Five Dynasties · General and Official

Xiao Dilu 蕭敵魯

Xiāo Dílǔ

Died AD 918

Passages
14
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Dilu as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 14 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Dilu 蕭敵魯 Xiāo Dílǔ
Courtesy Dilian 敵輦 Díliǎn
Given Dilu 敵魯 Dílǔ
Surname Xiao Xiāo
Personal name Xiao Dilu 蕭敵魯 Xiāo Dílǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊三年十二月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 918
    Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0169

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太祖即位前後至神冊三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 918
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0156
  • Source Date: Text: 歲癸酉 · Western Year: AD 913
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:061:s0053, liaoshi:061:s0055

Family

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  • Descendant of Humuli (胡母裏)
    Kinship Term: fifth-generation ancestor / 五世祖 · Generation Distance: 5
  • Sibling of Empress Chunqin (淳欽皇后)
    Kinship Term: elder sister / 女兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-sister · Object Role: younger-brother · Shared Parentage: full
  • Child of Mother of Xiao Dilu (蕭敵魯母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Agu Zhi (阿古只)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: joint director of palace guard / Inner Guard / 總宿衛/腹心部 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Northern Chancellery chancellor / 北府宰相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0162
  • Label: Northern Chancellery Chief Minister / 北府宰相 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0055

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: extraordinary strength / 膂力絕人 · Level: renowned
    Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0159

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: likened to the hand among Taizu meritorious ministers · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0171

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 13 passages