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Yao Yuanfu 藥元福

Attested AD 944 - AD 959

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yao Yuanfu as a general and military officer. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yao Yuanfu 藥元福 Yao Yuanfu
Title Deputy Yao Yuanfu 裨將藥元福
Personal name Yao Yuanfu 藥元福
Personal name Yao Yuanfu 藥元福 Yào Yuánfú

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 出帝 · Western Year: AD 944
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:049:s0043
  • Source Date: Text: 蜀兵至寶雞 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:053:s0017
  • Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0045

Career and standing

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Miscellaneous Biographies 29: Di Guangye, Feng Hui, Huang Fuhui, Tang Jingsi, Wang Jin, Chang Si, Sun Fangjian · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53Volume 53 Miscellaneous Biographies 33: Wang Jinchong, Zhao Suwan, Murong Yanchao · 1 passage