Biography.guide
Home › People › Poet › Yao Sui
Portrait of Yao Sui

Yao Sui

1238 – 1313

Yuan dynasty person CBDB=35141

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Yao Sui

Lived 1238 – 1313 (aged 74–75). Yao Sui was a Chinese poet and politician.

Yao Sui (; 1238–1313), courtesy name Duanfu (端甫), art name Mu'an (牧菴), was a writer of Chinese sanqu poetry and official of the Yuan dynasty. He was the nephew of the noted official Yao Shu (姚樞) and uncle of the dramatist and sanqu poet Yao Shouzhong.

At three, Yao Sui was orphaned. He was raised by his uncle Yao Shu. He began his studies with the scholar Xu Heng. At age twenty four he began his study of the Tang period prose masters and shortly thereafter began his thirty-year career as an official, eventually becoming a member of the Hanlin Academy and held various other appointments. He was part of the team that drafted the Veritable Records of the Emperor Shizu of Yuan (元世祖實錄). The family had roots in Liaoning and subsequently relocated to Luoyang. His formal collected writings of fifty chapters has survived, as well as a small collection of his sanqu lyrics, and other writings.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Born
1238
Birth century
Died
1313
Occupation
Nationality
Also known as
Muan, Wen, Duanfu

People in Yao Sui's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Yao Sui's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Yao Sui?

Yuan dynasty person CBDB=35141

When was Yao Sui born?

Yao Sui was born in 1238.

When did Yao Sui die?

Yao Sui died in 1313.

What was Yao Sui's occupation?

Yao Sui was a poet and politician.

What nationality was Yao Sui?

Yao Sui was Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yao Sui

· Wikidata: Q5952520

· DBpedia: Yao Sui

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Yao Sui. https://biography.guide/yao-sui/

MLA: "Yao Sui." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/yao-sui/.

Chicago: "Yao Sui." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/yao-sui/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:30 UTC