Song, Liao, and Jin · Royal Family Member and Rebel

Chongyuan 重元

Died AD 1063

Passages
67
Chapters
19
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chongyuan as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 67 passages from 19 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chongyuan 重元 Chongyuan
Childhood name Beijizhi 孛吉只 Bójízhǐ
Personal Chongyuan 重元 Chóngyuán
Personal name Chongyuan 重元 Chóngyuán
Personal name Chongyuan 重元 Chongyuan
Personal Chongyuan 重元
Given name Chongyuan 重元 Zhòngyuán
Title Imperial Grand Younger Brother Chongyuan 皇太弟重元
Title imperial uncle 皇太叔
Title imperial uncle 皇太叔 Huang Taishu
Title Imperial Younger Brother 皇太弟
Title Imperial Younger Brother Chongyuan 太弟重元
Title Imperial Younger Uncle 皇太叔
Title Prince of Qin 秦國王
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Personal name Yelü Chongyuan 耶律重元 Yēlǜ Zhòngyuán
Descriptive kinship younger son Chongyuan 少子重元
Personal Zhongyuan 重元

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: suicide · Place: great desert / 大漠 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年七月庚申 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0024
  • Manner: suicide
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0133

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0017, liaoshi:021:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:087:s0078, liaoshi:087:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0086
  • Source Date: Text: 太平三年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1023
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧四年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1058
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0138
  • Source Date: Text: 九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:099:s0052, liaoshi:110:s0123, liaoshi:110:s0128
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧九年秋 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0068
  • Source Date: Text: 九年七月戊午 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 1042
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0038, liaoshi:019:s0062
  • Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0107, liaoshi:019:s0134
  • Source Date: Text: 右係出聖宗文武大孝宣皇帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 1031
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0500, liaoshi:066:s0518
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0006
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 灤河之變 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0191
  • Source Date: Text: 興宗敗於李元昊 · Western Year: AD 1044
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:109:s0009, liaoshi:109:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 重元亂 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0006
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1034
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:109:s0048
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十八年 · Western Year: AD 1049
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0022

Family

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  • Kin of Daozong (道宗)
    Kinship Term: imperial uncle / 皇太叔 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Daozong (道宗之父)
  • Kin of Hongji (洪基)
    Kinship Term: imperial uncle / 皇太叔 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: Prince Chongyuan / 重元
  • Descendant of Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Kinship Term: descent line from / 係出 · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Xingzong (興宗)
    Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 太弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
    Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇太弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: Imperial Younger Brother / 皇太弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother of the heir / 次子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • Sibling of Father of Daozong (道宗之父)
    Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 太叔 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: paternal
  • Child of Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
  • Kin of Son of Xiao Ge (蕭革之子)
    Kinship Term: son-in-law / 婿 · Subject Role: son-in-law · Object Role: father-in-law
  • Parent of Nielugu (涅魯古)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Object Role: son
  • Child of Empress Qin'ai (欽哀皇后)
    Kinship Term: younger son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: grand marshal of all armies and horses under Heaven / 天下兵馬大元帥 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年乙巳 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0086
  • Label: Grand Marshal of all armies under Heaven / 天下兵馬大元帥 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0129
  • Label: imperial uncle / 皇太叔 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年壬辰 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0017
  • Label: Commissioner of the Northern Commission / 北院樞密使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
  • Label: Director of the Marshal's Bureau / 知元帥府事 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
  • Label: Prefect of Nanjing / 南京留守 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
  • Title: golden pledge certificate / 金券誓書 · Action: granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0128
  • Title: Imperial Younger Brother / 皇太弟 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0124
  • Title: Prince of Qin / 秦國王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0122
  • Title: Imperial Younger Uncle / 皇太叔 · Action: installed
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0129
  • Status: arrogant-and-unrestrained · Action: entered
    Explicit · liaoshi:109:s0017
  • Status: imperial younger brother · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0062
  • Status: clan-extermination-of-party · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年七月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0023
  • Title: usurped title / 僭位號 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: attacked-mobile-palace · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年七月戊午 · Western Year: AD 1063 · Other Person Ids: Nielugu (涅魯古), Chenliu (陳六), Xiao Hudu (蕭胡睹), Tiebu (貼不)
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0020
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel-leader · Action: Chongyuan rebellion
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0091
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: held-troops-against-traveling-encampment · Place: Luan River / 灤河 · Other Person Id: Hongji (洪基) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 灤河之變 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0191
  • Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: reassured-Nanjing · Place: Nanjing / 南京 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年甲午 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0019
  • Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: rebel plot involving Xiao Ge
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0122
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063 · Outcome: suppressed
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0050
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelled · Other Person Id: Nielugu (涅魯古)
    Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0130
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelled
    Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0006
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled
    Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0128
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel-leader · Action: revolted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重元亂 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0006
  • Kind: personal · Role: gambler · Action: won-cities-at-backgammon · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)
  • Kind: military-campaign · Role: commander of the vanguard on the western expedition
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0134
  • Relation: rebelled-against · Person Id: Hongji (洪基)
    Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0191

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: arrogant and lawless after favor; compared to Prince Xiao of Liang and Zheng Shuduan · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: led the Luan River crisis that endangered Emperor Daozong · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0191
  • Item: gold tally / 金券 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0138

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 4 passages
戊午,皇太叔重元與其子楚國王涅魯古及陳國王陳六、同知北院樞密使事蕭胡睹、衛王貼不、林牙涅剌溥古、統軍使蕭叠裏得、駙馬都尉參及弟術者、圖骨、旗鼓拽剌詳穩耶律郭九、文班太保奚叔、內藏提點烏骨、護衛左太保敵不古、按答、副宮使韓家奴、寶神奴等凡四百人,誘脅弩手軍犯行宮。 On wuwu day the imperial uncle Chongyuan with his son Prince of Chu Nielugu, Prince of Chen Chenliu, associate Northern Court privy commissioner Xiao Hudu, Prince of Wei Tiebu, linya Nielu Pugu, supreme commander Xiao Dielide, imperial son-in-law Can and his younger brother Muzhe, Tugu, drum-and-banner zhala detail-stable Yelü Guojiu, civil-class grand guardian Xi Shu, inner treasury intendant Wugu, Defender of the Left grand guardian Dibugu, Andada, deputy palace commissioner Han Jianu, Baoshennu, and others totaling four hundred men coerced crossbow troops to attack the mobile palace.
History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 17: · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 20: Xiao Ala, Yelu Yixian, Xiao Taowei, Xiao Talage, Yelu Dilu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 22: Xiao Duola, Xiao Puda, Yelu Houshen, Yelu Guyue, Yelu Dumei, Xiao Hanjia, Xiao Wuye · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 23: Xiao Hui, Xiao Yulu, Xiao Tuyu, Yelu Duozhen · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 17 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 99Volume 99 Biographies 29: Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, Yelu Shiliu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 101Volume 101 Biographies 31: Xiao Taosuwo, Yelu Axibao, Xiao Yixue, Xiao Hudu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 109Volume 109 Biographies 39: Music and Imperial Officials · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 111Volume 111 Biographies 41: Treacherous Ministers 2 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 12 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 44: Rebellious Officials 3 · 8 passages