Xiao Shisan (蕭十三)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Shisan as an aristocrat, courtier, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 17 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Shisan	蕭十三	Xiāo Shísān
Title	Deputy Inspector Xiao Shisan	副點檢蕭十三
Given	Shisan	十三	Shísān
Personal	Shisan	十三
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiāo
Personal	Xiao Shisan	蕭十三
Personal	Xiao Shisan	蕭十三	Xiao Shísān
Alternate	Xiao Shisan	十三

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:023:s0135, liaoshi:111:s0002
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0084, liaoshi:099:s0055, liaoshi:110:s0092

Roles

Aristocrat
Courtier
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Place: Baozhou / 保州
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0114

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大康初 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1075
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0096
Source Date: Text: 大康間太子之獄 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1075
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0084
Source Date: Text: 三年夏 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0098
Source Date: Text: 大康三年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:099:s0055
Source Date: Text: 大康三年六月 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:023:s0135
Source Date: Text: 大康 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0075
Source Date: Text: 乾統間 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0115
Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0095

Family

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Child of Duolugun (鐸魯斡)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Nianjing (念經)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Dilede (的裏得)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0116

Career and standing

Label: Guards Commissioner / 護衛太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0095
Label: Associate Administrator of the Commissioner's Office / 同知樞密院事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0105
Label: Associate Commissioner of the Northern Commissioner's Office / 北院樞密副使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0113
Label: Associate Commissioner of the Palace Front Office / 殿前副點檢 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0097
Label: Commissioner of the Palace Front Office / 殿前都點檢 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0105
Label: Deputy Inspector / 副點檢 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0084
Label: Military Commander of Baozhou / 保州統軍使 · Action: transferred
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0114
Status: corpse-disgrace · Action: coffin-opened · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統間 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0115

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0084, liaoshi:099:s0055, liaoshi:110:s0092
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0075
Place: Miegunai Division / 蔑古乃部
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0092
Place: Baozhou / 保州 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0114

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0084, liaoshi:110:s0099, liaoshi:110:s0100, liaoshi:110:s0101, liaoshi:110:s0102
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yelü Yange (耶律燕哥)
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0086, liaoshi:110:s0108

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: framed-crown-prince
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0085
Kind: legal · Role: investigator · Action: interrogated
Explicit · liaoshi:023:s0135
Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: urged-framing-crown-prince · Other Person Id: Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0099, liaoshi:110:s0102, liaoshi:110:s0104
Relation: inner-circle-of · Person Id: Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0075

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: clever and shrewd at reading intentions · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0094

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 23Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3 · 1 passage

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即命乙辛及耶律仲禧、蕭餘里也、耶律孝傑、楊遵勖、燕哥、抄只、蕭十三等鞫治，杖皇太子，囚之宮中。 Yixin and Yelü Zhongxi, Xiao Yuliye, Yelü Xiaojie, Yang Zunxu, Yange, Chaozhi, Xiao Shisan, and others were immediately ordered to investigate; the crown prince was beaten and imprisoned in the palace.

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

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副點檢蕭十三謂乙辛曰：「臣民心屬太子，公非閥閱，一日若立，吾輩措身何地！」 Deputy Inspector Xiao Shisan told Yixin, "Officials and commoners alike look to the crown prince. You are not of high birth—once he reigns, where will men like us stand?"

十三叱登車，遣衛士闔其扉。 Shisan shouted at him to get in the carriage and had guards slam the doors shut.

History of Liao, Chapter 99Volume 99 Biographies 29: Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, Yelu Shiliu · 1 passage

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耶律乙辛謀害太子，撻不也知其奸，欲殺乙辛及蕭特裏得、蕭十三等。 When Yelu Yixin plotted against the crown prince, Tabuye saw through his treachery and meant to kill Yixin along with Xiao Telide, Xiao Shisan, and their faction.

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 12 passages

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奸臣上 ○耶律乙辛張孝傑耶律燕哥蕭十三 Treacherous Ministers, Part 1 ○ Yelü Yixin, Zhang Xiaojie, Yelü Yangge, and Xiao Shisan

乙辛因蕭十三之言，夜召蕭得裏特謀構太子，令護衛太保耶律查剌誣告耶律撒剌等同謀立皇太子。 Acting on Xiao Shisan's counsel, Yixin summoned Xiao Delite by night to plot against the crown prince and had Guards Commissioner Yelü Chala accuse Yelü Sala and others of conspiring to put the prince on the throne.

蕭十三聞之，謂燕哥曰：「宜以太子言易為伏狀。」 When Xiao Shisan heard of this he told Yangge, "Twist the prince's words into a confession."

蕭十三，蔑古乃部人。 Xiao Shisan came from the Miegunai Division.