Tuonuo (托諾) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tuonuo as a general, military officer, and soldier. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tuonuo	托諾	Tuonuo
Alternate name	Nuonuo	餒諾	Nuonuo
Title	Prince Nuo	諾王	Nuo Wang
Personal name	Tuonuo	托諾	Tuonuo
Alternate name	Tuonuo (variant)	托餒	Tuonei

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0001
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:054:s0175

Roles

General
Military Officer
Soldier

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天成三年 · Western Year: AD 928
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0175
Source Date: Text: 天成四年二月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0001

Family

Sibling of Younger Brother of Tuonuo (托諾弟)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 4
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0179

Career and standing

Status: captive · Action: captured · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成四年三月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0179

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: aided-Wang-Du · Other Person Id: Wang Du (王都) · Place: Jiashan / 嘉山 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成三年 · Western Year: AD 928
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0175
Kind: military · Role: captive · Action: captured
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0001

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0175

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage

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二月乙巳，王晏球奏，此月三日收復定州，獲王都首級，生擒契丹托諾等二千餘人。 On yisi in the second month Wang Yanqiu reported recovering Ding on the third, taking Wang Du's head and capturing over two thousand Khitan including Tuonuo alive.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 3 passages

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洎王師攻城，契丹將托諾率騎萬人來援，都與契丹合兵大戰於嘉山，為王師所敗，唯餒諾以二千騎奔入定州。 When the imperial army besieged the city, the Khitan general Tuonuo led ten thousand cavalry to the rescue. Du and the Khitan joined forces and fought a great battle at Jiashan but were defeated by the imperial army. Only Nuonuo with two thousand cavalry fled into Dingzhou.

都仗之守城，呼為諾王，屈身瀝懇，冀其盡力。 Du relied on him to defend the city, called him Prince Nuo, bowed low and pleaded earnestly, hoping he would exert himself fully.

四年三月，晏球拔定州，時都校馬讓能降於曲陽門，都巷戰而敗，奔馬歸於府第，縱火焚之，府庫妻孥，一夕俱燼，惟擒托餒並其男四人、弟一人獻於行在。 In the third month of the fourth year Yanqiu captured Dingzhou. Du's officer Ma Rangneng surrendered at the Quyang Gate. Du fought in the lanes and was defeated, fled on horseback to his mansion, and set it ablaze. The treasury, wives, and children were all reduced to ashes in one night. Only Tuonuo was captured along with his four sons and one younger brother and presented at the imperial camp.