Xiao Delidi (蕭得裏底)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Delidi as an aristocrat, diplomat, envoy, and general. This record brings together 31 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 Delidi	蕭得裏底	Xiao Delidi
Given name	Delidi	得裏底	Délǐdǐ
Courtesy name	Jiuqin	糺鄰	Jiūlín
Title	Prince of Lanling	蘭陵郡王	Lánlíng Jùnwáng
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiao
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiāo
Personal name	Xiao Delidi	蕭得里底
Personal	Xiao Delidi	蕭得里底	Xiāo Délǐdǐ
Personal name	Xiao Delidi	蕭得裏底	Xiāo Délǐdǐ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:026:s0110, liaoshi:027:s0077, liaoshi:028:s0027, liaoshi:100:s0099, liaoshi:101:s0022
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:086:s0106

Roles

Aristocrat
Diplomat
Envoy
General
Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: starvation · Statement: refused food for several days and died
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0035

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾統元年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1101
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0105
Source Date: Text: 乾統四年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1104
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0108
Source Date: Text: 乾統四年七月 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1104
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:027:s0077
Source Date: Text: 乾統五年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1105
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0106
Source Date: Text: 大安中 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Western Interval: Start: AD 1085 · End: AD 1094
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0103
Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0102
Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:028:s0027
Source Date: Text: 保大二年 · Western Year: AD 1122
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0024, liaoshi:100:s0025
Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 1118
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:028:s0116
Source Date: Text: 壽隆二年 · Western Year: AD 1096
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0104
Source Date: Text: 壽隆五年十月 · Western Year: AD 1099
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:026:s0110
Source Date: Text: 天慶三年 · Western Year: AD 1113
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0113
Source Date: Text: 天慶八年 · Western Year: AD 1118
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0021
Source Date: Text: 天慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1114
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:101:s0016, liaoshi:101:s0022

Family

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Descendant of Xiao Xiaoxian (蕭孝先)
Kinship Term: grandfather of / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
Child of Sapo (撒缽)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kin of Senior Consort Xiao (元妃蕭氏)
Kinship Term: niece / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: niece
Parent of Mosai (麼撒)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kin of Consort of the Prince of Yan (燕王妃)
Kinship Term: uncle of the consort / 妃叔 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: niece

Career and standing

Label: associate privy commissioner of the Northern Court / 同知北院樞密事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統元年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1101
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0105
Label: northern linya / 北面林牙 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統元年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1101
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0105
Label: acting privy commissioner of the Northern Court / 知北院樞密事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統四年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1104
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0108
Label: commissioner of Changning Palace / 長寧宮使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安中 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Western Interval: Start: AD 1085 · End: AD 1094
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0103
Label: military commissioner of the Ningyuan Army / 寧遠軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安中 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Western Interval: Start: AD 1085 · End: AD 1094
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0103
Label: attendant langjun / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0102
Label: co-administrator of the Southern Capital garrison command / 同知南京留守事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 壽隆二年 · Western Year: AD 1096
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0104
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶八年 · Western Year: AD 1118
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0021
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0116
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 知北院樞密使事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:026:s0110
Label: Southwest Route pacification commissioner / 西南面招討使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0027
Label: associate administrator of the Central Chancellery Bureau / 同知中丞司事 · Action: concurrent · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0102
Label: Northwest Route pacification commissioner / 西北路招討使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統三年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1103
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0006
Label: associate regent of Nanjing / 同知南京留守事 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:026:s0110
Label: Northern Council Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0022
Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 知北院樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0027
Label: Southwest Route pacification commissioner / 西南面招討使 · Action: posted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1111 · End: AD 1120
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0020
Label: deputy commissioner of Xingsheng Palace / 興聖宮副使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0102
Label: guardian minister of education / 守司徒 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶三年 · Western Year: AD 1113
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0113
Title: Prince of Lanling / 蘭陵郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶三年 · Western Year: AD 1113
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0113
Title: Prince of Lanling / 蘭陵郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶三年 · Western Year: AD 1113
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0113
Status: banishment · Action: banished · Authority Person Id: Yelü Yanxi (延禧) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保大二年 · Western Year: AD 1122
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0031

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:026:s0110, liaoshi:100:s0102, liaoshi:101:s0022

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: addressee · Other Person Id: Yelü Yanxi (延禧) · Quoted: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保大二年 · Western Year: AD 1122
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0025
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Other Person Id: Yelü Chun (耶律淳)
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0034
Kind: speech · Role: addressee · Other Person Id: Senior Consort Xiao (元妃蕭氏) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0029
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Place: Song court / 宋
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0110
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0022, liaoshi:101:s0023

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: obstructor · Action: alone blocked strike on rising Jurchens
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0019
Kind: political · Role: councilor · Action: assented without defending Ao Luwo · Other Person Id: Aoluwo (敖盧斡) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保大二年 · Western Year: AD 1122
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0026
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: broke seal and read letter before Song ruler · Other Person Id: Song Emperor (宋主)
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0111
Kind: escape · Role: fugitive · Action: escaped Jin guards
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0033
Kind: administrative · Role: minister · Action: failed to forward urgent reports or reward meritorious officers
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0022
Kind: legal · Role: prosecutor · Action: ordered with Asi to root out Yixin remnant faction · Other Person Id: Asi (阿思) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統元年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1101
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0105
Kind: military · Role: supervisor · Action: oversaw campaign against Dalidi and Basimu; took many captives · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 壽隆二年 · Western Year: AD 1096
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0104
Kind: capture · Role: captive · Action: seized by Gaoshannu and delivered to Jin · Other Person Id: Yelü Gaoshannu (耶律高山奴)
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0032
Kind: capture · Role: captive · Action: seized by Jiujin and sent to Chun · Other Person Id: Yelü Jiujin (耶律九斤)
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0033
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent with Niu Wenshu to Song to mediate for Xia · Other Person Id: Niu Wenshu (牛溫舒) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統四年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1104
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0109
Kind: political · Role: accomplice · Action: went along with Asi's bribe-taking · Other Person Id: Asi (阿思)
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0106, liaoshi:100:s0107
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Other Person Id: Niu Wenshu (牛溫舒)
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0106
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Yelu Axibao (耶律阿息保)
Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0044

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: blocked Jurchen campaign leading to defeat · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0019, liaoshi:100:s0097
Assessment: court deemed his Song conduct proper · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0112
Assessment: indulged Jurchen, buried reports, clouded ruler, set state on path to ruin · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0097
Kind: character · Statement: outwardly deferential but inwardly arrogant
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0101
Kind: physical-description · Statement: short and stooped
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0101

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0077

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 26Volume 26 Annals 26: Daozong 6 · 1 passage

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丙寅，以同知南京留守事蕭得裏底知北院樞密使事。 On bingyin day associate regent of Nanjing Xiao Delidi was made Northern Court privy commissioner.

History of Liao, Chapter 27Volume 27 Annals 27: Emperor Tianzuo 1 · 2 passages

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癸未，以西北路招討使蕭得里底、北院樞密副使耶律慎思並知北院樞密使事。 On guiwei day Northwest Route pacification commissioner Xiao Delidi and associate Northern Court privy commissioner Yelü Shensi both administered Northern Court privy commissioner affairs.

六年春正月辛丑，遣知北院樞密使事蕭得里底、<四>知南院樞密使事牛溫舒使宋，諷歸所侵夏地。 In the sixth year, on xinchou day of the first spring month Xiao Delidi, who administered Northern Court privy commissioner affairs, and [4] Niu Wenshu, who administered Southern Court privy commissioner affairs, were sent as envoys to Song to admonish return of invaded Xia territory.

History of Liao, Chapter 28Volume 28 Annals 28: Emperor Tianzuo 2 · 2 passages

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己巳，知北院樞密使蕭得里底出為西南面招討使。 On jisi day Northern Court privy commissioner Xiao Delidi went out as Southwest Route pacification commissioner.

夏四月辛酉，以西南面招討使蕭得里底為北院樞密使。 On xinyou day of the fourth summer month Southwest Route pacification commissioner Xiao Delidi was made Northern Court privy commissioner.

History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 1 passage

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溫舒與蕭得裏底使宋。 Wenshu and Xiao Delidi were sent as envoys to Song.

History of Liao, Chapter 100Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe · 23 passages

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耶律棠古蕭得裏底蕭酬斡耶律章奴耶律術者 Yelü Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelü Zhangnu, and Yelü Paizhe

乾統三年，蕭得裏底為西北路招討使，以後族慢侮僚吏。 In the third year of Qiantong, Xiao Delidi became pacification commissioner of the Northwest Route and, trading on his connection to the empress's clan, treated his fellow officials with arrogance.

棠古不屈，乃罷之。 Tanggu refused to submit, and Delidi thereupon had him removed from office.

會蕭得裏底以都統率兵與金人戰敗績，棠古請以軍法論。 When Xiao Delidi, serving as supreme commander, led the army against the Jin and met with defeat, Tanggu asked that he be tried under military law.

蕭得裏底，字糺鄰，晉王孝先之孫。 Xiao Delidi, whose courtesy name was Jiuqin, was a grandson of Prince of Jin Xiao Xiaoxian.

得裏底短而僂，外謹內倨。 Delidi was short and stooped, outwardly deferential but inwardly arrogant.

大安中，燕王妃生子，得裏底以妃叔故，歷寧遠軍節度使、長寧宮使。 During the Da'an reign, when the consort of the Prince of Yan bore a son, Delidi—being the consort's uncle—was promoted in turn to military commissioner of the Ningyuan Army and commissioner of Changning Palace.

得裏底不能制，亦附會之。 Delidi could not check him and went along with it as well.