Overview
Yao Xin was an official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 229 to AD 280 吳太常卿Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passage 93
- AD 269 建衡元年Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
- AD 229 to AD 280 臣九世祖信，名高往代Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passage 170
Family
- Ancestor of Yao Cha (姚察)ninth-generation ancestor 九世祖 · paternal line · 9 generationsDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 93, 170
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- selection bureau 選部HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 170
- Wu grand master of ceremonies 吳太常卿HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
Events and relationships
- Named for consultation on current affairsDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 311-312
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment famed on the left bank of the Yangzi · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93
- Assessment pillars of the altars of soil and grain and fine assistants to the state; some pure, loyal, and diligent, others splendid in talent · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 93, 170; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 311
References in the histories
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