Xiao Tade (蕭撻得) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Tade as an administrator, assassin, military officer, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Tade	蕭撻得	Xiāo Tàdé
Personal	Xiao Tade	蕭撻得

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0097, liaoshi:110:s0051
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0002

Roles

Administrator
Assassin
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

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:s0097
Source Date: Text: 大康三年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:110:s0051
Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0089

Career and standing

Label: acting commander / 留守 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0089
Label: Upper Capital regent / 上京留守 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0097

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0097
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0089

Events and relationships

Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: killed-crown-prince · Other Person Id: The Heir Apparent (皇太子)
Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0089

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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乙辛尋遣達魯古、撒八往害之，太子年方二十，上京留守蕭撻得紿以疾薨聞。 Yixin soon sent Dalugu and Saba to kill him. The crown prince was only twenty; Upper Capital regent Xiao Tade was tricked with a report that he had died of illness.

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

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上京留守蕭撻得以卒聞。 Xiao Tade, Military Governor of the Supreme Capital, was able to report the prince's death in detail.

History of Liao, Chapter 111Volume 111 Biographies 41: Treacherous Ministers 2 · 1 passage

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乙辛欲害太子，以達魯古凶果可使，遣與近侍直長撒把詣上京，同留守蕭撻得夜引力士至囚室，紿以有赦，召太子出，殺之，函其首以歸，詐云疾薨。 When Yixin wished to kill the crown prince, he judged Dalugu cruel and resolute enough for the task; he sent him with Inner Attendant Direct Chief Saba to the Upper Capital, where together with the acting commander Xiao Tade they led strongmen by night to the prison chamber, deceived the prince with word of an amnesty, called him out and killed him, boxed his head and returned, and falsely reported that he had died of sudden illness.