Emperor Yao (simplified Chinese: 尧; traditional Chinese: 堯; pinyin: Yáo; Wade–Giles: Yao2; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary Chinese ruler...

fief, which he received from Yao. According to traditional sources, Shun received the mantle of leadership from Emperor Yao at the age of 53, and then died...

Emperor. Groupings of the Five Emperors consist of some combination of the following: the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun...

the third millennium BCE, or about 2300–2200 BCE, during the reign of Emperor Yao. However, archaeological evidence of an outburst flood at Jishi Gorge...

Chinese ruler and emperor Yao Ming (born 1980), Chinese basketball all-star that played for the Houston Rockets Euphrasie Kouassi Yao (born 1964), Ivorian...

The Emperor Zhi (simplified Chinese: 帝挚; traditional Chinese: 帝摯, Dì Zhì; fl. c. 2366 – c. 2358 BC) was a legendary emperor of ancient China. Zhi is recorded...

Hsiao-wu-ti; 362 – 6 November 396), personal name Sima Yao (司馬曜), courtesy name Changming (昌明), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. During his...

general, Yao Shao (姚紹) the Duke of Lu, the uncle of the emperor Yao Hong. After a month of battles, Yao Shao was defeated, and he died in anger. With Yao Shao...

Yao Xing (Chinese: 姚興; 366–416), courtesy name Zilüe (子略), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Wenhuan of Later Qin (後秦文桓帝), was an emperor...

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors before the switch to hereditary rule in the Xia dynasty. Emperor Yao abdicated and chose Emperor Shun as his successor...

the Qí (祁) clan of Emperor Yao. For example, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty (one of China's golden ages), Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) was...

by Emperor Yao (traditionally c. 2356–2255 BC), who later instituted Taosi as the capital. In Chinese classic documents Yao Dian (Document of Yao) in...

sons to rule the kingdom was Emperor Zhi, who was the son of Changyi. Another of his sons later became the Emperor Yao. Ku's son Xie, born miraculously...

name Yanqi (彥旗), was an emperor of the Jin dynasty and the last of the Western Jin. Emperor Min surrendered in 316 to Liu Yao, a general of the Xiongnu...

imperial rule. Yellow Emperor Yan Emperor Zhuanxu Emperor Ku Emperor Yao Emperor Shun Qin Shihuang Emperor Gaozu of Han (256 –195 BC) Emperor Wen of Han (202...

monarch Emperor Yao (Tang Yao) who reigned traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE, Danzhu studied Weiqi from his father. The Central China under Emperor Yao's governance...

example, was actually Shényáo Dàshèng Dàguāng Xiào Huángdì (神堯大聖大光孝皇帝, "Emperor Yao the Divine, the Great Sage, the Most Radiantly Filial"). In the late...

name was Wenming (文命), according to the Shiji. When Yu was a child, Emperor Yao enfeoffed Gun as lord of Chong, usually identified as the middle peak...

scorched the earth. Hou Yi was tasked by the mythical Emperor Yao—in some versions, the Jade Emperor—to rein in the suns. Hou Yi first tried to reason with...

like Yao Chong, Song Jing and Zhang Yue who were already serving as government officials before Xuanzong ascended the throne. However, under Emperor Xuanzong...

grandfather of Xiang Tu. Xie’s father was Emperor Ku, and Xie’s brothers were Houji, Emperor Zhi and Emperor Yao. Xie’s mother was one of Ku’s consorts ‒...

Cao Yongxiang as Wu Sangui Su Tingshi as Yao Qisheng Hou Yongsheng as Shi Lang Liu Jun as the Shunzhi Emperor Yao Chang'an as Oboi Zhu Yidan as Sonin Gao...

lived long before Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, and the Xia rulers of the earliest historical Chinese dynasty, even before the Yellow Emperor and Yandi. Suiren’s...

length as the mythical Emperor Yao, he named Consort Zhao's palace gate "Gate of Yao's Mother." This led to speculation that the Emperor, in favouring Consort...

the Chinese hold Xia founder Yu the Great (禹) to be a descendant of Emperor Yao (堯). It is one of the traditional description was what were known as...

Yao Chang (Chinese: 姚萇; 331–394), courtesy name Jingmao (景茂), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Wuzhao of Later Qin (後秦武昭帝), was the founding...

Malaysia: Yeow Yao Chonghua, the name of Emperor Shun of pre-dynastic China, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Yao Chang, founding emperor of the...

these two daughters of Emperor Yao were married to Shun at the planning of their father. Although later destined to be emperor and exemplar of all the...

legend, the game was created as a teaching tool after the ancient Chinese Emperor Yao 堯 designed it for his son, Danzhu 丹朱, to learn discipline, concentration...

qilin have appeared in the garden of the legendary Yellow Emperor and in the capital of Emperor Yao; both events bore testimony to the benevolent nature of...