Ying Shao (c.144–204),[2] 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.
[13] Ying Shao was from Nandun County (南頓縣), Runan Commandery (汝南郡), which is located west of present-day Xiangcheng, 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[14] From 189[15] to 194, Ying Shao served as the Administrator of Taishan Commandery in Xu Province.
In c.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.