Ancient China · Legendary Sage King

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a Legendary Sage King.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 143

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 143

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 30Volume 27: Biographies of Xuan, Zang, Two Wangs, Du, Guo, Wu, Cheng, Zheng, Zhao · 2 passages

明年，大議郊祀制，多以為周郊後稷，漢當祀堯。 The next year the court debated suburban sacrifice: most argued that since the Zhou honored Hou Ji at the outer altars, Han should honor Yao.

林獨以為周室之興，祚由後稷，漢業特起，功不緣堯。 Du Lin alone argued that Zhou rose through the virtue of Hou Ji, whereas Han's mandate sprang from its own founders, not from Yao's line.