皋陶

Yao (traditional Chinese: 臯陶; simplified Chinese: 皋陶; pinyin: Gāo Yáo; Wade–Giles: Kao Yao),also known as jiu tao(咎陶),Gao Yao(皋繇) or Jiu Yao(咎繇), was the

Yíng name. Ying is the surname of Shaohao (少皞). Shaohao had a child, Gaoyao (皋陶). Gaoyao had a child, Boyi (伯益). Boyi (伯益) was in charge of flood control

(in Chinese) – via Wikisource, 儒者說云：觟𧣾者、一角之羊也，性知有罪。皋陶治獄，其罪疑者，令羊觸之。有罪則觸，無罪則不觸。斯蓋天生一角聖獸，助獄為驗，故皋陶敬羊，起坐事之。此則神奇瑞應之類也。 Wang, Tao [in Chinese] (1983) [1937]

Yao 2 舜典 Shùn diǎn Canon of Shun 3 大禹謨 Dà Yǔ mó Counsels of Great Yu 2 4 皋陶謨 Gāo Yáo mó Counsels of Gao Yao 5 益稷 Yì jì Yi and Ji 夏書 Xia 3 6 禹貢 Yǔ gòng

用豎刁而蟲流。安樂公得諸葛亮而抗魏，任黃皓而喪國，是知成敗一也。」) Jin Shu vol. 88. (次問：「孔明言教何碎？」密曰：「昔舜、禹、皋陶相與語，故得簡雅；《大誥》與凡人言，宜碎。孔明與言者無己敵，言教是以碎耳。」華善之。) Jin Shu vol. 88. (「及祖母卒，服終，」「徙」〔從〕尚書郎為河內溫令。)