Qin and Han · Official

Yao Guang 姚光

Died AD 121

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao Guang was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 121 建光元年
Beheaded · Authority Pang Fen (龐奮)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 94

Attested activity

AD 121 建光元年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 93

Career and standing

Grand Administrator of Xuantu 玄菟太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 92

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 4 passages

時玄菟太守姚光亦失人和。 Yao Guang, prefect of Xuantu, had likewise alienated those under him.

建光元年，怨者乃詐作璽書譴責煥、光，賜以歐刀。 In Jianguang 1 (121 CE), enemies forged an imperial rescript rebuking Feng Huan and Yao Guang and sentencing them to suicide with the court blade.

又下遼東都尉龐奮使速行刑，奮即斬光收煥。 Liaodong commandant Pang Fen was told to act at once; he executed Yao Guang on the spot and took Feng Huan into custody.

會煥病死獄中，帝愍之，賜煥、光錢各十萬，以子為郎中。 Feng Huan died in prison before he could be cleared; moved with pity, the emperor awarded his family and Yao Guang's one hundred thousand cash each and enrolled Feng Gun as a gentleman of the palace.