Andu'er (諳都剌) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Andu'er as an administrator, official, and scholar. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Andu'er	諳都剌	Āndūlā
Surname	Lan	蘭	Lán
Courtesy	Ruizhi	瑞芝	Ruìzhī

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:192:s0031

Roles

Administrator
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正六年 · Western Year: AD 1346 · Age: 70
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Age

Age: 70 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元統二年 · Western Year: AD 1334
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0047
Source Date: Text: 成宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1295 · End: AD 1307
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0034
Source Date: Text: 至正六年 · Western Year: AD 1346
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0052
Source Date: Text: 至順元年 · Western Year: AD 1330
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Family

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Descendant of Asilan (阿思蘭)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Father of Andu'er (諳都剌之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Siechejian (燮徹堅)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Kailie clan / 凱烈氏
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Statement: descendants adopted Lan as surname from grandfather Asilan / 子孫因其名蘭，遂以蘭為氏
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0032

Career and standing

Label: circuit intendant of Yidu / 益都路總管 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 元統二年 · Western Year: AD 1334
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Label: darughachi of Liao Prefecture / 遼州達魯花赤 · Action: appointed
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Label: Direct Academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies / 集賢直學士 · Action: appointed
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Label: Hanlin Academician for Imperial Composition / 應奉翰林文字 · Action: appointed
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Label: jarligchi in the Hanlin Academy / 翰林院札爾里赤 · Action: held
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Label: Academician-in-Attendance / 待制 · Action: promoted
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Label: darughachi of Xiangyang Circuit / 襄陽路達魯花赤 · Action: transferred · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 至順元年 · Western Year: AD 1330
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0041

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
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Learning and skills

Skill: languages of various states / 諸國語 · Level: studied
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Skill: classics and histories / 經史 · Level: versed
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Other Person Id: Prince Tianli (添力)
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Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: relief · Role: official · Action: admitted-refugees-and-fed-porridge · Place: Wuguan Pass / 武關
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0042, yuanshi:192:s0044, yuanshi:192:s0045
Kind: engineering · Role: official · Action: built-dikes · Place: Xiangyang / 襄陽
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0046
Kind: legal · Role: official · Action: captured-bandit-then-falsely-accused · Other Person Id: Luoguo (羅鍋)
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0049, yuanshi:192:s0050
Kind: administrative · Role: official · Action: curbed-prince-household-abuses · Other Person Id: Mainu (買奴)
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References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 192Volume 192 Biographies 79: Virtuous Officials 2 · 10 passages

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諳都剌，字瑞芝，凱烈氏。 Andu'er, courtesy name Ruizhi, was of the Kailie clan.

祖阿思蘭，嘗從大將阿術伐宋，仕至冀寧路達魯花赤，子孫因其名蘭，遂以蘭為氏。 His grandfather Asilan had followed the great general Aju in the conquest of Song and rose to darughachi of Jining Circuit; his descendants took the syllable Lan from his name and adopted Lan as their surname.

諳都剌通經史，兼習諸國語。 Andu'er was steeped in the classics and histories and was fluent in several languages of the realm.

會有旨命書籓王添力聖旨，諳都剌曰：「此旨非惟有虧國體，行且為民殃矣。」 Once an order came to draft an edict for the feudatory prince Tianli; Andu'er said, "This edict would not only compromise the dignity of the state—it would soon bring disaster upon the people as well."

山西大饑，河南行省恐流民入境為變，檄守武關，諳都剌驗其良民，輒聽其度關。 When Shanxi was stricken by famine, the Henan Branch Secretariat, fearing that refugees crossing the border might spark unrest, ordered Wuguan Pass held shut; Andu'er examined each applicant and let through all who were plainly honest folk.

諳都剌曰：「吾防奸耳，非仇良民也，可不開其生路耶！」 Andu'er replied, "I am guarding against wrongdoers, not making enemies of honest people—how can I deny them a way to survive?"

俗頗悍黠，而諳都剌務興學校，以平易治之。 The local customs were fierce and cunning, but Andu'er devoted himself to founding schools and governed with a plain, gentle hand.

有上馬賊白晝劫人，久不能捕，諳都剌生擒之，其黨賂宣慰使羅鍋，誣以枉勘，縱其賊。 Mounted bandits had long robbed travelers in broad daylight without being caught; Andu'er captured one alive, but the gang bribed the Pacification Commissioner Luoguo to accuse him of a wrongful prosecution and secured the bandit's release.

已而賊劫河間，復被獲，乃盡輸其情，而諳都剌之誣始白，俾再任一考。 Later the bandits struck in Hejian and were captured again; they confessed the whole affair, Andu'er's innocence was established, and he was permitted to serve another term.

親王買奴鎮益都，其府屬病民，諳都剌裁抑之，民以無擾。 When the imperial prince Mainu was stationed at Yidu, his household staff preyed on the people; Andu'er curbed their abuses, and the populace was left in peace.