Xiao Ala (蕭阿剌) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Ala as an aristocrat, courtier, military officer, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Ala	蕭阿剌	Xiao Ala
Given name	Ala	阿剌	Ālà
Personal	Ala	阿剌
Personal	Ala	阿剌	Ala
Given	Ala	阿剌	Ālà
Courtesy name	Alailan	阿裏懶	Ālǐlǎn
Kinship reference	elder brother Ala	其兄阿剌
Title	Guoju	國舅
Title	Prince of Chen	陳王
Title	Prince of Chen	王陳
Title	Prince of Han	韓王
Title	Prince of Han	王韓
Title	Prince of Xiping	西平郡王
Title	Prince of Xiping Commandery	西平郡王
Title	State Uncle Ala	國舅阿剌
Surname	Xiao	蕭
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiāo
Personal	Xiao Ala	蕭阿剌	Xiāo Ālà
Personal name	Xiao Ala	蕭阿剌	Xiao Ālà
Personal name	Xiao Ala	蕭阿剌	Xiāo Ālà

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0020, liaoshi:114:s0009
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:090:s0082, liaoshi:111:s0002, liaoshi:113:s0115

Roles

Aristocrat
Courtier
Military Officer
Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Action: killed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧七年五月辛亥 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1061
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0160
Manner: strangled · Cause: political-execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0093, liaoshi:090:s0089
Manner: strangled
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0119

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0020, liaoshi:021:s0040, liaoshi:090:s0088, liaoshi:113:s0115
Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0087, liaoshi:090:s0089, liaoshi:090:s0093
Source Date: Text: 清寧七年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1061
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0160
Source Date: Text: 清寧中 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:114:s0009, liaoshi:114:s0008
Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0005, liaoshi:111:s0006
Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 1043
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0068, liaoshi:019:s0101
Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 1045
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0154, liaoshi:019:s0171
Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0086
Source Date: Text: 重熙六年 · Western Year: AD 1037
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0084

Family

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Sibling of Xiao Ge (蕭革)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Parent of Xiao Yuliye (蕭餘里也)
Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
Spouse of Princess of the King of Qin and Jin (秦晉國王公主)
Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: formed
Child of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Spouse of Mother of Xiao Yulili (母)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: uncertain

Career and standing

Label: Southern Court privy commissioner / 南院樞密使 · Action: acting · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年戊戌 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0020
Label: associate Northern Court privy commissioner / 同知北院樞密使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0085
Label: concurrent Northern Court palace affairs commissioner / 同知北院宣徽事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0101
Label: Eastern Capital regent / 東京留守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0085, liaoshi:090:s0091
Label: Hongyi Palace commissioner / 弘義宮使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙六年 · Western Year: AD 1037
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0084
Label: imperial son-in-law commandant / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0087
Label: Northern Chancellor / 北府宰相 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0171
Label: Northern Court chancellor / 北府宰相 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0088
Label: Northern Court chancellor / 北府宰相 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年戊戌 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0020
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0089
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年十二月戊申 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0087
Label: Northwest Route pacification commissioner / 西北路招討使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0086
Label: regent of the Eastern Capital / 東京留守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0116
Label: Southern Court privy commissioner / 南院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0088
Label: Associate Grand Councilor of the Secretariat and Chancellery / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: granted
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0085
Label: concurrent Northern Court palace affairs commissioner / 同知北院宣徽事 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0171
Label: Eastern Capital regent / 東京留守 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0160
Label: Northwest Route pacification commissioner / 西北路招討使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0020
Label: privy commissioner / 樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:114:s0009
Label: Privy Vice Commissioner / 樞密副使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0101
Title: Prince of Han / 韓王 · Action: advanced · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0088
Title: Prince of Xiping Commandery / 西平郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0086
Title: Prince of Chen / 陳王 · Action: transferred · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0089
Title: Prince of Han / 韓王 · Action: advanced · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年丙寅 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0040
Title: Prince of Chen / 陳王 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0160
Title: Prince of Xiping / 西平郡王 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0020
Status: retirement-requested · Action: requested
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0090

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: member-of
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0002
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0101, liaoshi:021:s0020, liaoshi:090:s0082, liaoshi:113:s0115
Place: palace / 宮中 · Relation: raised-in
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0083
Place: Red Mountain by Qianling / 乾陵之赤山 · Relation: buried-at
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0095

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: subject · Speaker Person Id: Empress Dowager (皇太后)
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0094

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: victim · Action: killed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧七年五月辛亥 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1061
Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0160
Kind: political · Role: adviser · Action: remonstrated-on-policy · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0092, liaoshi:090:s0089
Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: strangled · Other Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0093, liaoshi:090:s0089
Relation: colleague-rival-of · Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革)
Explicit · liaoshi:113:s0115, liaoshi:113:s0116
Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革)
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0090

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: had he lived, Chongyuan and Yixin disorders would not have arisen · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0006
Assessment: loyal and upright; talented in statecraft · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0005
Assessment: loyal in denouncing Xiao Ge · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0079