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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:093:s0077
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 1063Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0024
- Manner: suicideExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0133
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055Explicit 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 1055Explicit 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 1056Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 太平三年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1023Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 清寧四年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1058Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0138
- Source Date: Text: 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 1063Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0050, liaoshi:112:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0077, liaoshi:096:s0033, liaoshi:097:s0025, liaoshi:114:s0018, liaoshi:114:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 清寧九年秋 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 清寧 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0068
- Source Date: Text: 九年七月戊午 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 1042Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0038, liaoshi:019:s0062
- Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044Explicit 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 1031Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0500, liaoshi:066:s0518
- Source Date: Text: 清寧 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 灤河之變 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 興宗敗於李元昊 · Western Year: AD 1044Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:109:s0009, liaoshi:109:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 重元亂 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1034Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:109:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 重熙十八年 · Western Year: AD 1049Explicit 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
- Lineage: Descent line of Emperor Shengzong / 聖宗文武大孝宣皇帝系Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0500, liaoshi:066:s0518
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 1056Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0086
- Label: Grand Marshal of all armies under Heaven / 天下兵馬大元帥 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 1055Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0017
- Label: Commissioner of the Northern Commission / 北院樞密使 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
- Label: Director of the Marshal's Bureau / 知元帥府事 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
- Label: Prefect of Nanjing / 南京留守 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0125
- Title: golden pledge certificate / 金券誓書 · Action: grantedExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0128
- Title: Imperial Younger Brother / 皇太弟 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0124
- Title: Prince of Qin / 秦國王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0122
- Title: Imperial Younger Uncle / 皇太叔 · Action: installedExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0129
- Status: arrogant-and-unrestrained · Action: enteredExplicit · liaoshi:109:s0017
- Status: imperial younger brother · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:019:s0062
- Status: clan-extermination-of-party · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年七月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · 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 1063Explicit · liaoshi:114:s0027, liaoshi:114:s0052
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-withExplicit · liaoshi:109:s0016
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: associatedExplicit · liaoshi:101:s0006
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: belonged-toExplicit · liaoshi:092:s0050
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: member-of
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: member-ofExplicit · liaoshi:110:s0128
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:112:s0018
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · liaoshi:096:s0191
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · liaoshi:114:s0063
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · liaoshi:112:s0132
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 rebellionExplicit · 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 1063Explicit · 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 1055Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0019
- Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: rebel plot involving Xiao GeExplicit · 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: suppressedExplicit · liaoshi:092:s0050
- Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0130
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelledExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0006
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelledExplicit · liaoshi:110:s0128
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel-leader · Action: revolted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重元亂 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0006
- Explicit · liaoshi:109:s0018, liaoshi:109:s0019
- Kind: military-campaign · Role: commander of the vanguard on the western expeditionExplicit · 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-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:109:s0017, liaoshi:109:s0020
- Assessment: led the Luan River crisis that endangered Emperor Daozong · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:096:s0191
- Item: gold tally / 金券 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · liaoshi:021:s0138
References in the histories
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