Pendu (盆都) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Pendu as an envoy, family member, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 12 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Pendu	盆都	Péndū
Personal name	Pendu	盆都	Péndū
Given name	Pendu	盆都	Péndū
Personal	Pendu	盆都	Pendu
Surname	Yelü	耶律	Yēlǜ
Personal name	Yelü Pendu	耶律盆都	Yēlǜ Péndū

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0043
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:061:s0061, liaoshi:066:s0274, liaoshi:077:s0010, liaoshi:112:s0093, liaoshi:113:s0053

Roles

Envoy
Family Member
Military Officer
Named Individual
Rebel
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution by dismemberment
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0056

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0061
Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0072
Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0055
Source Date: Text: 天祿二年春正月 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0043
Source Date: Text: 天祿五年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:112:s0093, liaoshi:112:s0094
Source Date: Text: 天祿初 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0054
Source Date: Text: 遼皇族表 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0274

Family

Descendant of Dezu (德祖)
Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
Sibling of Liu Ge (劉哥)
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
Sibling of Xijian (奚蹇)
Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Sibling of Huagelü (化葛裏)
Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: paternal-half

Origins and identity

Label: Liao imperial clan / 遼皇族
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0274

Career and standing

Label: Pishi Xiangwen / 皮室詳穩 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿初 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0054
Status: punitive-envoy · Action: sent-as-envoy-to-Kirghiz · 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

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0274
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0043, liaoshi:113:s0054

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: participant · Action: joined Chagai rebellion · Other Person Id: Chage (察割)
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0056
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: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent to Kirghiz · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0055
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to-Kirghiz · Place: Kirghiz / 轄戛斯國
Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0061
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent · Place: Kirghiz / 轄戛斯國
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0081

Assessments and attributes

Kind: physical-description · Statement: skin like snakeskin; cruel and strong
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0053

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 2 passages

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二年春正月，天德、蕭翰、劉哥、盆都等謀反。 In the spring of the second year, first month, Tiande, Xiao Han, Liu Ge, Pendu, and others plotted rebellion.

誅天德，杖蕭翰，遷劉哥於邊，罰盆都使轄戛斯國。 Tiande was executed, Xiao Han was flogged, Liu Ge was transferred to the frontier, and Pendu was punished by being sent as envoy to the Kirghiz.

History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage

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世宗天祿二年，天德、蕭翰、劉哥及其弟盆都等謀反，天德伏誅，杖翰，流劉哥，遣盆都使轄戛斯國。 In Shizong's second year of Tianlu, Tiande, Xiao Han, Liuge, and Liuge's brother Pendu plotted rebellion. Tiande was executed, Han beaten, Liuge exiled, and Pendu dispatched as envoy to the Kirghiz.

History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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盆都。 Pendu.

History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 2 passages

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天祿二年，耶律天德、蕭翰謀反下獄，惕隱劉哥及其弟盆都結天德等為亂。 In the second year of Tianlu, Yelu Tiande and Xiao Han were imprisoned for plotting rebellion; the tiyin Liuge and his younger brother Pendu joined Tiande and others in a conspiracy.

誅天德，杖翰，遷劉哥，以盆都使轄戛斯國。 Tiande was executed, Han was flogged, Liuge was transferred, and Pendu was sent as envoy to the Kirghiz.

History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 1 passage

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察割以謀告耶律盆都，盆都從之。 Chaguo revealed the plot to Yelü Pendu, who joined him.

History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 5 passages

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〈（盆都）〉 Pendu)〉

復結惕隱劉哥及其弟盆都亂，耶律石剌告屋質，屋持遽入奏之，翰等不伏。 He again joined with Tiyin Liuge and Liuge's younger brother Pendu in a plot; Yelü Shila reported it to Wuzhi, who rushed in to inform the throne, but Han and his fellows would not confess.

天祿中，與其弟盆都、王子天德、侍衛蕭翰謀反，耶律石剌發其事，劉哥以飾辭免。 During the Tianlu era he plotted rebellion with his younger brother Pendu, Prince Tiande, and the guard Xiao Han; Yelü Shila exposed the plot, but Liuge talked his way free.

弟盆都。 His younger brother Pendu.

盆都，殘忍多力，膚若蛇皮。 Pendu was cruel and immensely strong, and his skin resembled snakeskin.