Overview
The translated histories identify Liao Taizu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 13 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liao Taizu | 遼太祖 | Liáo Tàizǔ |
| Temple | Emperor Taizu | 太祖 | Taizu |
| Title | Heavenly Emperor | 天皇帝 | |
| Temple | Taizu | 太祖 | |
| Temple | Taizu | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Title | Taizu of Liao | 遼太祖 | |
| Title | Taizu the Heavenly Emperor | 太祖天皇帝 | |
| Temple | the Founder | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0423
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:116:s0314
- Source Date: Text: 太祖力戰二十餘年乃得之 · Western Year: AD 926Strongly inferred · liaoshi:028:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 太祖天皇帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926Strongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0423
- Source Date: Text: 神冊三年 · Western Year: AD 918Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0066, liaoshi:116:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 遼太祖建國 · Western Year: AD 916Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 遼太祖朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:116:s0005
Family
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- Ancestor of Shilu (室魯)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Xidi (奚底)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Li Hu (李胡)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Liulishou (留禮壽)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Ma Renwang (馬人望)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Daoyin (道隱)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Yelü Shucheng (耶律庶成)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Wan (宛)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Longxian (隆先)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Chenge (陳哥)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Louguo (婁國)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Dilie (敵烈)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Yaliguo (牙里果)Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
- Child of Dezu (德祖)Kinship Term: Dezu / 德祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kin of Duoguzha (鐸骨札)Kinship Term: elder paternal cousin / 從兄 · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-paternal-cousin · Object Role: younger-paternal-cousin
- Spouse of Empress Chunqin (淳欽皇后)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
- Parent of Li Hu (李胡)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Ma Renwang (馬人望)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Wan (宛)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kin of Guanyin (觀音)Kinship Term: younger cousin by clan / 從姪 · Subject Role: junior-cousin · Object Role: senior-cousin
- Kin of Yelü Xianshi (耶律賢適)Kinship Term: younger cousin by clan / 從姪 · Subject Role: junior-cousin · Object Role: senior-cousin
- Kin of Lubugu (魯不古)Kinship Term: younger cousin by clan / 從姪 · Subject Role: junior-cousin · Object Role: senior-cousin
- Kinship Role: younger-brothers · Quantity: plural · Note: 諸弟 coveted the throneExplicit · liaoshi:066:s0001
Origins and identity
- Label: Liao imperial clan / 遼皇族Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0423
Career and standing
- Label: tribal yilij / 部夷離菫 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:116:s0024
- Title: Heavenly Emperor / 天皇帝 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:066:s0423
- Status: accession · Action: accededExplicit · liaoshi:116:s0024
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: ruled
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · liaoshi:116:s0314
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: founder · Action: built-capital · Place: Linhuang Prefecture / 臨潢府 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊三年 · Western Year: AD 918Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0066
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-with · Other Person Id: Empress Chunqin (淳欽皇后)Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0254
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: conquered · Place: Bohai / Eastern Capital / 渤海/東京Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0058
- Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: founded-realm · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遼太祖建國 · Western Year: AD 916Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0001
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: marked-site-with-arrow · Place: Dragon Eyebrow Palace site / 龍眉宮Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0065
- Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0086
- Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: recruited-miners · Place: Xianhe Ye / 陷河冶Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0139
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: magnanimous forbearance toward covetous younger brothers; far-reaching statecraft · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:066:s0001, liaoshi:066:s0002
References in the histories
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