Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Official

Xiao Taosuwan 蕭陶蘇斡

Attested AD 1063 - AD 1115

Passages
17
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Taosuwan as a courtier, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Taosuwan 蕭陶蘇斡 Xiao Taosuwan
Given Taosuwo 陶蘇斡 Táosūwò
Surname Xiao Xiao
Surname Xiao Xiāo
Personal Xiao Taosuwo 蕭陶蘇斡 Xiāo Táosūwò
Personal name Xiao Taosuwo 蕭陶蘇斡 Xiāo Táosūwò
Courtesy name Yixin'yin 乙辛隱 Yǐxīnyǐn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾統九年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1109
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0014
  • Source Date: Text: 乾統中 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:028:s0007, liaoshi:028:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 咸雍七年三月己酉 · Western Year: AD 1071
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0172
  • Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 咸雍八年 · Western Year: AD 1072
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 天慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 重元亂 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:101:s0006, liaoshi:101:s0007

Family

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  • Descendant of Yinji (因吉)
    Kinship Term: fourth-generation forebear / 四世祖 · Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Liuge (留哥)
    Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 伯父 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: paternal-uncle · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Xiao Taosuwo
    Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 伯父 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Xiao Taosuwo
  • Child of Father of Xiao Taosuwo
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Label: Jingjiang Army military commissioner / 靜江軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍七年三月己酉 · Western Year: AD 1071
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0172
  • Label: Associate Director of Southern Council Privy Council affairs / 同知南院樞密使事 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0015
  • Label: commander-in-chief / 都統 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0007
  • Label: Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Palace Bureau / 漢人行宮副部署 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0016
  • Label: Director of the Chongde Palace / 崇德宮使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0009
  • Label: Grand Guardian of the southern desert horse herds / 漠南馬群太保 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 乾統中 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0013
  • Label: Palace guard of the Tianqi Hall / 天齊殿宿衛 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 九年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1109
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0014
  • Label: Attendant Gentleman / 祗候郎君 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0008
  • Label: Grand Guardian of the northern Huashui horse herds beyond the desert / 漠北滑水馬群太保 · Action: held · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 咸雍八年 · Western Year: AD 1072
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0012
  • Label: Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0032
  • Label: Palace Attendant in the Privy Council / 樞密院侍御 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0008
  • Label: Southern Court associate deployment director / 南面副部署 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0007
  • Status: dismissal · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統中 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0013
  • Status: retirement · Action: entered
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0032
  • Status: corporal-punishment · Action: flogged · Label: three hundred lashes / 鞭之三百 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統中 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0013

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: appointment · Role: appointee · Action: appointed · Label: junior clerk for writing materials / 筆硯小底 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重元亂後 (youth of Taosuwo) · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:101:s0006, liaoshi:101:s0007
  • Kind: political · Role: candidate · Action: blocked-from-advancement · Other Person Id: Asi (阿思)
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0011
  • Kind: legal · Role: judge · Action: corrected-rulings · Label: corrected unfair North and South Council judgments / 北南院聽訟不直者悉改正
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0010
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-by · Other Person Id: Goyu (古欲)
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0008
  • Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended-with · Other Person Id: Yelü Dabeinu (耶律大悲奴) · Label: defense against Yelu Zhangnu / 為守禦 · Counterpart Person Id: Yelü Zhangnu (耶律章奴)
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0028
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: induced-submission · Other Person Id: Goyu (古欲)
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0013
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-hold-eastern-route-and-rally-troops
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0031
  • Kind: relief · Role: benefactor · Action: relieved-guards-from-private-stores · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1110
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0015
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed-Bohai-rebellion-at-Raozhou · Label: captured ringleaders; beheaded several thousand; returned plunder / 擒其渠魁,斬首數千級,得所掠物,悉還其主
  • Relation: resented-by · Person Id: Asi (阿思)
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0010

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clear-eyed in judging the foe and steadfast in loyal remonstrance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0100
  • Kind: character · Statement: cautious; would not cultivate casual acquaintances
    Explicit · liaoshi:101:s0005

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 28Volume 28 Annals 28: Emperor Tianzuo 2 · 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 101Volume 101 Biographies 31: Xiao Taosuwo, Yelu Axibao, Xiao Yixue, Xiao Hudu · 13 passages