Khitan ruler (契丹主)

Overview

Khitan ruler was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 927 to AD 947 契丹主
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 159
AD 947 晉末，契丹入洛
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 160

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 159

Events and relationships

Appointed
Political · Appointing ruler · With Zhao Feng (趙鳳)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 159
Entered
AD 947 晉末 · Military · Ruler · At Luoyang 洛
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 160

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had long heard of Zhao Feng's fierceness and cunning · With Zhao Feng (趙鳳) · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Khitan ruler (契丹主)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 159

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 129Volume 129 Book of Later Zhou 31: Biographies 9: Chang Si, Di Guangye, Cao Ying, Li Yanyun, Li Hui, Li Jianchong, Wang Zhongyi, Sun Hanyin, Xu Qian, Zhao Feng, Qi Cangzhen, Wang Huan, Zhang Yanchao, Zhang Ying, Liu Renshan · 1 passage

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契丹主素聞其桀黠，署為羽林軍使，累遷羽林都指揮使，常令將兵在邊，貝、冀之民，日罹其患。 The Khitan ruler had long heard of his fierceness and appointed him commander of the Feathered Forest Army; he rose to commander of the Feathered Forest Guard, often led troops on the frontier, and the people of Bei and Ji suffered him daily.