Ancient China · Legendary Sage-King

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a Legendary Sage-King.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 59

Events and relationships

Invoked as ideal sovereign
Exemplary comparison · Exemplar · With Wang Xizhi (王羲之) · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 59

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 59

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

古人恥其君不為堯舜，北面之道，豈不願尊其所事，比靈斯往代，況遇千載一時之運？ The ancients were ashamed to serve any ruler who fell short of Yao and Shun. As subjects we all wish to exalt our sovereign and rank him with the sage-kings of old—especially when fate offers a once-in-a-millennium chance.