Sui and Tang · Tribal Leader

Mochuo 默啜

Mòchuò

Attested AD 691 - AD 716

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mochuo was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 691 to AD 716 突厥默啜
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 252

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Mochuo (默啜子)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 261

Places and affiliations

Polity Türks 突厥 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 252

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 258

Events and relationships

Bound hair, put on purple robes, bowed as subject, sent son to court
Diplomatic · Ruler · With He Fengyao (和逢堯)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 261

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 6 passages

突厥默啜請尚公主，逢堯以御史中丞攝鴻臚卿，報可。 The Türk khaghan Mochuo requested a princess in marriage; Fengyao as Vice Censor-in-Chief acting as Director of the Court for Dependencies reported approval.

默啜遣貴近頡利來曰：「詔送金鏤具鞍，乃塗金，非天子意。 Mochuo sent a noble attendant Jieli to say, "The edict promised a gold-inlaid saddle set, yet it is only gilded—not the emperor's intent.

可汗乃貪金而不貴信邪？」 Does the khaghan covet gold and not prize good faith?"

默啜聞曰：「漢使至吾國眾矣，斯食鐵石人，不可易。」 Mochuo heard and said, "Han envoys have come to our state in great numbers; this iron-biting man cannot be changed."

逢堯說之曰：「天子昔為單於都護，思與可汗通舊好，可汗當向風慕義，襲冠冕，取重諸蕃。」 Fengyao persuaded him: "The emperor was once Protector-General of the Xiongnu and wishes to renew old friendship with the khaghan. The khaghan ought to turn toward righteousness, assume cap and regalia, and win esteem among the tribes".

默啜信之，為斂發紫衣，南面再拜稱臣，遣子入朝。 Mochuo believed him, bound his hair and put on purple robes, faced south and twice bowed as subject, and sent his son to court.