Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Yao Chong 姚崇

Attested AD 685 - AD 733

Passages: 8
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Yao Chong was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 685 to AD 700 垂拱以來
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 173
AD 713 姚崇執政
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 245
AD 713 to AD 720 姚崇素忌之
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 34
AD 713 to AD 733 明皇之世
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 128
AD 713 開元初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passages 16-17

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 128; New Book of Tang 123, passage 245

Events and relationships

Held power and demoted Zhao Yanzhao
AD 713 姚崇執政 · Political · Authority · With Zhao Yanzhao (趙彥昭)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 245
Relation Minister of · Person Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (唐玄宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 128

Assessments and attributes

Assessment hated Yanzhao's character · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 245

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 173

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

History of Song, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and Younger Brother: Anyi · 1 passage

「臣伏見唐太宗有魏玄成、房玄齡、杜如晦，明皇有姚崇、宋璟、魏知古，皆任以輔弼，委之心膂，財成帝道，康濟九區，宗祀延洪，史策昭煥，良由登用得其人也。 "I observe that Emperor Taizong of Tang had Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui; Emperor Xuanzong had Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Wei Zhigu. Each entrusted his ministers as true counselors, relying on them as his very heart and sinew. They perfected the imperial Way, brought peace to the realm, ensured enduring ancestral rites, and left histories that shine, all because the right men were appointed.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

及周興、來俊臣等誅死，后亦老，其意少衰，而狄仁傑、姚崇、宋璟、王及善相與論垂拱以來酷濫之冤，太后感寤，由是不復殺戮。 After Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, and others were executed, the Empress had also grown old and her zeal somewhat faded. Di Renjie, Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Wang Jishan together discussed the cruel excesses and wrongful convictions since the Chuigong era; the Empress Dowager was moved, and from then on she no longer carried out mass killings.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 4 passages

姚崇素忌之，奏幽求郁怏散職，有怨言。 Yao Chong, who had long envied him, reported that Youqiu, bitter over a sinecure, was voicing grievances.

不為姚祟所喜，與幽求並以怨望得罪，貶果州刺史，賜封邑百戶。 Disliked by Yao Chong, he and Youqiu were alike punished for discontent and demoted; Shaojing became prefect of Guo with a nominal fief of one hundred households.

還，加開府儀同三司，自開元後，唯王仁皎、姚崇、宋璟及毛仲得之。 On his return he received the privilege of an opening office—after Kaiyuan only Wang Renjiao, Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Maozhong had held it.

姚崇勸不用功臣，宜矣。 Yao Chong was right to warn against keeping meritorious ministers in power.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 1 passage

會姚崇執政，惡其為人，貶江州別駕，卒。 When Yao Chong held power he hated Yanzhao's character, demoted him to Vice Prefect of Jiang, and he died there.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

性躁卞，儻蕩無檢，罕為正人所遇，姚崇尤惡之。 He was impetuous and blunt by nature, unrestrained and without decorum, seldom met with favor from upright men, and Yao Chong especially detested him.