Taizu (太祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Taizu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 12 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	Taizu	太祖	Taizu
Title	Emperor Taizu	太祖皇帝	Tàizǔ huángdì
Title	Heavenly Emperor	天皇帝	Tiānhuángdì
Temple	Taizu	太祖	Taizu
Personal	Taizu	遼太祖	Liáo Tàizǔ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0008

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天顯元年 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0221
Source Date: Text: 太祖以遙輦氏於越受禪 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 916
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0085
Source Date: Text: 太祖分叠剌夷離堇 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0013
Source Date: Text: 太祖置惕隱 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0089
Source Date: Text: 神冊六年 · Western Year: AD 921
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0008
Source Date: Text: 遼太祖有帝王之度 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 926
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0230

Family

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Child of Dezu (德祖)
Kinship Term: eldest son / 元子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Line: paternal
Sibling of Su (蘇)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Line: paternal
Sibling of Lage (剌葛)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Line: paternal
Sibling of Anduan (安端)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Line: paternal
Sibling of Yelü Diela (迭剌)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Line: paternal
Sibling of Yindi Shi (寅底石)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Line: paternal

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0008
Label: Horizontal Account / 橫帳
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0190

Career and standing

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖以遙輦氏於越受禪 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 916
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0085

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0008

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: conqueror · Action: absorbed-xi-king-followers · Other Person Id: Xi King (奚王)
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0232
Kind: military · Role: conqueror · Action: destroyed-bohai-preserving-clan-accounts
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0231
Kind: administrative · Role: actor · Action: divided-dieci-yilijin-into-northern-southern-great-kings
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0013, liaoshi:045:s0049
Kind: administrative · Role: founder · Action: established-eastern-danguo-central-secretariat · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天顯元年 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0221
Kind: administrative · Role: founder · Action: established-great-tithen-office
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0089, liaoshi:045:s0094
Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: rectified-court-ranks · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊六年 · Western Year: AD 921
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0008
Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: replaced-yaolian-and-honored-nine-accounts
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0230, liaoshi:045:s0237

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: heroic-strategic-wisdom-in-three-ways · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0233
Assessment: imperial-stature-in-three-ways · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0230