Kublai (忽必烈) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Kublai as an administrator, general, and royal family member. This record brings together 9 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	Kublai	忽必烈
Personal name	Kublai	忽必烈

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:003:s0033

Roles

Administrator
General
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0144, yuanshi:003:s0186, yuanshi:003:s0196
Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 1258
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0144, yuanshi:003:s0145, yuanshi:003:s0152
Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…秋七月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: autumn · Lunar Month: 7 · Western Year: AD 1252
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0051, yuanshi:003:s0057
Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…八月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 1252
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0051, yuanshi:003:s0059
Source Date: Text: 三年癸丑…九月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 9 · Western Year: AD 1253
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0063, yuanshi:003:s0078
Source Date: Text: 元年辛亥 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1251
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0029, yuanshi:003:s0033
Source Date: Text: 四年甲寅…冬 · Regnal Year: 4 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 1254
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0083, yuanshi:003:s0087, yuanshi:003:s0088
Source Date: Text: 六年丙辰春 · Regnal Year: 6 · Season: spring · Western Year: AD 1256
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0109, yuanshi:003:s0111
Source Date: Text: 七年丁巳…冬 · Regnal Year: 7 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 1257
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0126, yuanshi:003:s0142, yuanshi:003:s0143

Family

Sibling of Möngke (蒙哥)
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother

Career and standing

Label: administrator of the Mongol and Han households / 領治蒙古、漢地民戶 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年辛亥 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1251
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0033

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: participant · Action: came to meet the Emperor south of the desert, attended the great banquet, and was afterwards sent back to his appanage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年丁巳…冬 · Regnal Year: 7 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 1257 · Other Person Id: Möngke (蒙哥)
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0143
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: halted at Lintao and ordered the commander Wang Tiange to hold Lizhou as the opening move for taking Shu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…八月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 1252 · Other Person Id: Wang Tiange (汪田哥) · Place: Lintao / 臨洮
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0059
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: halted at Tere and divided his army into three columns to advance · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年癸丑…九月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 9 · Western Year: AD 1253 · Place: Tere / 忒剌
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0078
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered to campaign against Dali · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…秋七月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: autumn · Lunar Month: 7 · Western Year: AD 1252 · Place: Dali / 大理
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0057
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered to command the Mongol and Han armies of all circuits in the campaign against the Song · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十一月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 1258
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0196
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: returned from Dali, leaving Uriyangqadai to attack the unsubdued tribes, and came to the hunt to pay homage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年甲寅…冬 · Regnal Year: 4 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 1254 · Other Person Id: Uriyangqadai (兀良合台)
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0088
Kind: political · Role: petitioner · Action: sent Mör-gechi to the imperial camp to petition for conscripting more Han troops from the interior circuits; the request was granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年丙辰春 · Regnal Year: 6 · Season: spring · Western Year: AD 1256 · Other Person Id: Mör-gechi (沒兒合石)
Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0111

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 9 passages

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遂改更庶政：命皇弟忽必烈領治蒙古、漢地民戶； He then reorganized the government: his brother Kublai was put in charge of Mongol and Han households;

秋七月，命忽必烈征大理，諸王禿兒花、撒立征身毒，怯的不花征沒裏奚，旭烈征西域素丹諸國。 In the seventh month of autumn Kublai was ordered against Dali; Princes Törel and Sali against Sind; Qutuq Buqa against the Merkit; and Hulagu against the sultanates of the west.

八月，忽必烈次臨洮，命總帥汪田哥以城利州聞，欲為取蜀之計。 In the eighth month Kublai halted at Lintao and ordered the commander Wang Tiange to hold Lizhou as the first step toward taking Shu.

九月，忽必烈次忒剌地，分兵三道以進。 In the ninth month Kublai halted at Tere and divided his force into three columns for the advance.

忽必烈還自大理，留兀良合台攻諸夷之未附者，入覲於獵所。 Kublai returned from Dali, left Uriyangqadai to subdue the tribes still holding out, and came to the hunt to pay homage.

忽必烈遣沒兒合石詣行在所，奏請續簽內郡漢軍，從之。 Kublai dispatched Mör-gechi to the mobile court to ask for further conscription of Han troops from the interior circuits, and the petition was approved.

忽必烈及諸王阿裏不哥、八里土、出木哈兒、玉龍塔失、昔烈吉、公主脫滅幹等來迎，大燕，既而各遣歸所部。 Kublai and the princes Ariq Böke, Bari-tu, Chumqar, Yulutas, and Siregi, together with Princess Tuomiegan, came out to meet him. A great feast was held, and afterward each was sent home to his domain.

命張柔從忽必烈征鄂，趨杭州。 Zhang Rou was ordered to march with Kublai against Ezhou and drive toward Hangzhou.

命忽必烈統諸路蒙古、漢軍伐宋。 Kublai was ordered to take command of the Mongol and Han armies of every circuit for the war against the Song.