Ancient China · Ruler

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a ruler.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 107

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Book of Later Tang 17: Mingzong Annals 7 · 1 passage

伏惟皇帝陛下，體堯、舜之至道，法日月於太虛，威於夷狄，恩及蟲魚。 We bow before Your Majesty, embodying Yao and Shun's utmost Way and taking sun and moon as models in the void—awe to barbarians, grace to insects and fish.