A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chao Yeh

by Herbert A. Giles

193 Chao Yeh 趙曄 (T. 長君). 1st cent. A.D. A native of Chehkiang, who after serving for a while in a subordinate official capacity, studied for twenty years under Tu Fu. Author of the 吳越春秋, a history of the States of Wu and Yüeh between the 12th and 5th centuries B.C., in which there is a mixture of fact, unauthentic anecdote, and romance. He also wrote the 詩細 on the Odes.