Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Yuan Qianyao 源乾曜

Attested AD 713 - AD 730

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Qianyao was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 713 to AD 730 開元初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passages 9-10

Career and standing

Grand Counselor 宰相
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 21
Jingzhao intendant 京兆尹
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 134, passage 10

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 2 passages

源乾曜、孟溫繼為京兆，賢其人，厚為禮。 Yuan Qianyao and Meng Wen served successively as Jingzhao intendant; both admired him and treated him with great courtesy.

初，議者以生事，沮詰百端，而帝意向之，宰相源乾曜等佐其舉。 Initially critics warned that the scheme would create unrest and obstructed it from every angle, yet the emperor was inclined toward it, and Grand Counselor Yuan Qianyao and others supported the effort.