Ancient China · Ruler

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

Yao was a ruler.

IdentityLegendary · Male
RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

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References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages
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閎為賢弟駙馬都尉寬信求咸女為婦，咸惶恐不敢當，私謂閎曰：「董公為大司馬，冊文言『允執其中』，此乃堯禪舜之文，非三公故事，長老見者，莫不心懼。 Wang Hong asked Xiao Xian for his daughter as wife for Dong Kuanxin; Xiao Xian panicked and whispered back, "The grand marshal's patent cited 'hold the mean'—words from the Yao-Shun abdication, not a normal appointment for one of the three excellencies. Elders who read it were inwardly afraid.