Wuzhi (屋質) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wuzhi as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 68 passages from 11 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wuzhi	屋質	Wūzhì
Title	Commander of the Right Pishi	右皮室詳穩
Courtesy name	Dirilian	敵輦	Dílǐán
Title	Northern Grand Prince	北院大王	Běiyuàn dàwáng
Title	the yuyue Wuzhi	於越屋質
Personal	Wuzhi	屋質	Wùzhì
Personal	Wuzhi	屋質
Given name	Wuzhi	屋質	Wūzhì
Personal name	Wuzhi	屋質
Personal	Wuzhi	屋質	Wuzhi
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yēlǜ
Surname	Yelü	耶律	Yēlǜ
Surname	Yelü	耶律
Personal name	Yelu Wuzhi	耶律屋質	Yēlǜ Wūzhì
Personal name	Yelu Wuzhi	屋質
Personal	Yelü Wuzhi	耶律屋質
Personal name	Yelü Wuzhi	耶律屋質	Yēlǜ Wūzhì
Personal	Yelü Wuzhi	耶律屋質	Yelü Wuzhi
Title	yuyue	於越	Yúyuè
Title	yuyue	於越	yúyuè
Title	Yuyue	於越

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:005:s0009, liaoshi:008:s0028, liaoshi:045:s0086, liaoshi:077:s0001, liaoshi:098:s0001, liaoshi:112:s0082, liaoshi:113:s0020
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0125, liaoshi:072:s0062
Value: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:079:s0034

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Military Officer
Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman
Strategist

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年五月 · Western Year: AD 973 · Age: 57
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0174
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧五年五月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 973
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0084

Age

Age: 57 · Reckoning: stated
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0174

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 統和二十四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 24 · Western Year: AD 1006
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:091:s0028
Source Date: Text: 應歷五年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0096
Source Date: Text: 應歷 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:079:s0034, liaoshi:079:s0035
Source Date: Text: AD 951 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0019, liaoshi:098:s0112
Source Date: Text: 世宗即位 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0062
Source Date: Text: 保寧五年 · Western Year: AD 973
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0084
Source Date: Text: 保寧五年五月 · Western Year: AD 973
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0174
Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0028
Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0170
Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0072
Source Date: Text: 天祿五年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0083
Source Date: Text: 天祿五年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:112:s0082, liaoshi:112:s0090
Source Date: Text: 天祿元年 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0020
Source Date: Text: 會同間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 938 · End: AD 947
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0009
Source Date: Text: 秋閏七月 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0009
Source Date: Text: 終遼之世三於越 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0086
Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0125

Family

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Spouse of Mother of Yelu Tanggu (耶律唐古之母)
Kinship Term: concubine mother of his son / 庶母所出 · Union Category: concubinage · Parentage: biological
Descendant of Jundeshi (勻德實)
Kinship Term: descended from / 係出
Parent of Yelü Tanggu (耶律唐古)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Chong (沖)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0086
Label: Mengfu branch / 孟父房
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0005

Career and standing

Label: oversaw state affairs / 知國事
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0095
Label: great king of the Northern Court / 北院大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷五年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0096
Label: you pishi xiangwen / 右皮室詳穩 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:077:s0083, liaoshi:077:s0072
Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0172, liaoshi:077:s0170
Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 938 · End: AD 947
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0009
Label: Commander of the Right Pishi / 右皮室詳穩 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0082
Label: yuyue / 于越 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0125
Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0086
Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0028
Label: king who enriches the people / 富民大王 · Action: called
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0166
Title: yuyue / 於越 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0034
Status: declined-reward · Action: refused · Label: refused rebel property / 固辭逆黨財產
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0095
Status: imprisonment · Action: imprisoned for siding with empress dowager
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0020

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0086
Polity Id: liao · Relation: belonged-to
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0125
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0009, liaoshi:072:s0062, liaoshi:077:s0005, liaoshi:113:s0020
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:008:s0028, liaoshi:112:s0018
Place: White Horse Ridge / 白馬嶺 · Relation: campaigned-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0170
Place: Huanghe Ford Crossing / 潢河橫渡 · Relation: present-at
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0013, liaoshi:077:s0014
Place: Upper Capital / 上京 · Relation: commemorated-at
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0176

Learning and skills

Skill: astronomy / 天文 · Level: versed
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0008

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0029, liaoshi:077:s0030, liaoshi:077:s0032, liaoshi:077:s0033, liaoshi:077:s0034, liaoshi:077:s0035
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Empress Dowager (太后) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0016, liaoshi:077:s0017, liaoshi:077:s0018, liaoshi:077:s0019, liaoshi:077:s0020
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Shizong (世宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:112:s0082
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0078
Kind: remonstrance · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Empress Chunqin (淳欽皇后)
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0062, liaoshi:072:s0064
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yelü Xianshi (耶律賢適) · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wuzhi (屋質)
Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0034
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0046, liaoshi:077:s0050, liaoshi:077:s0051, liaoshi:077:s0052, liaoshi:077:s0053

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: counselor · Action: advised-disbandment · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秋閏七月 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0009
Kind: historical-comparison · Action: Cited for establishing Muzong as a precedent comparable to Wuna.
Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0019, liaoshi:098:s0112
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: negotiated-peace · Other Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Place: Huanghe Ford Crossing / 潢河橫渡 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太宗崩後 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0027, liaoshi:077:s0040, liaoshi:077:s0154
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved-siege · Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0170, liaoshi:077:s0171
Kind: political · Role: mediator · Action: secured-enthronement · Other Person Id: Shizong (世宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0075
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed-rebellion · Other Person Id: Chage (察割) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿五年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0085, liaoshi:077:s0093
Kind: judicial · Role: investigator · Action: tried Xiao Han plot
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0026
Kind: legal · Role: investigator · Action: tried-conspirators · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0079, liaoshi:077:s0080
Relation: advisor-to · Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0029, liaoshi:077:s0071
Relation: political-supporter · Person Id: Muzong (穆宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0019, liaoshi:098:s0112
Relation: advisor-to · Person Id: Empress Dowager (太后)
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0014, liaoshi:077:s0043

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: loyal · Provenance: Mode: named-person · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0071
Assessment: plain, composed, foresightful, keeps promises · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0006
Assessment: upright remonstrator who checked dowager partiality and Li Hu's violence · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0168
Assessment: valued Yelu Xianshi as fit to govern · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wuzhi (屋質)
Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0034

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0028, liaoshi:045:s0086

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 1 passage

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用屋質之謀，各罷兵趨上京。 Following Wuzhi's counsel, both sides disbanded their armies and marched for the Supreme Capital.

History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 2 passages

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乙巳，蕭思溫封魏王，北院大王屋質加於越。 On yisi day Xiao Siwen was enfeoffed as Prince of Wei, and Northern Grand Prince Wuzhi was promoted to yuyue.

五月癸亥，於越屋質薨，輟朝三日。 In the fifth month, on guihai day, yuyue Wuzhi died; court was suspended for three days.

History of Liao, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 · 1 passage

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終遼之世，以於越得重名者三人：耶律曷魯、屋質、仁先，謂之三於越。 Only three men in Liao history bore the yuyue title with real weight—Yelü Helu, Wuzhi, and Renxian—the Three Yuyue.

History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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于越屋質。 Wuzhi, yuyue.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 3 passages

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耶律屋質入諫太后曰：「主上已立，宜許之。」 Yelü Wuzhi went in and urged the Empress Dowager, "The emperor is already enthroned—you ought to accept him."

屋質曰：「奈公酷暴失人心何！」 Wuzhi replied, "What can be done when you are cruel and violent and have lost the people's hearts?"

初以屋質之言定立世宗，而復謀廢立。 At first Wuzhi's counsel secured Shizong's enthronement, yet mother and son plotted deposition again.

History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 33 passages

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耶律屋質耶律吼 Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Hou

耶律屋質，字敵輦，系出孟父房。 Yelu Wuzhi, whose courtesy name was Dirilian, came from the Mengfu branch of the imperial clan.

時屋質從太后，世宗以屋質善籌，欲行間，乃設事奉書，以試太后。 Wuzhi was then with the empress dowager. Shizong knew that Wuzhi was adept at strategy and wished to drive a wedge between them, so he fabricated a pretext and sent a letter to probe the empress dowager.

太后得書，以示屋質。 When the empress dowager received the letter she showed it to Wuzhi.

屋質讀竟，言曰：「太后佐太祖定天下，故臣願竭死力。 After reading it through, Wuzhi said, "Your Majesty aided Taizu in bringing the realm under rule, and your servant is ready to give his life in your service.

屋質對曰：「李胡、永康王皆太祖子孫，神器非移他族，何不可之有？ Wuzhi replied, "Li Hu and Prince Yongkang are both Taizu's descendants; the throne will not pass outside the clan—what objection can there be?