Chief slave of Temüder (大奴)

Overview

The translated histories identify Chief slave of Temüder as a servant. This record brings together 4 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	Chief slave of Temüder	大奴
Epithet	Chief slave of Temüder	大奴

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:179:s0106

Roles

Servant

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 仁宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1311 · End: AD 1320
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:179:s0106

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 179Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu · 4 passages

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上都富民張弼殺人繫獄，鐵木迭兒使大奴脅留守賀伯顏出之，及強以他姦利事，不能得。 Zhang Bi, a wealthy man of Shangdu, was imprisoned for murder. Temüder sent his chief slave to intimidate Governor He Bayan into releasing him and also tried to extort other illicit gains, but failed.

一日，坐都堂，盛怒，以官事召留守，將罪之，留守昌言：「大奴所干非法，不敢從，他實無罪。」 One day Temüder sat in the chief minister's hall in a rage and summoned the governor on official business, intending to punish him. The governor spoke plainly: "Your chief slave's demands were illegal, and I refused them. In other matters I am guilty of nothing."

朵兒只廉得其所受弼贓巨萬萬，大奴猶數千，使御史徐元素按得實，入奏。 Through investigation Duoerzhi learned that Temüder had taken bribes from Bi worth tens of millions, and from the chief slave several thousand more. He had Investigating Censor Xu Yuansu establish the facts and memorialized the throne.

帝震怒，有詔逮問，鐵木迭兒逃匿，帝為不御酒數日，以待決獄，盡誅其大奴同惡數人，鐵木迭兒終不能得。 The emperor was furious. An edict ordered Temüder arrested and interrogated, but he fled into hiding. For several days the emperor abstained from wine while awaiting the outcome of the case. Several of Temüder's chief slaves and accomplices were executed, but Temüder himself could not be found.