Yao Nanzhong 姚南仲

Other names

Career and standing

• military commissioner of Zheng-Hua 鄭滑節度使
  AD 799 貞元十五年 · Appointed · At Zheng-Hua 鄭滑 · Predecessor Person Id Li Fu (李復)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 10
• collator to the Crown Prince 太子校書
  AD 758 乾元初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 2; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 2
• military commissioner of Zheng-Hua 鄭滑節度使
  AD 799 貞元十五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 38
• investigating officer 推官
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 8
• magistrate of Haiyan County 海鹽縣令
  Appointed · At Haiyan 海鹽
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 7
• Palace Attendant Censor and inner attendant 殿中侍御史、內供奉
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 8; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 36

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 2, 10, 252; Old Book of Tang 157, passages 2, 38
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 279
• At Xiaji in Hua Prefecture 華州下邽
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 1; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 1
• At Gaoling 高陵 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 2
• At Haiyan County 海鹽縣 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 7; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 35
• At Tongzhou 同州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 9; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 37

Learning and skills

• Earned
  AD 758 乾元初 · Credential decree-examination graduate 制科登第
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 2
• Earned
  AD 758 乾元初 · Credential special examination graduate 制科登第
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 2

Works and attributed material

• memorial on the empress's mausoleum 諫貞懿皇后陵疏
  Relation Author · Deposited At Historiography Office 史館
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 6
• memorial remonstrating against the nearby mausoleum 諫起陵疏
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 5, 34
• Letter · Addressee · With Cao Wenqia (曹文洽)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 16
• Memorial · Author · With Emperor Daizong (代宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 5-33
• Memorial · Author · With Emperor Daizong (代宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 281-308
• Speech · Speaker · With Dezong (德宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 20-21; Old Book of Tang 157, passages 48-49

Events and relationships

• Asked to enter court
  Political · Petitioner
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 18
• Begged to enter court
  AD 800 十六年 · Political · Petitioner · With Dezong (德宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 46
• Compared governors to Yang Hu and Du Yu
  Speech · Speaker · With Yang Hu (羊祜), Du Yu (杜預)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 21
• Falsely accused of secret wrongdoing
  AD 800 十六年 · Legal · Accused · With Xue Yingzhen (薛盈珍)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 12
• Memorial deposited in historiography office
  AD 778 大歷十三年 · Documentary · Author · Organization Historiography Office 史館
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 34
• Recalled to court
  Career · Official
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 37

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment claimed he himself had broken the law and that men like Xue Yingzhen made good government impossible · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Nanzhong (姚南仲)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 48-49
• Assessment Dezong grew quite suspicious of him · Assessor Person Id Dezong (德宗) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Dezong (德宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 11
• Assessment fear that historiographers will find virtue falling behind Yao and Shun · With Emperor Daizong (代宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Nanzhong (姚南仲)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 306
• Assessment greatly praised for the memorial · Assessor Person Id Emperor Daizong (代宗) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Daizong (代宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 6
• Assessment memorials are the words of gentlemen · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 280; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 307
• Assessment remonstrance against improper burial showed deep judgment · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 302

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 1; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 1
• Value historical
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 279