Five Dynasties · Named Individual

Liu Ge 劉哥

Liú Gē

Attested AD 947 - AD 951

Passages
30
Chapters
5
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Ge as an aristocrat, assassin, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 30 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Ge 劉哥 Liú Gē
Personal name Liu Ge 劉哥 Liú Gē
Personal name Liuge 劉哥 Liúgē
Personal Liuge 劉哥 Liuge
Courtesy Mingyin 明隱 Mingyin
Title tiyin 惕隱
Title Tiyin 惕隱
Surname Yelü 耶律
Personal Yelü Liuge 耶律劉哥 Yelü Liuge

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Assassin
  • Military Officer
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: thousand-headed carbuncle · Place: Wugu tribe / 烏古部
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0051

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 世宗即位於鎮陽 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:112:s0073, liaoshi:112:s0074
  • Source Date: Text: 六月甲寅朔 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0005
  • Source Date: Text: 天祿中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0043
  • Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0072
  • Source Date: Text: 天祿二年春正月 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0043
  • Source Date: Text: 天祿元年 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 太宗崩後 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 會同十年 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0032, liaoshi:113:s0033

Family

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  • Child of Yindishi (寅底石)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Anduan (安端)
    Kinship Term: uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Pendu (盆都)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿元年 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0020
  • Label: Grand Xiangwen of the southwestern border / 西南邊大詳穩 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0031
  • Label: Tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0042
  • Label: xiangwen / 詳穩 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月甲寅朔 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0005
  • Status: exile · Action: exiled to Wugu tribe
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0051
  • Label: transferred / 遷 · Action: punished
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0081
  • Status: exile · Action: sentenced
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0061
  • Status: exile · Action: transferred-to-frontier · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年春正月 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0044

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: aided Shizong; fought Li Hu · Other Person Id: Li Hu (李胡) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同十年 · Western Year: AD 947
  • Kind: military · Role: vanguard-volunteer · Action: offered-as-vanguard · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月甲寅朔 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0005
  • Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted rebellion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 951
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0043
  • Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-rebellion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年春正月 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0043
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: plotted-rebellion
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0061
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
  • Kind: assassination · Role: plotter · Action: tried to murder emperor while gambling
    Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0044

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 7 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 16 passages