Ancient China · Ruler

Yao 堯

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Fangxun	放勛	Fangxun

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 171

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 1 passage

祠部郎何佟之議：「昔舜受終文祖，義非胤堯，及放勛徂落，遏密三祀。 He Tongzhi, directorate-of-sacrifices attendant, argued: "When Shun received the mandate from Wenzu he did not, in principle, inherit Yao; when Fangxun died, he suppressed music for three years.