Five Dynasties · Ruler

Khitan ruler 契丹主

Qidan Zhu

Attested AD 945

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Khitan ruler was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 945 開運二年三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 175, 177, 198, 219

Places and affiliations

Polity Khitan 契丹 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 175, 177, 198, 219

Works and attributed material

Boasted before battle
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 198

Events and relationships

Defeated at Yangcheng fled on camel
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 206, 219

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 4 passages

時賊將趙延壽部曲來降，言：「契丹主昨至古北口，幽州走報，漢軍大下，收卻泰州。 Just then men from the command of the enemy general Zhao Yanshou defected, reporting, "Yesterday the Khitan ruler reached Gubeikou; fugitives from Youzhou brought word that Han armies were marching down in strength and had retaken Taizhou.

戎王率五萬餘騎，來勢極盛，明日前鋒必至，請為之備。」 The Khitan ruler is coming south at the head of more than fifty thousand horsemen in overwhelming force; his vanguard will reach us tomorrow—make ready at once."

契丹主坐車中謂眾曰：「漢軍盡來，只有此耳，今日並可生擒，然後平定天下。」 The Khitan ruler, seated in his carriage, told his host, "Every Han army is here—this is all there is. Today we can take them alive, and then the realm will be ours."

是時，契丹主坐車中，及敗走，車行十餘里，追兵既急，獲一橐駝，乘之而走。 The Khitan ruler had been riding in his carriage; when he fled in defeat the carriage covered more than ten li, but as pursuit closed in he seized a Bactrian camel, mounted it, and escaped.