Overview
Yao Silian was a historian and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Chen
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 589 to AD 605 入隋Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
- AD 557 to AD 589 在陳Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 242
- AD 502 to c. AD 549 舅吳平光侯蕭勱Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passages 7, 251
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Yao Cha (姚察)late father 先臣 · Ended
son 子Sources vary in certainty · Book of Chen 27, passages 241, 284
Career and standing
- historiographer 史臣Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 284
- director of the secretariat office 掌記室HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
- judicial administrator of Hejian commandery 河間郡司法HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
- recorder in the Hengyang prince's household 衡陽王府法曹參軍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 242
- registrar to the prince of Kuaiji 會稽王主簿HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 242
- staff aide to the prince of Han 漢王府行參軍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
Places and affiliations
- Polity Chen 陳 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 242
- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passage 284
- At Hejian commandery 河間郡 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 243
Works and attributed material
- History of Chen 陳史Relation ContinuatorDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 241, 244
- History of Liang 梁史Relation ContinuatorDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 241, 244
- Judgment · Author · With Yao Cha (姚察)Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 284
Events and relationships
- Supplemented historiesAD 605 大業初 · Scholarly · ContinuatorDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 244
- Wept and obeyedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 241
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 241, 284
References in the histories
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