Ancient China · Sage Ruler

Yao 堯

Yáo

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a Sage Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 249

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 249

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 249

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage

方今大漢洒埽群穢，夷險芟荒，廓帝紘，恢皇綱，基隆於羲、農，規廣於黃、唐； Great Han has cleansed the mire, cut the brambles, stretched the emperor's net wider than Fu Xi or Shen Nong, vaster than Huangdi or Yao;