Yao Silian

Yao Silian (姚思廉; died 637), courtesy nameJianzhi (簡之),, formally the Baron of Fengcheng (豐城縣男), posthumous nameKang (康), was a Chinese historian and politician during the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty. He was the lead author of the Book of Liang and Book of Chen, the official histories of the Liang dynasty and the Chen dynasty, which his father Yao Cha (姚察), a Chen official, had begun but did not finish.