Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Yao Hong 姚泓

Attested AD 417 - AD 417

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao Hong was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Yuanzi	元子	Yuanzi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 417 歲旦
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 119, passage 145
AD 417 王師漸逼
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 119, passage 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Yao Shao (姚紹)
paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 130
Kin of Yao Zan (姚贊)
paternal uncles 諸父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 162
Child of Father of Yao Hong (姚泓之父)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 119, passage 130
Child of Mother of Yao Hong (姚泓之母)
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 119, passage 120
Kin of Yao Hui (姚恢)
same-blood kin 同氣 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passages 162-163
Sibling of Yao Yi (姚懿)
younger brother of the same mother 母弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passages 120, 134

Career and standing

Held
Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 126

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 118

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yao Zan (姚贊) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passages 162-163
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Gou He (苟和) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 154
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yao Shao (姚紹) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 130

Events and relationships

Buried
Ritual · Mourner · With Yao Hui (姚恢)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 169
Held new year court
Political · Sovereign
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 119, passage 145
Secret council
Political · Convener · With Yao Shao (姚紹) · At court hall 朝堂
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 126
Relation Sovereign of · Person Yao Yi (姚懿)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 118
Relation Sovereign of · Person Yao Hui (姚恢)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 146

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Jin, Chapter 119Volume 119 Records 19: Yao Hong · 12 passages

姚懿嶮薄，惑於信受，其司馬孫暢奸巧傾佞，好亂樂禍，勸懿襲長安，誅姚紹，廢泓自立。 Prince Yao Yi was vain and credulous; Sun Chang urged him to strike Chang'an, kill Yao Shao, and seize the throne.

泓聞之，召姚紹等密謀於朝堂。 Yao Hong called Yao Shao into the palace for a secret council.

泓曰：「叔父之言，社稷之計也。」 Yao Hong said, "Uncle, your plan saves the state."

甯東姚成都距之，懿乃卑辭招誘，深自結托，送佩刀為誓，成都送以呈泓。 Yao Chengdu blocked him; Yao Yi tried flattery and sent a pledge knife—Chengdu handed it to Yao Hong.

泓以內外離叛，王師漸逼，歲旦朝群臣於其前殿，淒然流涕，群臣皆泣。 On New Year's Day Yao Hong wept before his court as Jin closed in and kin rebelled.

泓馳使征紹，遣姚裕及輔國胡翼度屯於灃西。 Yao Hong recalled Yao Shao and sent Yao Yu and Hu Yidu west of the Feng River.

恢舅苟和時為立節將軍，守忠不貳，泓召而謂之曰：「眾人咸懷去就，卿何能自安邪？」 Yao Hong summoned Gou He and asked, "Everyone is weighing whether to leave or stay—how can you alone remain at ease?"

泓善其忠恕，加金章紫綬。 Yao Hong honored him with gold seal and purple ribbon.

泓謝贊曰：「元子不能崇明德義，導率群下，致禍起蕭牆，變自同氣，既上負祖宗，亦無顏見諸父。 Yao Hong told Yao Zan: "I have failed the ancestors and shamed my uncles with these kin revolts.

因攘袂大泣曰：「臣與大將軍不滅此賊，終不持面復見陛下！」 Thereupon he pulled his sleeve and wept greatly, saying, "Your subject and the grand general will not destroy these bandits—I shall never again show my face before Your Majesty!"

泓於是班賜軍士而遣之。 Yao Hong paid the troops and sent them out.

泓哭之悲慟，葬以公禮。 Yao Hong buried him with princely honors and mourned bitterly.