Song, Liao, and Jin · Emperor of Liao in Chongxi era

Liao emperor 帝

Attested AD 1043 - AD 1043

Passages: 10
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liao emperor as a ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liao emperor	帝
Title	Emperor	帝
Title	the emperor	帝
Title	the emperor	上

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0101
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:113:s0094

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Strongly inferred · liaoshi:113:s0113

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 重熙12年 · Western Year: AD 1043
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0096, liaoshi:081:s0101
Source Date: Text: 重熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1043
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0093, liaoshi:113:s0094

Career and standing

Label: pardoned several condemned prisoners / 赦死囚數人 · Action: pardoned · Purpose: merit-offering for Xiaozhong
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0101

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: ruled
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0101
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0094

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革)
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0094, liaoshi:113:s0113

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: mourner · Action: mourned-Xiaozhong-pardoned-prisoners-attended-burial · Other Person Id: Xiao Xiaozhong (蕭孝忠)
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0101, liaoshi:081:s0102

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 81Volume 81 Biographies 11: Yelu Shilu, Wang Jizhong, Xiao Xiaozhong, Chen Zhaogun, Xiao Hezhuo · 1 passage

帝素服哭臨，赦死囚數人，為孝忠薦福。 The emperor wore plain mourning garb and came to weep; he pardoned several condemned prisoners to accumulate merit for Xiaozhong.

History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 9 passages

帝嘗與近臣宴，謂革曰：「朕知卿才，故自拔擢，卿宜勉力！」 At a feast with his intimates the emperor said to Ge, "I know your ability, which is why I promoted you myself—you must do your utmost!"

革曰：「臣不才，誤蒙聖知，無以報萬一，惟竭愚忠，安敢怠？」 Ge replied, "I am without talent yet have wrongly won Your Majesty's favor; I can never repay you in the least, and can only offer my poor loyalty—how could I dare be remiss?"

帝不聽。 The emperor would not heed him.

一日，上令義先對革巡擲，義先酒酣曰：「臣備位大臣，縱不能進忠去佞，安能與賊博乎！」 One day the emperor had Yixian play pitch-pot against Ge; Yixian, deep in his cups, said, "I may hold a minister's title in name only, but even if I cannot advance the loyal and drive out flatterers, how can I gamble with a traitor?"

帝怒，皇后解之曰：「義先酒狂，醒可治也。」 The emperor was furious, but the empress intervened: "Yixian is drunk and unruly; when he sobers he can be set right."

翌日，上詔革謂曰：「義先無禮，可痛繩之。」 The next day the emperor told Ge privately, "Yixian was insolent—you may punish him as you see fit."

革曰：「義先之才，豈逃聖鑒！ Ge replied, "Your Majesty knows Yixian's ability only too well!

帝以革犯而不校，眷遇益厚。 The emperor, impressed that Ge had borne the insult without striking back, favored him all the more.

帝大漸，詔革曰：「大位不可一日曠，朕若弗寤，宜即令燕趙國王嗣位。」 As the emperor's illness grew grave, he told Ge, "The throne cannot stand empty even for a day; if I do not recover, you should at once have the Prince of Yan and Zhao succeed me."