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Yao Chang's founding of Later Qin and killing of Fu Jian
Yao Chang, a Qiang leader, founded Later Qin, the only Qiang-ruled state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, after killing Fu Jian, the Former Qin ruler who had once spared him.
Yao Chang's killing of Fu Jian
Yao Chang's killing of Fu Jian (姚苌弑苻坚) was the capture and strangling of Fu Jian, ruler of Former Qin, by Yao Chang, who founded Later Qin.
Yao expansion into the Shire Highlands
The Yao expansion into the Shire Highlands was the nineteenth-century migration and conquest of southern Malawi by the Yao, a Bantu-speaking trading people from northeastern Mozambique.
Yao Garden
Yao Garden, a Japanese-style garden at Bellevue Botanical Garden, Washington, honoring Bellevue's sister city Yao, Japan; established 1971 at Kelsey Creek Park, relocated 1992, opened 1994, with a Sukiya-style gate.
Yao Guangxiao
Yao Guangxiao (姚广孝), the monk Daoyan, was a Buddhist monk and strategist of the early Ming dynasty who planned the civil war that made Zhu Di the Yongle Emperor.
Yao Jinbo
Yao Jinbo (姚劲波), born in 1976 in Yiyang, Hunan, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who founded the classifieds platform 58.com in 2005 and led its 2013 New York Stock Exchange listing.
Yao Jingyuan
Yao Jingyuan (姚景远), Chinese weightlifter born 1958 in Liaoning; 1984 Olympic gold medalist, men's lightweight 67.5 kg, total 320.0 kg; also 1984 world champion and 1982, 1986 Asian Games gold medalist.
Yao Kuizhang
Yao Kuizhang (姚奎章, born 1965) is a Chinese beverage executive who led a 58-employee buyout of a state plant in 2005 and built Six Walnuts into China's best-known walnut milk brand.
Yao Liangbai
Yao Liangbai (姚良柏, born 1969) is a Chinese co-founder of Oppein Home Group, a leading custom home-furnishing maker, serving as vice chairman, vice president, and Party committee secretary.
Yao Liangsong
Yao Liangsong (姚良松, born 1964) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Oppein Home Group, one of China's largest custom kitchen cabinet makers, in Guangzhou in 1994.
Yao Ming (姚明)
Yao Ming (姚明), born 1980 in Shanghai, is a retired 7-ft.-6-in. Chinese center, first international player taken No. 1 in the 2002 NBA Draft, eight-time All-Star with the Houston Rockets, 2016 Hall of Famer, and former Chinese Basketball Association chairman.
Yao Nai
Yao Nai (姚鼐, 1732–1815) was a Qing dynasty essayist and classical scholar from Tongcheng who served in the Siku Quanshu office and taught for some forty years.
Yao Qicong
Yao Qicong (姚齐聪) is a Chinese quantitative investor who co-founded Ubiquant Investment in Beijing in 2012 with Wang Chen, one of China's largest quantitative hedge funds.
Yao Runhao
Yao Runhao (姚润昊), born 1988, is a Chinese gaming entrepreneur who founded Paper Games in Suzhou in 2013, a studio specializing in games for female players such as Love and Producer.
YAO SHAN
Yao Shan (药山, Medicine Mountain), also Jiaoding Shan, is a 4,042 m Ultra-prominence peak in Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, named for its 856 medicinal plant species and protected by Yaoshan National Nature Reserve; distinct from smaller Yao Shan hills in Guangdong and Guilin.
Yao Shu (3)
Yao Shu (姚枢), courtesy name Gongmao, was a Confucian statesman of the Yuan dynasty who served Ögedei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan, rose to Hanlin academician-in-chief, and died in 1290.
Yao Silian
Yao Silian (姚思廉) was a Chinese historian and official who served the Chen, Sui, and Tang dynasties and completed the History of Liang and History of Chen.
Yao Sui
Yao Sui (姚燧, 1238–1313) was a Yuan-dynasty scholar, prose writer, and official who rose to Grand Academician of the Hanlin Academy and was judged the finest early Yuan prose stylist.
Yao Tandong
Yao Tandong (姚檀栋) is a Chinese glaciologist who pioneered Tibetan Plateau ice-core research, founded the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, and won the 2023 Seligman Crystal.
Yao Tzu Li (李耀滋)
Yao Tzu Li (李耀滋), also known as Y.T. Li, was a Chinese-born American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who built China's first aircraft engine and led the B-52 cruise control project.
Yao Wenyuan
Yao Wenyuan (姚文元) was a Chinese propagandist and politician, a member of the Gang of Four whose 1965 attack on the play Hai Rui Dismissed from Office ignited the Cultural Revolution.
Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠)
Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠), mainland Chinese Mandopop singer and actress born 1998 in Haifeng, Guangdong; fourth place on Sing! China 2021, Baimu Entertainment artist, EP 独处症, debut album 破晓 (2026).
Yao Xing
Yao Xing (姚兴), also known as Yao Shuxing, was a Song dynasty officer from Xiangzhou who fought the Jin and died at Weiziqiao in 1161.
Yao Xinquan
Yao Xinquan (姚新泉) is a Chinese business executive and director of Dun'an Holding Group, a private industrial group founded in Zhejiang in 1987, where he holds a 29.40% stake.
Yao Xueyin
Yao Xueyin (姚雪垠, born Yao Guansan, 1910–1999) was a Chinese novelist from Dengzhou, Henan, whose historical novel Li Zicheng won the first Mao Dun Literary Prize in 1982.
Yao Yang
Yao Yang (杨尧) is an electrochemist and assistant professor of chemistry at Cornell University who developed operando electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray methods for energy materials.
Yao Yuanchong
Yao Yuanchong, later known as Yao Chong (姚崇), was a Tang dynasty statesman who served as chancellor under Empress Wu Zetian and later emperors, dying in 721.
Yao Zeng
Yao Zeng (耀曾), full name He Yaozeng, was a Qing dynasty military officer from Lijiang, Yunnan, who rose from hereditary guard to Provincial Commander of Zhenyuan.
Yao Zheng
Yao Zheng is an Australian chemical engineer at the University of Adelaide known for making hydrogen directly from seawater, winning the 2025 Malcolm McIntosh Prize.
Yao-Chinese Folktales (中国奇谭)
Yao-Chinese Folktales (中国奇谭) is an 8-episode Chinese animated anthology by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and Bilibili, premiered January 1, 2023, general-directed by Chen Liaoyu, with Douban ratings near 9.5 and over 240 million Bilibili plays; a second season followed in 2026.