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	Emperor Yao Invented Weiqi
		Emperor Yao Di had a habit of touring his kingdom with the company of his administration and observed the need of his people.
		When Yao was advanced in age he decided to elect a Tiandi Official to replace Yihe.
		Yao appointed Shun as his successor, giving his two daughters to Shun as wives.
	www.yutopian.com /go/gowinds/yao.html (352 words)

	CPAmedia.com: Yao Heavens
		This chronicles the mythical origin of the Yao people, tracing their ancestry to Pan Hu, dragon-dog of the emperor Ping Huang, who lived in the third millenium B.C. Pan Hu disposed of his master's arch-enemy, King Gao, and was given a young Chinese princess in marriage as a reward.
		The Yao clans shall be permitted to settle the hills of Ji Shan and to live there and gain their sustenance by growing rice in wet fields and other kinds of farming.
		Since the Yao live in the forest and the hills from childhood, they never see the writings of the emperors or study the treatises of the sages, so they are ignorant of cultivated usage and manners.
	www.cpamedia.com /history/yao_heavens (1643 words)

	Chinese History - Mythology and the origin of Chinese culture (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		The tomb of the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi Ling é»å¸éµ) is in Qiaoshan æ©å±±, Huangling County é»éµç¸£/Shaanxi.
		Yao and his successor Shun è (the pair Yao-Shun å ¯è or Tang-Yu å”è) are deeply venerated by the Confucianists as rulers of extraordinary virtue, humanity and kindness.
		Yao, Shun and Yu are three of the holy rulers of antiquity whose government was characterized by humanity, virtue and kindness.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Myth/mythology.html (2647 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yao Xing was born in 366, when his father Yao Chang was a general under the Former Qin emperor Fu JiÄn.
		Yao Xing created him the Marquess of Guiyi and, in 401, took the unusual action of giving Qifu Gangui his army back and ordering him to defend his old capital Wanchuan (è‘å·, in modern Baiyin, Gansu), and while Qifu Gangui was in name a Later Qin general, he acted independently at times.
		In winter 415, Yao Xing sent his daughter, the Princess Xiping, to Northern Wei to be married to Emperor Daowu's son Emperor Mingyuan, in order to affirm the alliance between the two states.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Yao_Xing (3402 words)

	History of Go (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story goes on to describe how Emperor Yao was unhappy with his son, Dan Zhu, because Dan was too boisterous and never studied.
		When Yao grew older, he decided to appoint a new government official to take care of most of his responsibilities.
		Yao wanted to appoint his son, but he could not because Dan was too obsessed with Go to rule the empire.
	www.brown.edu /Students/goclub/About/History.htm (855 words)

	Xia-Dynasty
		Yao decided to put this young man through a test to see if he was qualified enough to rule his kingdom when the time came.
		Emperor Yao let Shun marry two of his daughters and he also gave him the authority to govern parts of the country.
		Emperor Shun was especially well-known for his choice of co-workers, and this really came in useful when the officials tried to solve the biggest problem in the country, the flood.
	heim.ifi.uio.no /~huut/xia.html (1369 words)

	Famous Ancient Chinese People Topic Center - Chinese
		Emperor of China The emperor or huangdi (and#30343;and#24093; in pinyin: huang2 di4) of China was the head of government and hea...
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	www.famouschinese.com /topic/Famous_Ancient_Chinese_People (2033 words)

	Ssuma Ch'ien's Historical Records. Introductory Chapter.
		Yao's two daughters did not dare, on account of their rank, to be proud, but waited on Shun's relations, and were constant in their wifely duties, while Yao's nine sons became more and more generous.
		In the time of Yao he was not able to raise them to office, but Shun raised the eight benevolent ones to office, and made them superintend the land department and direct all matters, arranging them according to their seasons.
		Yao's son Tanchu, and Shun's son Shangchün, both held territory so that they might be enabled to perform sacrifices to their ancestors; they paid the due observances, such as religious ceremonies and music, and they went to the audiences as the Emperor's guests.
	www.sacred-texts.com /journals/jras/1894-10.htm (9271 words)

	Ssuma Ch'ien's Historical Records. Chapter II.
		Emperor Chin died, and Emperor Puhsiang's son K‘ungchia, that is Emperor K‘ungchia, came to the throne.
		Emperor K‘ungchia was fond of enquiring into spiritual matters, and indulged in dissipation, and the virtue of the princes of Hsia having degenerated, the chiefs rebelled.
		After the decline of T‘aot‘ang (Yao) one of his descendants, Liu lei, learnt to train dragons, and he was chosen out of the dragon-keepers to wait on K‘ungchia, who gave him the title of dragon-tamer, which was inherited by the descendants of the Shiwei.
	www.sacred-texts.com /journals/jras/1895-03.htm (5759 words)

	Horse Sense Herbs - Medicine Part 1 - Ancient Chinese Remedies for the Modern Horse
		One is called the Emperor Yao, the second is called the Minister Yao, the third is the Assistant and the fourth is the Messenger.
		The Emperor Yao is the Yao that is very powerful and so it needs to be controlled to make sure no side effects short or long term can happen.
		For horse mammal consumption one may want to start the chemical reaction between the Yao inside the formula by mixing it with hot boiling water and let it seep for few minutes until it is mixed with the grains, sweet feed or with molasses or anything the horse like to eat in general.
	www.horsesenseherbs.ca /pages/medicine.html (1654 words)

	Early Chinese Ceramics
		The people at last openly rebelled, and the Emperor fled to the Stag Tower, where he burned himself to death by setting the building on fire, and his consort was seized and executed, to the delight and relief of all.
		The last emperor of the Posterior Chou, Shih Tsung, is of some importance from a ceramic point of view, because it was in his reign (954-960) that the famous Ch'ai porcelain was made.
		The last emperor of the Sung dynasty proper was Hui Tsung, and to his patronage may be ascribed much of the artistic eminence which distinguished this era.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles03/china_ceramics2.shtml (4570 words)

	ESPN.com - Shanghai surprise
		Yao's presence opens the floor up for him and others, and some of the others had abilities enough at least not to lose an NBA title, if they ever got to play for one.
		Yao, without looking -- he had that Thousand-Yard-Stare down even then, couldn't defense him or his passes or moves depending on where he seems to be looking -- touch-passed it back to Rice, who'd sunk baseline and cut to the hole.
		Yao dove down from the left base with a bounce, put it on the floor, pivoted, reverse-pivoted and feinted shot, Dreamshake all over again, only it was now Yao Yoke, yoking O'Neal completely, who was pump-faked up to his toes, then completely off his feet and into the popper.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1480149&type=page2Story (2314 words)

	Chapter 1. The Ancient Faith Page 1
		His breath became the wind; his voice, the thunder; his left eye, the sun; his right eye, the moon; his blood flowed in rivers; his hair grew into trees and plants; his flesh became the soil; his sweat descended as rain; while the parasites which infested his body were the origin of the human race.
		In this he was followed by the Yellow Emperor, B.C. 2698-2598, who built a temple for the worship of God, in which incense was used, and first sacrificed to the Mountains and Rivers.
		Revelation in a dream.--The Emperor Wu Ting, B.C. 1324-1264, began his reign by not speaking for three years, leaving all State affairs to be decided by his Prime Minister, while he himself gained experience.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Nonfiction/Religion/ChinaReligion/ChinaReligionC1P1.htm (1079 words)

	TORONTO CHINESE DANCE COMPANY - TORONTO CHINESE DANCE ACADEMY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The dance "Dazhang" from the time of Emperor Yao was said to praise the heavenly virtue and godly wisdom of Yao, and the people were drawn to him as like he was the sun or the auspicious clouds.
		The dance was to praise the achievements of Emperor Shun in carrying on and developing the heritage of Emperor Yao.
		This dance was to praise Emperor Tang who saved the nation from the cruel rule of the last Xia emperors, just like a timely rain that fell on the ground suffering from a long-lasting drought.
	www.chinesedance.com /danceBookEnglish/chineseDance_1_2.html (2155 words)

	TheStar.com \| Olympics \| Emperor Yao
		Yao, of course, is already there, pulling down about $24 million (all figures U.S.) per year.
		He paved the way for Yao by becoming the first Asian player to crack the NBA, having been drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in 1999.
		Yao agrees, but knows the home factor is a double-edged sword.
	www.thestar.com /article/242179 (971 words)

	Portraits of Emperors
		Kangxi was the 4-th emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
		The portrait shows the young emperor Kangxi, sitting at his writing table and holding a thick writing brush.
		On the marble top of the table there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
	www.chinapage.org /emperor.html (250 words)

	Mid Autumn Festival - Books - Famous Chinese Shopping City
		Hou Yi was himself an immortal, while Chang Er was a beautiful young girl, working in the Jade Emperor's (Emperor of Heaven) Palace as the attendant to the Xi_WangmuQueen Mother of the West (wife of the Jade Emperor), before her marriage.
		Emperor Yao, the Emperor of China, commanded Yi to kill all but one of the suns.
		Legend had it that the Emperor took his Empress, Duong Quy Pho, to a lake where he read a poem that he had composed to her by the light of the moon.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Mid_Autumn_Festival (2394 words)

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		Emperor Yao -- The first sage ruler in the most prominent Confucian account of the distant past (the Book of Documents).
		Emperor Shun -- Received the throne from Yao on the basis of his filiality.
		As emperor, he was humane and ceded his throne to the sage Yu.
	www.indiana.edu /~g380/KeyNames.html (329 words)

	Chinese Seals
		Another story says that it was given to Emperor Yao by a phoenix as the emperor was sitting in a boat.
		At the time of the Han dynasty, the emperor had six seals, during the Tang he had eight, during the Ming over a dozen, and by the time of the Qing, there were several dozens of official imperial seals.
		Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) for example, was famous for his literary ambitions, including calligraphy, and had produced a large amount of texts affixed with his seal.
	www.crystalinks.com /chinaseals.html (1005 words)

	Qin Shi
		When Emperor Yao dwelled on earth his sacred good nature was so all encompassing that people could not describe it, and the visible results of his affairs were so majestic that they had good effect.
		Of old it was said, Yao formerly granted the rule of the earth to Xu You, but Xu You wouldn't take it; in fact, he was ashamed of this, (so) he ran off and hid in Mount Ji; as a result Jishan Cao has been transmitted.
		Empress Yuan (1356.158/3) was consort of Emperor Yuandi, mother of Emperor Chengdi, and aunt of "The Usurper" çè½ Wang Mang.
	www.silkqin.com /09hist/qinshi.htm (11492 words)

	Xiao 3 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They looked up to their Emperor and treated him as respectfully as they did their own parents.
		Yao, however, had grown old, and decided to request his military and civilian cabinet ministers to select a wise and worthy successor, so that he could hand down the duty of ruling all of China to him.
		The Emperor put the young man through years of training and testing, and when he felt satisfied with his capabilities, he bestowed the throne of Emperor on him, and retired from the duties of ruling China.
	www.andrew.cmu.edu /user/hsingpei/xiao3.html (335 words)

	Round the Clock
		Emperor Yao is a legendary monarch and model for all rulers in ancient China.
		He had two daughters named E'huang and Nuying, both of whom were married to Emperor Shun, the successor of Emperor Yao.
		They have such feelings because after they were selected and sent to the palace to serve the emperor and his family, they could no longer go back home, and most of them don't even have a chance to see the emperor during their whole life and have to face loneliness forever.
	en.chinabroadcast.cn /1375/2004-11-12/81@167831.htm (469 words)

	Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of the Territory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to ancient Chinese legend, the Emperor Yao Di dreamt of the first Emperor Shi Huang Di playing Go with an angel.
		Yao had never seen the game before, and so Huang Di taught him the rules of the game.
		When Yao woke up, he remembered the details and proceeded to teach his son.
	students.imsa.edu /~wrrn888/history.html (381 words)

	Yao's Long Day
		Yao began his Canon with the vernal equinox also, then April 11 2357 BC, because Joseph's long day was just days previous April 1 2357 BC and necessitated new stars to mark the seasons.
		Yao's long day may have been countered by the sun going down suddenly, or perhaps rather the sun standing still on the horizon producing a long green flash, the horn of the unicorn - perhaps the unicorn in Yao's seventh year.
		Emperor Kuh appointed Yao to be his successor when the sun stood still and would not move in 2357 BC and now Yao may see in this portent of the sun 70 years later an omen for him to resign the throne to Shun.
	sunnyokanagan.com /joshua/joseph.html (12478 words)

	The Game of Go
		Emperor Yao (2356-2255 BC) is sometimes thought to be the inventor of the game, while others credit Emperor Shun (2255-2205 BC).
		Some believe that a man named Wu, an underling of Emperor Chieh (1818-1766 BC), was the true inventor of the game.
		Oscar Korschelt believed that it was most likely that Wu had discovered the game, as an emperor would probably not have the time to create a new game.
	www.rit.edu /~web9806/imm/project1/intro.html (1132 words)

	World Myths and Legends in Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
		The dragon was also a symbol of the good emperor whose wisdom and divine power assured the well-being of his subjects.
		The dragon is the centerpiece of an elaborate set of images that symbolize the emperor's authority as an intermediary in the universal order between heaven and earth.
		The emperor Yao was said to be the son of a red dragon.
	www.artsmia.org /world-myths/artbytheme/dragon_background.html (818 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Yao-za! What a meal!
		Yao hopes to follow the example of Richard Nixon's ping-pong diplomacy.
		TRANSLATOR: Yao Ming thanks you for the compliment and very humbly hopes that he can only play well enough to warrant such lavish and creative praise as you described.
		TRANSLATOR: Yao Ming was merely expressing admiration for the American agricultural system that provides such a bounty for its hard-working and deserving citizens.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/caple/020503.html (997 words)

	Children Luck Enhancer at Feng Shui Bestbuy
		It was mentioned in ancient texts that Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun and Confucius were born after the unicorn appeared.
		Therefore, this picture's presence would invoke excellent children's chi into your space which is useful for those who desire to increase fertility, conceive, have more children or have many descendants that last for generations.
		Some said the mother of Confucius became pregnant when she followed the footsteps left by the unicorn in a temple.
	www.fengshuibestbuy.com /children.html (2088 words)

	changkl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After the Emperor gave his promise, Yeh Fa Shan told him, "Chang Kuo Lao was an ancient bat at the time when the Earth was separated from the heavens." As soon as he spoke this, blood oozed out of his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth, and he fell dead on the ground.
		Since the Emperor had given his word to Yeh Fa Shan, he removed his crown and shoes and walked to where Chang Kuo Luo was residing.
		He existed during the times of the Emperor Yao and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he was alive during the Tang Dynasty as well.
	www.tbsn.org /wwc/us/PLS/Journal/jrnl0596/changkl.htm (1158 words)

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