Ancient China · Assassin

Yao Li 要離

Attested BC 514

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yao Li as an assassin. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yao Li 要離 Yao Li
Personal name Yao Li 要離 Yao Li

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Uncertain

Roles

  • Assassin

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Spouse of Wife of Yao Li (要離妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage