Now if the king yields the state to Zi Zhi, Zi Zhi will certainly not dare to accept it. In this way, the king will have acted the same as Yao."