Overview
Yao was a ruler.
Life and dates
Death
- Died; the realm did not pass to his sonDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 150
Age
- occupied the position seventy yearsQuantity 70Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 149
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 146, 149-150
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Dan Zhu (丹硃)son 子Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 150
Events and relationships
- AbdicatedDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 149
- Executed and drove out disorderly ministersLegal · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146
- Received the mandate and sought sagesPolitical · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146
- Relation Patron of · Person Yu (禹)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146
- Relation Patron of · Person Lord Millet (稷)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146
- Relation Patron of · Person Shun (舜)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 146, 149
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Relation Patron of · Person XieUncertain · Book of Han 65, passage 146
- Relation Patron of · Person Gaoyao (咎繇)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 146
References in the histories
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