Yao Silian, courtesy name Jianzhi (簡之),, formally the Baron of Fengcheng (豐城縣男), posthumous name Kang (康), was a Chinese historian and politician during the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty.
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Yao Silian, courtesy name Jianzhi (簡之),, formally the Baron of Fengcheng (豐城縣男), posthumous name Kang (康), was a Chinese historian and politician during the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty. He was the lead author of the Book of Liang and Book of Chen, the official histories of the Liang dynasty and the Chen dynasty, which his father Yao Cha (姚察), a Chen official, had begun but did not finish.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 557 to 637 · aged 80
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