Ying Shao

 ( Year Of Birth Unknown ) 

Ying Shao (144–204),

courtesy name Zhongyuan, was a Chinese politician, writer and historian who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty. He was an author of the Fengsu Tongyi, an encyclopedic work about the folk customs and legends that existed in the Eastern Han dynasty. Ying Shao occupied official posts in the Han government,Ying Shao's biography in Book of the Later Han did not mention that he served as Prefect of Xiao (County) or Managing Military Scribe; these positions were recorded by Yan Shigu in his Hanshu Xuli (漢書叙例). (应劭字仲瑗，〈一字仲援，一字仲远。〉汝南南顿人，后汉萧令，御史营令，泰山太守。) In his Fengsu Tongyi, Ying Shao wrote about his various appointments. (俗云：“五月到官，至免〈佀“死”字，或“老”字。〉不迁。”今年有茂才除萧令，五月到官，破日入舍，视事五月，四府所表，迁武陵令。余为营陵令，正触太岁。主簿令余东北上，余不从。在事五月，迁太山守。) Quan Houhan Wen (全後漢文), vol.36. Quan Houhan Wen also collected most of his extant writings, including fragments of Fengsu Tongyi which are not part of the 10 complete chapters. and in his official position he was an active participant in imperial politics. He was a long-time close associate of Cao Cao; he was extensively covered in the historical text Book of the Later Han.: vol. 48 contains Ying Shao's biography. He is also mentioned in vol. 9, Annals of Emperor Xian of Han; vol. 35, Biography of Zheng Xuan; and vol. 71, Biography of Zhu Jun. Ying Shao is also quoted in commentaries in vol. 9 and vol. 103.

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Life Ying Shao was from Nandun County (南頓縣), Runan Commandery (汝南郡), which is located west of present-day Xiangcheng City, Henan. He was nominated as a xiaolian during the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, and later served as a minor official under He Miao, Empress He's half-brother.(灵帝时举孝廉，辟车骑将军何苗掾。) From 189(中平六年，拜太山太守。) . It is unknown under which emperor Ying Shao began his term; in the Julian calendar, the year starts from 4 February, Emperor Ling died in May that year, Liu Bian was emperor from May to September, while Emperor Xian was made emperor in late September. to 194, Ying Shao served as the Administrator of Taishan Commandery in Xu Province. Around December 191, he repelled an attack on his commandery by the remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels, recorded in the Book of the Later Han.(初平二年...十一月，青州黄巾寇太山，太山太守应劭击破之。) . The month corresponds to 4 Dec 191 to 2 Jan 192 in the Julian calendar. In 193 and 194, the warlord Cao Cao attacked Xu Province to seek vengeance for the murder of his father Cao Song. Thus, Ying Shao fled from Taishan Commandery and took refuge under Cao Cao's rival Yuan Shao. By the time Cao Cao defeated the Yuan family and conquered the Hebei region, Ying Shao was already dead. The interim events are given in two versions in Pei Songzhi's annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, the Wei Jin Shiyu (魏晉世語) by Guo Song (郭頒), and Wei Zhao's Book of Wu (吳書). Ying Shao eventually died in Ye city.(後卒于鄴。)

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See also

• Hanguan yi
• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

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