Overview
Khitan ruler was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 944 開運元年春正月己亥Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passages 74, 94-95
- AD 944 開運元年春正月辛卯Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passages 74, 88
Places and affiliations
- Polity Khitan 契丹 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 88
- AD 944 開運元年春正月辛卯At Yuancheng 元城 · Relation Encamped atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 88
Works and attributed material
- What is already settled cannot be changed. 已成之勢，不可改也。AD 944 開運元年春正月己亥 · Letter · Author · With Meng Shouzhong (孟守忠) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Khitan ruler (契丹主)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 95
Events and relationships
- Arrived in forceAD 944 開運元年春正月 · Military · Attacker · At Heng, Cang, and Xing 恒、滄、邢Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 79
- AttackedAD 944 開運元年春正月丙申 · Military · Attacker · At Liyang 黎陽Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 92
- CapturedAD 944 開運元年春正月己卯 · Military · Attacker · At Beizhou 貝州Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 76
- Cavalry reachedAD 944 開運元年春正月丁亥 · Military · Attacker · At Liyang 黎陽Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 83
- Entered and besiegedAD 944 開運元年春正月 · Military · Attacker · At Yanmen, Xinzhou, and Daizhou 雁門、忻、代Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 78
- Pitched command tentAD 944 開運元年春正月辛卯 · Military · Commander · At Yuancheng 元城 · Force 30,000-40,000 armored horsemenDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 88
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Refused to restore allianceAD 944 開運元年春正月己亥 · Diplomatic · AddresseeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passages 94-95
- Relation Overlord of · Person Zhao Yanshou (趙延壽)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 88
References in the histories
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