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Yao Chong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yao.
As depicted in the album Portraits of Famous Men c. 1900, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Yao Chong (Chinese: 姚崇; pinyin: Yáo Chóng; 650[1] – September 28, 721[2]), born Yao Yuanchong (姚元崇), known 700s–713 by the courtesy name Yuanzhi (元之), formally Duke Wenxian of Liang (梁文獻公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Wu Zhou dynasty, serving as chancellor under four sovereigns—Wu Zetian, her sons Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, and her grandson Emperor Xuanzong. After his resignation in 716, he still had great influence inside the imperial government, and his opinions often influenced the decisions of Emperor Xuanzong and the succeeding chancellors.

  1. ^ ([开元]九年薨，年七十二，...) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.96
  2. ^ ([开元九年]九月...丁未，开府仪同三司、梁国公姚崇薨。) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.08.

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