Ancient China · Ruler

Yao 堯

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao was a ruler.

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Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 113, passage 264

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 1 passage

陛下以異於它囚，故議之有司，又令入死，非堯、舜所以用刑者，不可為後世法。」 Yet Your Majesty treated him differently from other prisoners, had the responsible officials deliberate, and then ordered death—this is not how Yao and Shun applied punishment, and it must not become a precedent for later generations."