Güyük (定宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Güyük as a ruler. This record brings together 3 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	Güyük	定宗
Temple name	Dingzong	定宗	Dìngzōng
Personal name	Güyük

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 歲戊申 · Western Year: AD 1248 · Statement: 定宗崩 — Güyük died, leaving the throne long empty
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…夏 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: summer · Western Year: AD 1252
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Source Date: Text: 歲戊申，定宗崩 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1248 · End: AD 1251
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Source Date: Text: 歲戊申 · Western Year: AD 1248
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Family

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Spouse of Oghul Qaimish (海迷失)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage

Career and standing

Statement: chosen as emperor by Empress Töregene and her party, in breach of Ögedei's command · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Source Person Id: Möge (木哥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 歲戊申，定宗崩 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1248 · End: AD 1251
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References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 3 passages

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歲戊申，定宗崩，朝廷久未立君，中外洶洶，咸屬意於帝，而覬覦者眾，議未決。 In the wushen year Güyük died. For a long time the throne stood empty; alarm spread through court and camp alike, and though many looked to Möngke, others coveted the succession and no agreement could be reached.

時定宗皇后海迷失所遣使者八剌在坐，曰：「昔太宗命以皇孫失烈門為嗣，諸王百官皆與聞之。 Bal, an envoy of Güyük's empress Oghul Qaimish, was present and said, "Ögedei once commanded that his grandson Shiremün succeed him, and every prince and official heard the order.

然前議立定宗，由皇后脫列忽乃與汝輩為之，是則違太宗之命者，汝等也，今尚誰咎耶？」 Yet when Güyük was chosen, it was Empress Töregene and your party who did it. You were the ones who broke Ögedei's command — whom do you blame now?"