Yao (堯) | 24 Histories

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Yao was a ruler.

PeriodAncient China

IdentityLegendary · Male

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 176

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 1 passage

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自貞觀至於開元，將及一千九百萬戶，五千三百萬口，墾田一千四百萬頃，比之堯、舜，又極增加，是知救人瘼者，以重斂為病源； From the Zhenguan era to Kaiyuan the registers approached nineteen million households and fifty-three million persons, with fourteen million qing under cultivation—far beyond even Yao and Shun. This shows that to relieve the people's suffering one must treat heavy taxation as the root of the disease;