Pide (頗德) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Pide as an aristocrat, military officer, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Pide	頗德	Pōdé
Personal name	Pide	頗德	Pōdé
Courtesy	Wugulin	兀古鄰	Wùgǔlín

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0104

Roles

Aristocrat
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Age: 49
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0123

Age

Age: 49 · Reckoning: sui · At: death
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0123

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天顯初至會同初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 938
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0106

Family

Kin of Yelu Xieniechi (耶律斜涅赤)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew

Career and standing

Label: Investigation Commissioner / 采訪使 · Action: additionally-appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0110
Label: Left Pishi xiangwen / 左皮室詳穩 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天顯初 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0106
Label: Grand Prince of the Yila tribe / 叠剌部大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同初 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0110
Label: yilijin of the Southern Yuan / 南院夷離堇 · Action: transferred
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0106

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0104

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Addressee Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨)
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0114, liaoshi:073:s0115, liaoshi:073:s0116, liaoshi:073:s0117

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: cut-supply-route · Place: Luzhou / 潞州 · Other Person Id: Zhang Jingda (張敬達)
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0108

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: firm uprightness and refusal to yield · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0120
Kind: physical-description · Statement: handsome and imposing appearance
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0121

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 8 passages

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〈（老古頗德）〉 Laogu and Pide)〉

侄老古、頗德。 His nephews were Laogu and Pide.

頗德，字兀古鄰。 Pide, whose style was Wugulin.

石敬瑭破張敬達軍於太原北，時頗德勒兵為援，敬達遁。 Shi Jingtang defeated Zhang Jingda's army north of Taiyuan. Pide led troops in relief at the time, and Jingda fled.

敬瑭追至晉安寨圍之，頗德領輕騎襲潞州，塞其餉道。 Jingtang pursued to Jin'an Stockade and besieged it. Pide led light cavalry to strike Luzhou and cut off their supply route.

會同初，改叠剌部夷離堇為大王，即拜頗德，既而加采訪使。 At the beginning of Huitong the office of yilijin of the Yila tribe was changed to Grand Prince, and Pide was immediately appointed. Shortly thereafter he was additionally made Investigation Commissioner.

頗德奏曰：「臣伏見官制，北、南院大王品在惕隱上。 Pide memorialized, "Your subject has observed the official system: the rank of the Northern and Southern Yuan grand princes is above that of the tiyin.

頗德狀貌秀偉，初，太祖見之曰：「是子風骨異常兒，必為國器。」 Pide was handsome and imposing in appearance. Early on Taizu saw him and said, "This boy's bearing is unlike ordinary children. He will surely be an instrument of state."