Yao (堯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yao was a ruler.

PeriodAncient China

IdentityLegendary · Male

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Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 11

Source notes

Value legendary
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 11

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun · 1 passage

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天路無梯，望堯雲而不到。」 yet the road to Heaven has no ladder, and though one gazes at the clouds of Yao, one cannot reach them."