Yuan · Official and Statesman

Temuder 帖木迭兒

Tiemudi'er

First attested AD 1320; died AD 1322

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Temuder was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1322 未幾，帖木迭兒死
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 180, passage 153

Attested activity

AD 1320 明年，仁宗崩，帖木迭兒复居相位
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 142
AD 1322 未幾，帖木迭兒死
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 180, passage 153

Career and standing

chancellor 相位
AD 1320 帖木迭兒复居相位 · Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 142
At Shangdu 上京 · Relation Present at
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 151

Works and attributed material

此左丞相罔上所為也。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 151

Events and relationships

Imprisoned and pressed suicide
Legal · Persecutor · With Zhao Shiyan (趙世延)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 146
Induced false accusation
AD 1320 明年，仁宗崩 · Political · Instigator · With Zhao Shiyan (趙世延)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 142
Sent agents and forged evidence
Legal · Persecutor · With Zhao Shiyan (趙世延)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 144

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 142

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 180Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui · 6 passages

明年，仁宗崩，帖木迭兒复居相位，銳意報復，屬其黨何志道，誘世延從弟胥益兒哈呼誣告世延罪，逮世延置對，至夔路，遇赦。 The following year Emperor Renzong died. Temuder returned to power bent on revenge and had his partisan He Zhidao induce Shiyan's cousin Xu Yierhahu to accuse him falsely. Shiyan was arrested and interrogated, reached Kuizhou, and was freed by amnesty.

帖木迭兒遣使督追至京師，俾其黨煅煉使成獄。 Temuder sent agents to hurry him to the capital and had his faction forge evidence to secure a conviction.

帖木迭兒更以它事白帝，系之刑曹，逼令自裁，世延不為動，居囚再歲。 Temuder reported other charges to the emperor, had him imprisoned in the penal office, and pressed him to kill himself. Shiyan did not waver and spent two years in prison.

先是，帝獵北涼亭，顧謂侍臣曰：「趙世延先帝所尊禮，而帖木迭兒妄入其罪，數請誅之，此殆報私怨耳，朕豈能從之。」 Earlier, while hunting at Beiliang Pavilion, the emperor told his attendants, "Zhao Shiyan was honored by my predecessor, yet Temuder falsely accused him and repeatedly sought his execution. That was private revenge, and I would not consent."

帖木迭兒在上京，聞世延出獄，索省牘視之，怒曰：「此左丞相罔上所為也。」 Temuder was at Shangdu. Learning that Shiyan had been released, he demanded the Secretariat records and said angrily, "The left chancellor deceived the sovereign in this."

未幾，帖木迭兒死，事乃釋。 Before long Temuder died and the matter was closed.