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Emperor Yao (simplified Chinese: 尧; traditional Chinese: 堯; pinyin: Yáo; Wade–Giles: Yao 2; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) [2] was a legendary Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
It was during the reign of Emperor Yao that the Great Flood began, a flood so vast that no part of Yao's territory was spared, and both the Yellow River and the Yangtze valleys flooded. [9] The alleged nature of the flood is shown in the following quote: Like endless boiling water, the flood is pouring forth destruction.
Yao Xing thus unified the Guanzhong, establishing Later Qin as a regional power. While he initially inherited his father's title of Emperor, he changed it to Heavenly King in 399. Under Yao Xing, the Later Qin greatly expanded their borders, occupying areas in the Ordos, Longxi and Hedong regions.
Yao Chang was born in 331, [1] while his father Yao Yizhong (姚弋仲), a major Qiang chief, was a general under the Later Zhao emperor Shi Le. He was the 24th of Yao Yizhong's 42 sons. He was described as intelligent and deliberate, but uninterested in detail matters.
Succeeding rulers include some combination of Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun. [28] Since the late Warring States onwards, early Chinese monarchs have traditionally been ground into the concept of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; [28] however, the chosen figures of this grouping varies considerably between ...
The Central China under Emperor Yao's governance had been peaceful until Shun conspired an insurrection to usurp the throne. To carry out his scheme, Shun bad-mouthed Danzhu and made it known to Emperor Yao, intending to erode the harmony between father and son.
Yao Xing was born in 366, when his father Yao Chang was a general under the Former Qin emperor Fu Jiān.Who his mother was is open to interpretation; Yao Chang's wife, the later Empress She, was mentioned as his mother, but when Yao Xing later became emperor, he posthumously honored one of Yao Chang's concubines, Consort Sun, as empress dowager, which allows an inference that he could have ...
Yao Hong (Chinese: 姚泓; 388–417), courtesy name Yuanzi (元子), was the last emperor of the Qiang-led Later Qin dynasty of China. He was the oldest son and heir of Yao Xing (Emperor Wenzhao), who was already regarded as kind but weak during his father's reign, and after his father's death, with the state already weakened by attacks by the Hu Xia dynasty and with his brothers and cousins ...