Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Tribal Leader and Royal Family Member

Chuluohou 處羅侯

First attested AD 578; died AD 588

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chuluohou was a Tribal Leader and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 588 八年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139

Attested activity

AD 581 開皇元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 85, 91, 102
AD 587 七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130-131
AD 588 八年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139
AD 578 to AD 579 宣帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 77-79
AD 580 to AD 581 時高祖作相
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passages 78, 80
AD 587 to AD 588 處羅侯之子也
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passage 154

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Rangan (染幹)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 154
Kin of Tardu Khan (達頭可汗)
uncle, nephew, or brother 叔侄兄弟 · Uncertain
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passage 85
Sibling of Shetu (攝圖)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 77, 91, 130

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Türk 突厥
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passage 77

Career and standing

Qaghan Mohe 莫何可汗
AD 587 七年 · Invested
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130

Places and affiliations

Polity Türks 突厥 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 77
Polity Türks 突厥 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 85, 130

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Sheng (晟) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Speaker Chuluohou (處羅侯)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 131

Events and relationships

Died and was mourned
AD 588 八年 · Ritual · Deceased
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139
Entered covert alliance with Zhangsun Sheng while envied by Shetu
Political · Ally
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 78
Hunted with Sheng, who thereby observed tribal terrain and strength
Military · Companion
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 79
Induced to submit
AD 581 開皇元年 · Diplomatic · Submitter
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 102
Invested as Qaghan Mohe
AD 587 七年 · Political · Beneficiary
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130
Offered to seize Abo
AD 587 七年 · Political · Proposer · With Abo (阿波)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

Assessment crafty, popular, militarily weak; envied by Shetu · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Sheng (晟)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 91
Assessment especially beloved by the people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 77

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 77, 85, 130

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 10 passages

其弟處羅侯號突利設，尤得眾心。 His younger brother Chuluohou, who bore the title Tuli she, enjoyed exceptional popularity.

而為攝圖所忌，密托心腹，陰與晟盟。 Shetu envied him, however; Chuluohou secretly placed his trust in confidants and entered a covert alliance with Sheng.

晟先知攝圖、玷厥、阿波、突利等叔侄兄弟各統強兵，俱號可汗，分居四面，內懷猜忌，外示和同，難以力征，易可離間，因上書曰：「臣聞喪亂之極，必致升平，是故上天啟其機，聖人成其務。 Sheng had long known that Shetu, Dianjue, Abo, Tuli, and other kinsmen each commanded powerful forces, all called themselves qaghan, and held separate domains on four sides; inwardly suspicious yet outwardly cordial, they could not easily be crushed by force but could readily be divided; he therefore memorialized, "I have heard that the depth of disorder must give way to great peace, and that Heaven opens the moment for the sage to complete the work.

又處羅侯者，攝圖之弟，奸多而勢弱，曲取於眾心，國人愛之，因為攝圖所忌，其心殊不自安，跡示彌縫，實懷疑懼。 Chuluohou, Shetu's younger brother, is crafty and popular yet militarily weak; beloved by the tribes, he is envied by Shetu, lives in deep unease, and though he appears accommodating is inwardly fearful.

又引處羅，遣連奚、霫，則攝圖分眾，還備左方。 Win over Chuluohou and connect him with the Xi and Xí as well, and Shetu will have to split his forces to guard the east.

授晟車騎將軍，出黃龍道，齎幣賜奚、霫、契丹等，遣為嚮導，得至處羅侯所，深布心腹，誘令內附。 Sheng was made General of Chariots and Cavalry, marched out by the Yellow Dragon route, presented gifts to the Xi, Xí, Khitan, and others, and used them as guides until he reached Chuluohou, won his confidence, and persuaded him to submit to the dynasty.

七年，攝圖死，遣晟持節拜其弟處羅侯為莫何可汗，以其子雍閭為葉護可汗。 In the seventh year Shetu died; Sheng was dispatched with credentials to invest his younger brother Chuluohou as Qaghan Mohe and his son Yonglu as Yabghu Qaghan.

處羅侯因晟奏曰：「阿波為天所滅，與五六千騎在山谷間，伏聽詔旨，當取之以獻。」 Chuluohou reported through Sheng, "Abo has been brought low by Heaven and lingers in the valleys with five or six thousand horsemen, waiting on your command; I will seize him and present him as captive."

八年，處羅侯死，遣晟往吊，仍齎陳國所獻寶器以賜雍閭。 In the eighth year Chuluohou died; Sheng was sent to mourn him and carried treasures that Chen had presented to bestow upon Yonglu.

且染幹者，處羅侯之子也，素有誠款，於今兩代。 Rangan, the son of Chuluohou, has shown sincere loyalty across two reigns.