Song, Liao, and Jin · Courtier and Military Officer

Xiao Hudu 蕭胡篤

Xiāo Húdǔ

Attested AD 1055 - AD 1115

Passages
9
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Hudu as a courtier, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Hudu 蕭胡篤 Xiāo Húdǔ
Courtesy name Heshu'yin 合術隱 Héshùyǐn
Given Huduo 胡篤 Húdǔ
Title vanguard supreme commander 先鋒都統
Surname Xiao Xiāo
Personal name Xiao Hudu 蕭胡篤 Xiāo Húdǔ
Personal name Xiao Huduo 蕭胡篤 Xiāo Húdǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大安元年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1085
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0090
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0089
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧中 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:114:s0013, liaoshi:114:s0008
  • Source Date: Text: 壽隆二年 · Western Year: AD 1096
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 天慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0059
  • Source Date: Text: 天慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0093
  • Source Date: Text: 天慶初 · Western Year: AD 1111
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0092

Family

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  • Descendant of Dilu (敵魯)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Father of Xiao Hudu
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Descendant of Sagezhi (撒葛只)
    Kinship Term: forebear / 其先 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: forebear / 其先 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

  • Label: night-duty officer / 宿直官 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Hongji (洪基)
    Explicit · liaoshi:114:s0015
  • Label: vanguard supreme commander / 先鋒都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0059
  • Label: Deputy Director of Palace Inspection / 殿前副點檢 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天慶初 · Western Year: AD 1111
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0092
  • Label: Grand Master of the Yongxing Palace / 永興宮太師 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 壽隆二年 · Western Year: AD 1096
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0091
  • Label: Grand Master of the Zhangmin Palace / 彰湣宮太師 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大安元年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1085
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0090
  • Label: oversight of Northern Council Privy Council affairs / 知北院樞密使事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0095
  • Label: palace attendant / 近侍 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0089
  • Label: Vanguard Commanding General / 先鋒都統 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0093
  • Label: imperial uncle's detail-stable / 國舅詳穩 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:114:s0013

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: despised by contemporaries · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:114:s0016
  • Assessment: ruined state administration by hunting flattery · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Kind: character · Statement: smooth and ingratiating; gave offense to none
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0088

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 100Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 101Volume 101 Biographies 31: Xiao Taosuwo, Yelu Axibao, Xiao Yixue, Xiao Hudu · 5 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 44: Rebellious Officials 3 · 3 passages