Sui and Tang · Military Officer and Rebel

Yao Hai 姚海

Attested c. AD 806 - AD 820

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yao Hai was a Military Officer and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. AD 806 to c. AD 820 元和
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 68
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 254, 256

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160 Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 172 Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 256

Events and relationships

Besieged feng with twenty thousand and was defeated
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Military · Commander · With Wang Zhixing (王智興) · At Feng 豐
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 256-257
Relation Ordered by · Person Li Shidao (李師道)
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 256

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 68

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 1 passage

賊又令姚海率勁兵二萬圍豐，攻城甚急。 The rebels next sent Yao Hai with twenty thousand elite troops to besiege Feng in a fierce assault.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

進破姚海兵五萬於豐北，獲美妾三人，智興曰：「軍中有女子，安得不敗？」 He advanced and defeated Yao Hai's fifty thousand men north of Feng, capturing three beautiful concubines. Zhixing said, "With women in the camp, how can an army fail to lose?"