Sui and Tang · Official

Yao Yuanzhi 姚元之

Yáo Yuánzhī

Attested AD 710

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao Yuanzhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 710 韋氏敗後
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139

Career and standing

Minister of War 兵部尚書
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139
Dismissed
Dismissal
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139

Events and relationships

Abolished slanted seal officials
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 45, passage 139

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 40: Selecting and Appointing Officials 2 · 2 passages

韋氏敗，始以宋璟為吏部尚書，李乂、盧從願為侍郎，姚元之為兵部尚書，陸象先、盧懷慎為侍郎，悉奏罷斜封官，量闕留人，雖資高考深，非才實者不取。 After the Wei clan's fall, Song Jing, Li Yi, Lu Congyuan, Yao Yuanzhi, Lu Xiangxian, and Lu Huaishen abolished slanted-seal posts, matched vacancies to candidates, and refused men of high seniority but no real ability.

未幾，璟、元之等罷，殿中侍御史崔涖、太子中允薛昭希太平公主意，上言：「罷斜封官，人失其所，而怨積於下，必有非常之變。」 Soon Song and Yao were dismissed; Cui Li and Xue Zhao, courting Princess Taiping, warned: "Abolishing slanted-seal posts leaves men displaced, resentment builds below, and disaster will follow."