Yao Zhou
also called 子绪 · –242
Yao Zhou was a Shu Han official who served as Guanghan governor and Palace Attendant, praised by Zhuge Liang for advancing both Wen Wu talents.
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History · vol. 45Records of the Three Kingdoms
…歸信於州黨，不如姚伷。 伷字子緒，亦閬中人。先主定益州後，為功曹書佐。…
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盛衡名勳，承伯名齊，皆巴西閬中人也。勳，劉璋時為州書佐，先主定蜀，闢為左將軍屬，後轉州別駕從事，卒。齊為太守張飛功曹。飛貢之先主，為尚書郎。建興中，從事丞相掾，遷廣漢太守，復為（飛）參軍。亮卒，為尚書。勳、齊皆以才幹自顯見；歸信於州黨，不如姚伷。 伷字子緒，亦閬中人。先主定益州後，為功曹書佐。建興元年，為廣漢太守。丞相亮北駐漢中，闢為掾。並進文武之士，亮稱曰：「忠益者莫大於進人，進人者各務其所尚；今姚掾並存剛柔，以廣文武之用，可謂博雅矣，原諸掾各希此事，以屬其望。」遷為參軍。亮卒，稍遷為尚書僕射。時人服其真誠篤粹。延熙五年卒，在作讚之後。
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Yao Zhou, courtesy name Zixu, was an official of Shu Han from Langzhong; he does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Career
- After Liu Bei pacified Yi Province, Yao Zhou served as an assistant in the office of the chief clerk. (Recorded in historical sources)
- In the first year of the Jianxing era, Yao Zhou became Administrator of Guanghan. When Zhuge Liang was stationed in Hanzhong, he recruited Yao Zhou as an assistant and praised him for combining firmness with flexibility and being useful in both Wen Wu affairs. Yao Zhou was subsequently promoted to Army Advisor. (Recorded in historical sources)
- After Zhuge Liang’s death, Yao Zhou gradually rose to become Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. He died in the fifth year of the Yanxi era. (Recorded in historical sources)
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- Recruited by Zhuge Liang, who praised him.
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Zhuge Liang
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History · vol. 45
- Zhuge Liang§172
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When Liang was stationed in the north at Hanzhong, he appointed him as an assistant; Liang praised him for combining firmness and gentleness, thereby broadening the usefulness of civil and military abilities.