Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Yao Xin 姚信

Attested AD 229 - AD 280

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao Xin was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 229 to AD 280 吳太常卿
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passage 93
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 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 93, 170

Career and standing

selection bureau 選部
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 170
Wu grand master of ceremonies 吳太常卿
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93

Assessments and attributes

Assessment famed on the left bank of the Yangzi · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 93

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 93, 170

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 2 passages

九世祖信，吳太常卿，有名江左。 His ninth-generation ancestor Xin was Wu's grand master of ceremonies, famed on the left bank of the Yangzi.

臣九世祖信，名高往代，當時纔居選部，自後罕有繼蹤。 My ninth-generation ancestor Xin was famed in a past age and barely held the selection bureau; since then few in our line have followed him.