Yuan · Official

Tieshi 鐵失

Tiěshī

Died AD 1323

Passages
11
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tieshi as an assassin, official, and rebel. This record brings together 11 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodYuan

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tieshi 鐵失 Tiěshī
Personal name Tie Shi 鐵失 Tiě Shī
Personal name Tieshi 鐵失

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Assassin
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九月四日 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0095

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 九月四日 · Lunar Month: 9 · Day Of Month: 4 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0095
  • Source Date: Text: 又明年正月 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0006
  • Source Date: Text: 冬十月 · Season: winter · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0092
  • Source Date: Text: 明年冬十月 · Season: winter · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1322
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0001
  • Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1322
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0003
  • Source Date: Text: 三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0089
  • Source Date: Text: 秋八月癸亥 · Season: autumn · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 癸亥 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0093, yuanshi:207:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 改元至治 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 至治三年八月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit · yuanshi:031:s0018
  • Source Date: Text: 英宗即位之初 · Western Year: AD 1320
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0086

Family

  • Sibling of Suonan (鎖南)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Career and standing

  • Label: concurrent head of the Broad Beneficence Office / 兼領廣惠司事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1322
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0003
  • Label: grand censor / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0089
  • Label: grand master of splendid happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0089
  • Label: commander of the Capital Might Guard / 中都威衞指揮使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未逾月 · Western Year: AD 1320
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0087
  • Label: commander of the left and right Asud guards / 左右阿速衞 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0091
  • Label: superintendent of the Imperial Medical Academy / 太醫院使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0086
  • Label: commander of the Loyal and Supporting palace guard personal army / 忠翊侍衞親軍都指揮使 · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0089
  • Label: Hanlin grand secretary / 翰林學士承旨 · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0086
  • Label: Huizheng Court commissioner / 宣徽院使 · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0086
  • Label: grand censor ordered to restore censorate discipline / 申命大夫鐵失振舉臺綱 · Action: ordered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 又明年正月 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0006

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: assassinated · Other Person Id: Shidebala (英宗) · Place: Nanpo / 南坡 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秋八月癸亥是夕 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0094
  • Kind: assassination · Role: perpetrator · Action: assassinated · Other Person Id: Shidebala (英宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至治三年八月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 1323
    Explicit · yuanshi:031:s0018
  • Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: harbored-plot
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0012
  • Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Baizhu (拜住)
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0094
  • Kind: legal · Role: accuser · Action: memorialized-dismissal · Other Person Id: Tuo Tuo (脫脫)
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0001
  • Kind: political · Role: advocate · Action: requested-reinstatement · Other Person Id: Suonan (鎖南)
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0002
  • Kind: ritual · Role: final-offering-officer · Action: served · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月 · Season: winter · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0092

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: pearl swallow robe / 珍珠燕服 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 改元至治 · Western Year: AD 1321
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0088
  • Item: gold tiger tally / 金虎符 · Relation: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0089

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 31Volume 31 Annals 31: Mingzong · 1 passage
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History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 10 passages
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是夕，鐵失與知樞密院事也先鐵木兒、大司農失禿兒、前中書平章政事赤斤鐵木兒、前雲南行省平章政事完者、前治書侍御史鎖南、鐵失之弟宣徽使鎖南、典瑞院使脫火赤、樞密副使阿散、僉書樞密院事章台、衞士禿滿，及諸王按梯不花、孛羅、月魯鐵木兒、曲律不花、兀魯思不花等，以鐵失所領阿速衞兵為外應，殺右丞相拜住，而鐵失直犯禁幄，手弒英宗于臥所。 That night Tie Shi, together with privy council administrator Yesen Timur, Minister of Revenue Shitu'er, former central pingzhang Chijin Timur, former Yunnan pingzhang Wanzhe, former associate censor Suonan, Tie Shi's younger brother Huizheng commissioner Suonan, Ceremonial Regalia Court commissioner Tuohuochi, privy council vice director Asan, privy council secretary Zhangtai, guard Tumian, and the princes Atibuhua, Boluo, Yuelu Timur, Qulvuhua, and Ulusibuhua, used Tie Shi's Asud guards as accomplices, killed right chancellor Bayiju, then burst into the forbidden tent and personally assassinated Emperor Yingzong in his sleeping quarters.