Yao Nai (姚鼐) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yao Nai as a scholar, teacher, and writer. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yao Nai	姚鼐	Yao Nai
Personal name	Nai	鼐	Nai
Given	Nai	鼐	Nai
Surname	Yao	姚	Yao
Personal name	Yao Nai	姚鼐	Yao Nai

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:354:s0123, qingshigao:375:s0152
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:384:s0001

Roles

Scholar
Teacher
Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十年 · Western Year: AD 1805
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:375:s0152, qingshigao:375:s0135
Source Date: Text: 嘗從同縣姚鼐遊 · Western Year: AD 1798
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:384:s0058, qingshigao:384:s0041
Source Date: Text: 後師姚鼐 · Western Year: AD 1799
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:377:s0004, qingshigao:377:s0027
Source Date: Text: 道光元年前後 · Western Year: AD 1821
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:354:s0123

Family

Kin of Yao Yuanzhi (姚元之)
Kinship Term: clan elder / 族祖 · Line: paternal
Ancestor of Yao Ying (姚瑩)
Kinship Term: collateral ancestor / 從祖 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: collateral ancestor / 從祖 · Line: paternal

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: lived-under
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:375:s0152
Place: Tongcheng, Anhui / 桐城
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0058

Events and relationships

Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Yao Ying (姚瑩)
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0183
Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Li Zongchuan (李宗傳)
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0058
Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Bao Guixing (鮑桂星)
Explicit · qingshigao:377:s0027

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 354Volume 354 Biographies 141: Wan Chengfeng, Zhou Xiying, Qian Yue, Qin Ying, Li Zonghan, Han Dingjin, Zhu Fangzeng · 1 passage

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瀛工文章，與姚鼐相推重，體亦相近雲。 Ying excelled at prose and held Yao Nai in mutual esteem; their styles were much alike.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 375Volume 375 Biographies 162: Bai Rong, Sun Huan, Shi Zhiyan, Na Qingan, Sheng Yin, Li Zongfang, Yao Yuanzhi, He Rulin, Ji Zhichang, Lie Chuan · 1 passage

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元之學於族祖鼐，文章爾雅，書畫並工。 Yuanzhi studied under his clan elder Nai. His essays were refined and elegant, and he was skilled in both calligraphy and painting.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 377Volume 377 Biographies 164: Bao Guixing, Gu Chun, Wu Xiaoming, Chen Hong, E Mushune, Xu Faji · 1 passage

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桂星少從同縣吳定學，後師姚鼐，詩古文並有法，著有進奉文及詩集，又嘗用司空圖說輯唐詩品。 As a young man Guixing studied under his fellow townsman Wu Ding and later studied under Yao Nai. Both his poetry and his ancient-style prose were accomplished by rule. He wrote memorial essays for presentation at court and a poetry collection, and he once compiled grades of Tang poetry according to Sikong Tu's critical theory.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 384Volume 384 Biographies 171: Lin Peihou, Li Xiangkun, Li Zongchuan, Wang Fengsheng, Huang Mian, Yu De Yuan, Yao Ying · 2 passages

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嘗從同縣姚鼐遊，能文章。 He had studied under his fellow townsman Yao Nai and was himself a capable writer.

瑩師事從祖鼐，不好經生章句，務通大意，見諸施行。 Yao studied under his collateral ancestor Yao Nai, cared little for pedantic textual scholarship, sought the larger meaning, and put it into practice.