Yao Cha (姚察) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yao Cha as a commentator, historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 13 passages from 11 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yao Cha	姚察	Yao Cha
Given	Cha	察	Chá
Given	Cha	察	Cha
Title	Chen Minister of Personnel	陳吏部尚書
Title	Chen Minister of Personnel Yao Cha	陳吏部尚書姚察
Surname	Yao	姚	Yáo
Surname	Yao	姚	Yao
Personal name	Yao Cha	姚察	Yao Cha
Personal	Yao Cha	姚察	Yáo Chá
Personal name	Yao Cha	姚察	Yáo Chá
Personal name	Yao Cha	姚察

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · chenshu:032:s0095, liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:014:s0281, liangshu:015:s0127, liangshu:017:s0147, liangshu:019:s0108, liangshu:037:s0092, liangshu:042:s0114
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:016:s0176, liangshu:038:s0346, suishu:077:s0166

Roles

Commentator
Historian
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 姚察論朱异賀琛 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Strongly inferred · liangshu:038:s0346
Source Date: Text: 至德三年 · Western Year: AD 585
Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:032:s0095
Source Date: Text: 賾與...相善 · Western Interval: Start: AD 605 · End: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0166
Source Date: Text: 陈 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0114
Source Date: Text: 陳 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit · liangshu:016:s0176
Source Date: Text: 陳 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0147
Source Date: Text: 陳世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0108
Source Date: Text: 陳世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0092
Source Date: Text: 陳吏部尚書 · Western Year: c. AD 589
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0281
Source Date: Text: 陳吏部尚書姚察 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Strongly inferred · liangshu:015:s0127
Source Date: Text: 陳吏部尚書姚察曰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:008:s0239

Career and standing

Label: Chen Minister of Personnel / 陳吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0281
Label: Director of the Imperial Secretariat / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:037:s0092
Label: Director of the Ministry of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:038:s0346
Label: minister of personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · chenshu:032:s0095
Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:042:s0114

Places and affiliations

Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:037:s0092, liangshu:038:s0346
Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0114
Place: Wuxing / 吳興
Explicit · chenshu:032:s0095

Works and attributed material

Kind: commentary · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xie Fei (謝朏) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:015:s0127, liangshu:015:s0128, liangshu:015:s0129, liangshu:015:s0130
Kind: commentary · Role: author · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:016:s0176, liangshu:016:s0177, liangshu:016:s0178, liangshu:016:s0179, liangshu:016:s0180, liangshu:016:s0181, liangshu:016:s0182, liangshu:016:s0183, liangshu:016:s0184, liangshu:016:s0185
Kind: commentary · Role: author · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0108, liangshu:019:s0109, liangshu:019:s0110, liangshu:019:s0111, liangshu:019:s0112, liangshu:019:s0113, liangshu:042:s0114, liangshu:042:s0115, liangshu:042:s0116
Kind: historian-comment · Role: author · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:008:s0240, liangshu:008:s0241, liangshu:008:s0242
Kind: historian-comment · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0147, liangshu:017:s0148, liangshu:017:s0149, liangshu:017:s0150, liangshu:017:s0151, liangshu:017:s0152
Kind: historian-comment · Role: author
Explicit · liangshu:038:s0346, liangshu:038:s0347, liangshu:038:s0348, liangshu:038:s0349, liangshu:038:s0350, liangshu:038:s0351, liangshu:038:s0352, liangshu:038:s0353
Kind: historian-comment · Role: speaker
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0281, liangshu:014:s0282, liangshu:014:s0283, liangshu:014:s0284, liangshu:014:s0285, liangshu:037:s0092, liangshu:037:s0093, liangshu:037:s0094, liangshu:037:s0095, liangshu:037:s0096, liangshu:037:s0097, liangshu:037:s0098, liangshu:037:s0099, liangshu:037:s0100, liangshu:037:s0101, liangshu:037:s0102

Events and relationships

Relation: quotes · Person Id: Meng Ke (孟軻)
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0239
Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Cui Ze (崔賾)
Explicit · suishu:077:s0166

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: the two men's gorgeously ornate works matched their time · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · About: Ren Fang (任昉), Jiang Yan (江淹)
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0283
Assessment: Lan could govern well; gentlemen approved · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:015:s0130
Assessment: only Ma Xianpin could submit afterward; when guarding the border even Li Mu could not surpass them · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0148, liangshu:017:s0150
Assessment: Taiqing chaos could not fail to reach this outcome · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:038:s0353
Assessment: These three were Chu's pillars; Tan heavier on frontier, Ai in office · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0109, liangshu:019:s0111, liangshu:019:s0112
Assessment: Xie Fei was loyal and righteous in Song times · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Explicit · liangshu:015:s0127