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Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3

Chapter 23 of 遼史 · History of Liao
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Daozong, Part Three
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In the eighth year, on guimao day of the first spring month Wugu Dilie tribe detail-stable Yelü Chao and others memorialized victory on the northern border. Because the fighting had killed many, monks were fed at Nanjing and the Central Capital. On jiashen day the court went to Yuer Marsh. On renyin day dull fog lasted many days. On bingchen day of the second month the Northern and Southern Privy Councils said there was nothing to memorialize. On renxu day, for merit in attacking the northern tribes, Wugu Dilie tribe detail-stable Yelü Chao was made to administer Northern Court great king affairs; inspector-general Xiao Aludai was made Wugu Dilie tribe detail-stable and promoted Left Defender of the Gate Commandant upper general. On wuchen day there was famine that year; Wuan Prefecture rent and tax were remitted, and people in En, Yu, Shun, and Hui prefectures were relieved. On guimao day of the third month the relevant offices memorialized that more than three thousand people in Chun, Tai, and Ningjiang prefectures wished to become monks and nuns and receive full precepts; permission was granted. On renzi day of the fourth summer month people in Yi and Rao prefectures were relieved. On dingsi day the court halted at Talishe. On jimao day the court summered at Tuogulie. On renwu day of the fifth month Prince of Jin Renxian died. On jiayin day of the sixth month poor people in Yi Prefecture were relieved. On jiwei day the Central Capital was relieved. On jiazi day Xingzhong Prefecture was relieved. On jiaxu day Northern Court chancellor Yang Ji was enfeoffed Prince of Zhao; associate privy commissioner Yelü Guan was made Associate Administrator of Affairs and administrator of Southern Court privy affairs. On dingchou day Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On jimao day of the seventh autumn month, in Qing Prefecture Jin Wen's eight generations lived together; an edict granted rank. On bingshen day hungry people in Rao Prefecture were relieved. On dingyou day the court visited Heiling. On dingwei day the imperial composition 《Five Eulogies on the Avatamsaka Sutra》 was shown to the ministers. In the intercalary month, on xinwei day, a bear was shot at Guyang Mountain. On gengchen day of the eighth month Prince of Huntong Commandery Hougu died; envoys were dispatched to offer sacrifice. On jiazi day of the ninth month the court halted at Ousi Marsh. On jichou day of the tenth winter month Associate Administrator of Affairs Yelü Guan forged an edict to build a private residence and was demoted to commoner. On guisi day Uighur came with tribute. On gengxu day of the eleventh month Zu Prefecture tax was remitted. On bingchen day heavy snow fell; the people were permitted to gather firewood in forbidden grounds. On dingmao day money was bestowed on poor households of Yanchang Palace. On wuchen day of the twelfth month Han mobile palace deployment director Yelü Zhongxi was enfeoffed Duke of Han; associate privy commissioner and Associate Administrator of Affairs Zhao Hui was dismissed as military commissioner of Wuding Army; associate privy commissioner Chai Dezi was made Associate Administrator of Affairs; Han mobile palace deputy deployment director Yelü Dabeinu was promoted deployment director; associate Southern Court privy commissioner Xiao Hanjianu was made administrator of Left yilibi affairs. On a ding day, because of the Kunning Festival, a general amnesty was proclaimed. On gengyin day one complete canon of Buddhist scriptures was bestowed on Goryeo.
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In the ninth year, on dingwei day of the first spring month the court went to Shuang Marsh. On renchen day of the fourth summer month the court went to Wangguo Cliff. On jiachen day of the seventh autumn month the court hunted at Daxiong Mountain. On wushen day Wugu Dilie supreme commander memorialized that Eight Shilie Dilie people had killed their military commissioner and rebelled. On jiyou day an edict ordered Kui Wugu tribal troops to attack on separate routes. On bingyin day Nanjing memorialized locusts in Guiyi. In Lishui two counties locusts flew into Song territory; the remainder were eaten by wasps. On bingshen day of the eighth month Yelü Zhongxi was made Southern Court privy commissioner. On guimao day of the ninth month the court halted at Dulujin. In the tenth winter month the court visited Yin Mountain, then went to the Western Capital. On wuwu day of the eleventh month an edict ordered that places the court visited were exempt from rent for one year. On jiazi day Southern Court great king Helizhi retired. On xinwei day of the twelfth month Yelü Yixin, who administered Northern Court privy affairs, was made regent of the Central Capital; Southern Court palace commissioner Yelü Sala was made Southern Court great king. On renchen day Goryeo and Xia State both sent envoys with tribute.
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In the tenth year, on yimao day of the first spring month the court went to Yuanyang Marsh. On guimao day of the second month rent and tax for Ping Prefecture households resuming cultivation were remitted. On wuzi day Zubu came with tribute. On jiazi day of the third month the court went to Tuogulie. Yelü Chao was made Northern Court great king. In the fourth summer month there was drought. On xinwei day, because Xi man Dalu's three generations lived together, office was granted to honor him. On bingyin day of the fifth month prisoners were reviewed. On wuchen day of the sixth month the Emperor personally set topics to test jinshi. On renshen day an edict ordered ministers and commoners to speak on gains and losses. On bingzi day at Yong'an Hall worthy and good men were tested. On bingchen day of the seventh autumn month the court went to autumn mountains. On guihai day the court paid respects at Qing Mausoleum. On gengxu day of the ninth month the court visited the Eastern Capital and paid respects at the Two Principles and Five Phoenix halls. On guihai day sacrifice was made at Muye Mountain. On dingmao day of the tenth winter month the court halted at Ousi Marsh. On dingchou day an edict ordered the relevant offices to promulgate the 《Records of the Grand Historian》 and 《Book of Han》. On wuwu day of the eleventh month Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On xinsi day of the twelfth month the coming year was changed to Dikang and a general amnesty was proclaimed.
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In the first year of Dikang, on yiwei day of the first spring month the court went to the Huntong River. On renyin day famine in Yun Prefecture was relieved. On dingmao day of the second month Xiang Prefecture caught fire; envoys were dispatched to comfort the disaster. On yiyou day the court halted at Dayu Marsh. On dinghai day, because geese were obtained, hawk-mews commissioner Yelü Yangliu was promoted Minister of Works. On yisi day of the third month the crown prince was ordered to copy Buddhist books. On bingzi day of the fourth summer month famine in Ping Prefecture was relieved. On jiyou day the court went to Du Mountain; in the intercalary month, on bingwu day, famine in Ping and Luan prefectures was relieved. On gengxu day the imperial grandson Yanxi was born. On jiazi day of the fifth month rank was granted by degree to the consort's kin and Eastern Palace staff. On guisi day of the sixth month Xing Sheng Palace commissioner Xi Xiejianu was made to administer Xi Six Tribes great king affairs. On wuxu day Han Cao, who administered Three Departments affairs, because money and grain increased was appointed Three Departments commissioner. On guimao day envoys were dispatched to investigate prisoners in all routes. Tiyin Dabeinu was made military commissioner of Shiping Army; Associate Administrator of Affairs Chai Dezi military commissioner of Wuding Army. On yimao day Tibet came with tribute. On bingchen day an edict ordered the crown prince to oversee court government in general, and he was admonished. Wuding Army military commissioner Zhao Hui was made Southern Court chancellor; associate privy commissioner Yang Zunxu was made Associate Administrator of Affairs. On the xinyou new moon of the seventh autumn month the court hunted at Pingdi Pine Forest. On bingyin day poor people in Nanjing were relieved. On the gengyin new moon of the eighth month there was a solar eclipse. On yihai day of the ninth month the court halted at Ousi Marsh. On jimao day, because Nanjing had famine, rent and tax were remitted for one year and money and grain were issued for relief. In the tenth winter month Northwest Route chieftains Xiadá, Choudá, Shuanggu, and others came to surrender. On xinyou day of the eleventh month the Empress was slandered and ordered to die; The musicians Zhao Weiyi and Gao Changming were killed, and their families were registered and confiscated. On the jichou new moon of the twelfth month Nanjing supreme commander Yelü Yannu was made tiyin; Han mobile palace deployment director Yelü Li was made associate privy commissioner; associate Eastern Capital regent Xiao Telaci was made yilibi. On gengyin day Zhang Xiaojie was granted the imperial clan surname. On renchen day Western Capital regent Xiao Yanliu was made Left yilibi.
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In the second year, on jiwei day of the first spring month the court went to spring waters. On gengchen day the court halted at Shuang Marsh. On wuzi day of the second month famine in Huanglong Prefecture was relieved. On guichou day Nanjing Route had famine; rent and tax were remitted for one year. On xinyou day of the third month the Empress Dowager died. On renxu day Palace Front deputy commander Yelü Xiagu was dispatched to announce the mourning to Song. On guihai day envoys were dispatched to announce the mourning to Goryeo and Xia State. On dingmao day a general amnesty was proclaimed. On wuyin day envoys were dispatched with the Empress Dowager's bequeathed goods as gifts to Song and Xia. On the yiyou new moon of the sixth summer month the posthumous honorific for the late Empress Dowager was Empress Rende. On wuzi day Song and Goryeo and Xia State each sent envoys to offer condolences. On jiawu day Empress Rende was buried at Qing Mausoleum. On jihai day the court halted at Tuogulie. On renyin day Northern Court privy commissioner Prince of Wei Yelü Yixin was dismissed as regent of the Central Capital. On dingwei day Empress Xiao was invested; her father attendant langjun Bieliuli was enfeoffed Prince of Zhao; her uncle Northwest Route pacification commissioner Yuliye Prince of Liaoxi; her elder brother Han mobile palace deployment director and imperial son-in-law Xiamo Prince of Liucheng; Associate Administrator of Affairs Yang Zunxu was made administrator of Southern Court privy affairs; Northern Court associate privy commissioner Xiao Susa administrator of Northern Court privy affairs; Han mobile palace deputy deployment director Liu Shen Associate Administrator of Affairs. On jiyou day Southern Court chancellor Zhao Hui retired. On wuchen day of the seventh autumn month the court went to autumn mountains. On guiyou day Prince of Liucheng Xiamo died. On gengyin day of the eighth month the court hunted; encountering a fawn that had lost its mother, the Emperor pitied it and did not shoot. On wuwu day of the ninth month, because Nanjing had locusts, next year's rent and tax were remitted. On jimao day the court halted at Ousi Marsh. On wuxu day of the tenth winter month Central Capital regent Prince of Wei Yelü Yixin was summoned back as Northern Court privy commissioner. On jiaxu day of the eleventh month the Emperor wished to view the 《Diary of Actions and Repose》; revising annotator Lang did not carry it up, and Hutujin and others did not present it; each was beaten two hundred strokes and dismissed. Linya Xiao Yanshou was exiled to the Wuhui tribe. That month Nanjing had an earthquake; many commoners' houses were destroyed. On jichou day of the twelfth month Left yilibi Xiao Tabuye was made Nanjing supreme commander.
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In the third year, on guichou day of the first spring month the court went to the Huntong River. On yimao day spring tribute of gold and silk in all routes was reduced and yearly silver tribute to the imperial workshop was stopped. On the renwu new moon of the second month Eastern Route supreme commander Xiao Hanjianu was honored imperial father and enfeoffed Prince of Wu. On jiashen day an edict ordered Northern Court privy commissioner Prince of Wei Yelü Yixin's elder brother by the same mother Danu and younger brother by the same mother Asi to be hereditary in selection for Northern and Southern Court privy commissioner; his younger brothers by different mothers were hereditary in selection for yilibi. On jichou day the court went to Yuer Marsh. On xinmao day the Central Capital had famine; the tour was stopped. On yiyou day of the fourth summer month the court boated on the Black Dragon River. On bingchen day of the fifth month Yutian and Anci had aphids that injured the crops. On guihai day there was a black spot in the sun. On jisi day the court halted at Du Mountain. On yihai day Northern Court privy commissioner Yelü Yixin memorialized that Right Defender of the Guard grand guardian Zhala and others reported that associate Northern Court privy commissioner Xiao Susa and eight others plotted to install the crown prince; the Emperor said it was groundless and did not punish; three including Susa were sent out to fill external posts; six including guard Sapo were each flogged more than a hundred strokes and exiled to the border. On bingzi day Northwest Route pacification commissioner Prince of Liaoxi Xiao Yuliye was made Northern Court chancellor and also administrator of Khitan mobile palace deployment affairs. On wuyin day an edict announced that those who reported plotting rebellion would be heavily rewarded with office. On the jimao new moon of the sixth month Yelü Yixin ordered seal-and-tally langjun Xiao Eduwo to falsely accuse and say he had once joined Susa and the others in the plot, registering names to report. Yixin and Yelü Zhongxi, Xiao Yuliye, Yelü Xiaojie, Yang Zunxu, Yange, Chaozhi, Xiao Shisan, and others were immediately ordered to investigate; the crown prince was beaten and imprisoned in the palace. On xinsi day three night-duty officials including Dirili were killed. On renwu day two including palace commissioner Tabuye were killed. On guimao day ten including Shiping Army military commissioner Sala were killed; envoys were also dispatched to kill Supreme Capital regent Susa and the six exiled guards including Sapo. On yiyou day Yelü Tabuye and his younger brother Chenliu were killed. On bingxu day the crown prince was deposed as commoner and imprisoned at the Supreme Capital. On jichou day Uighur came with tribute. Eastern Capital regent associate administrator Yelü Huilibu was killed. On xinmao day Susa's sons were killed and their households were registered. On wushen day envoys were dispatched to investigate prisons in the Five Capitals and all routes. On xinhai day of the seventh autumn month Defender of the Guard grand guardian Zhala was promoted Pacifying State grand general and hereditary in selection for Tielübu tribal military commissioner; Shiwei Zhala and Xiao Baoshennu and Molugu were all promoted Left Guard grand generals; seal-and-tally langjun Eduwo married the imperial daughter Princess of Zhao, was appointed imperial son-in-law and military commissioner of Shiping Army; attendant langjun Yelü Tabuye and Xiao Tuguci were both promoted Defender of the Gate Commandant upper generals. On renzi day associate Northern Court privy commissioner Xiao Hanjianu was made Han mobile palace deployment director. On yichou day the court went to autumn mountains. On dingchou day the court paid respects at Qing Mausoleum. On gengyin day of the eighth month Han mobile palace deployment director Xiao Hanjianu died. On xinchou day the court paid respects at Qing Mausoleum. On guihai day of the ninth month Yutian presented auspicious grain. On renshen day Qian Mausoleum temple was repaired. On xinchou day of the tenth winter month the court halted at Ousi Marsh. In the eleventh month Northern Court privy commissioner Yelü Yixin dispatched his private agents to assassinate the commoner Jun at the Supreme Capital. In the intercalary twelfth month, on wuwu day Northern Court chancellor Prince of Liaoxi Xiao Yuliye was made to administer Northern Court privy affairs; Left yilibi Yelü Yange was made Khitan mobile palace deployment director. On bingyin day New Year's rites were performed in advance. That year Nanjing had a great harvest.
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In the fourth year, on gengchen day of the first spring month the court went to spring waters. On jiawu day famine in the Eastern Capital was relieved. On yichou day of the second month the court halted at Saohuoye. On wuchen day Eastern Route supreme commander Yelü Wangjiu was made tiyin. On xinhai day of the fourth summer month Goryeo sent envoys begging grant of lands east of the Yalu River; permission was refused. On bingxu day of the fifth month the court halted at Sanshui Plain. On jiayin day of the sixth month Zubu tribal chiefs presented fine horses. On jiaxu day of the seventh autumn month all routes memorialized feeding three hundred sixty thousand monks and nuns. On guimao day of the eighth month an edict ordered the relevant offices to decide delayed cases. On yiwei day of the ninth month the court halted at Ousi Marsh. On gengzi day chieftains of the Five States came with tribute. On guimao day of the tenth winter month Associate Administrator of Affairs Liu Shen was made military commissioner of Baojing Army. On dinghai day of the eleventh month scholars and commoners were forbidden to wear brocade and silk with sun, moon, mountain, and dragon designs. On jichou day Uighur sent envoys with tribute. On gengyin day Southern Court privy commissioner Yelü Zhongxi was made military commissioner of Guangde Army. On xinmao day Jin Prefecture commoner Zhang Bao's four generations lived together; his sons were ordered attendants of the Third Class Court. On dingmao day of the twelfth month Northern Court associate privy commissioner Yelü Li was made to administer Northern Court privy affairs.
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