Nieli (涅裏) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Nieli as a clan leader, official, statesman, and tribal leader. This record brings together 5 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	Nieli	涅裏	Nieli
Title	founding ancestor of Liao	遼始祖	Liáo shǐzǔ
Epithet	Liao founding ancestor Nieli	遼始祖涅裏
Personal	Nieli	涅裏	Nièlǐ
Personal name	Nieli	涅裏	Nièlǐ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:032:s0098
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028

Roles

Clan Leader
Official
Statesman
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐開元、天寶間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 756
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0147
Source Date: Text: 至涅裏始制部族 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 756
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0098
Source Date: Text: 遼始祖涅裏立遙輦氏 · Western Interval: Start: AD 750 · End: AD 860
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:032:s0147, liaoshi:032:s0148
Label: founding ancestor of Liao / 遼始祖
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028

Career and standing

Label: chief minister of state / 國相 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:032:s0147
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028
Organization: Yaonian clan / 遙輦氏 · Relation: established
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028
Organization: Yilie bu / 叠剌部 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0149

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: assistant · Action: assisted-dividing-Yelu-and-Shenmi · Other Person Id: Zuwu (阻午) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 涅裏相午阻可汗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 756
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0154
Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: established-bu-system-with-allotted-lands · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至涅裏始制部族 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 756
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0098
Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: established-Yaonian-clan
Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0028
Kind: political · Role: installer · Action: installed-as-Khan-Zuwu · Other Person Id: Zuwu (阻午) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐開元、天寶間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 713 · End: AD 756
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0147
Relation: assistant-to · Person Id: Zuwu (阻午)
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0154
Relation: installer-of · Person Id: Zuwu (阻午)
Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0147

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 2: Management of Guards 2 · 4 passages

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至涅裏始制部族，各有分地。 From when Nieli first established the bu system, each had allotted land.

當唐開元、天寶間，大賀氏既微，遼始祖涅裏立迪輦祖裏為阻午可汗。 When Tang was in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao era, the Dahe clan had already declined; Liao founding ancestor Nieli installed Dilian Zuli as Khan Zuwu.

涅裏所統叠剌部自為別部，不與其列。 The Yilie bu that Nieli ruled was itself a separate bu and not listed among them.

涅裏相午阻可汗，分三耶律為七，二審密為五，並前八部為二十部。 Nieli assisted Khan Zuwu, divided three Yelü into seven and two Shenmi into five, and together with the former eight bu made twenty bu.

History of Liao, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 28: Ceremonial Guards 4 · 1 passage

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遼始祖涅裏立遙輦氏，世為國相，目見耳聞，歆企帝王之容輝有年矣。 The founding ancestor of Liao, Nieli, established the Yaonian clan and served for generations as chief minister of state; through what he saw and heard, he had long admired and yearned for the splendor of the Tang emperors.