Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Sahelian 撒合輦

Attested AD 1151 - AD 1234

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Sahelian as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Sahelian 撒合輦 Sahelian
Changed Bao 褒 Bao
Title Duke of Shu 舒國公
Personal name Sahe Nian 撒合輦 Sahe Nian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天德三年 · Western Year: AD 1151
    Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:069:s0107
  • Source Date: Text: 金末中京之圍 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1214 · End: AD 1234
    Strongly inferred · jinshi:130:s0066

Family

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  • Spouse of Lady Duji (獨吉氏)
    Kinship Term: married to / 適 · Union Category: marriage
  • Child of Zong Min (宗敏)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: defender of the Central Capital / 中京留守 · Action: held
    Explicit · jinshi:130:s0066

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 7: Taizu Sons: Zong Jun Formerly Named Eluguan, Zong Jie Formerly Named Meiliye, Zong Qiang Formerly Named Alu, Son: Shuang (Formerly Named Alin) Kexi, a Suo, Zong Min Formerly Named Alubu, Yuan Formerly Named Changsheng · 1 passage
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History of Jin, Chapter 130Volume 130 Biographies 68: Exemplary Women: The Wife of A Lin; The Wife of Li Baoxin; The Wife of Han Qingmin; Lei Fu, née Shi; Kang Zhuzhu; The Wife of Li Wen; The Wife of Li Ying; The Wife of Xiang Qi; A Luzhen; The Wife of Sahe Nian; The Wife of Xu Gu; Feng Miaozhen; Lady Pucha; Lady Wugulun; The Wife of Su Lan; The Wife of Mang Ge; Lady Yin; Lady Bai; Nie Xiaonü; The Wife of Zhong De; Lady Li of Baofu; Zhang Fengnu · 5 passages
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撒合輦為中京留守，大兵圍之，撒合輦疽發背不能軍，獨吉氏度城必破，謂撒合輦曰：「公本無功能，徒以宗室故嘗在禁近，以至提點近侍局，同判睦親府，今又為留守外路第一等官，受國家恩最厚。 Sahe Nian was defender of the Central Capital when the main enemy army laid siege. A carbuncle on his back left him unable to take the field. Lady Duji saw that the city would fall and told him, "You never had great talent; you rose only as a member of the imperial clan—first near the throne as director of the Bureau of Palace Attendants and associate administrator of the Office of Imperial Kin, and now as defender, the highest post on the frontier circuits. The state has favored you beyond measure.
撒合輦出巡城，獨吉氏乃取平日衣服妝具玩好布之臥榻，資貨悉散之家人，豔妝盛服過於平日，且戒女使曰：「我死則扶置榻上，以衾覆面，四圍舉火焚之。 While Sahe Nian went out to inspect the walls, Lady Duji spread her everyday clothes, cosmetics, and treasures on the couch, gave her valuables to the household, dressed more richly than ever, and told her maids, "When I die, lay me on the couch, cover my face with a quilt, and burn me on all sides.