Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Ma Yao 麻瑤

Attested AD 546 - AD 546

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Ma Yao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 546 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 23, passages 354, 360, 364
AD 546 歸葬武功
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:159:s0313i

Key source chapters

Book of Zhou, Chapter 23 Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo 2 passages
Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159 Volume 159 Liang Records 15 1 passage

Career and standing

Secretariat clerk 尚書令史
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0313i

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0313i

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 23, passages 360-363; zizhitongjian:159:s0313i

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo · 2 passages

尚書令史麻瑤越次而進曰：「昔晏子，齊之賢大夫，一狐裘三十年。 Secretariat section chief Ma Yao overstepping rank advanced and said: "In olden days Yanzi, Qi state's worthy grandee, wore one fox-fur coat for thirty years.

太祖稱善，因薦瑤於朝廷。 Grand Progenitor praised this, and on that account recommended Ma Yao to the court.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 1 passage

尚書令史麻瑤越次進曰：「儉約，所以彰其美也。」 Clerk Ma Yao stepped forward and said, "Frugality displays his excellence."