Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Taowei as an administrator, aristocrat, and official. This record brings together 13 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Taowei | 蕭陶隗 | Xiāo Táowěi |
| Title | acting Eastern Capital regent | 權知東京留守 | |
| Title | Khitan mobile palace deployment director | 契丹行宮都部署 | |
| Given | Taowei | 陶隗 | Táowěi |
| Given name | Taowei | 陶隗 | Táowěi |
| Courtesy name | Wugulin | 烏古鄰 | Wūgǔlín |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiāo |
| Personal | Xiao Taokui | 蕭陶隗 | Xiāo Táowěi |
| Personal name | Xiao Taowei | 蕭陶隗 | Xiāo Táowěi |
| Personal name | Xiao Taowei | 蕭陶隗 | |
| Title | Yilibi | 夷離畢 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:025:s0109
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: carbuncle on back · Manner: illnessExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0071
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大康九年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1083Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0065, liaoshi:090:s0068
- Source Date: Text: AD 1075 · Western Year: AD 1075Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 七年六月 · Western Year: AD 1091Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:025:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 咸雍初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1065 · End: AD 1066Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0055
Family
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- Descendant of Xiate (轄特)Kinship Term: sixth-generation descendant / 六世孫 · Generation Distance: 6 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Tumu (圖木)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Xiashi (轄式)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0076
Career and standing
- Label: Horse Herds Grand Steward / 馬群太保 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 咸雍初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1065 · End: AD 1066Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0048
- Label: Khitan Mobile Palace deployment director / 契丹行宮都部署 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0055
- Label: Southwest Route pacification commissioner / 西南面招討使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大康九年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1083Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0068, liaoshi:090:s0065
- Label: Grand Guardian of Horse Herds / 馬群太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
- Label: military commissioner of Tamu city / 塌母城節度使 · Action: reappointedExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0070
- Office: 夷離畢 / Yilibi · Western Year: AD 1075Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0009
- Status: dismissed · Action: removed-from-office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康九年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1083Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0069
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:060:s0054, liaoshi:090:s0001
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0069
- Kind: administrative · Role: author · Action: memorialized-herd-census · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年 · Western Year: AD 1069Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
- Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: reformed-herd-registers
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Asi (阿思)Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0064, liaoshi:090:s0075
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: contemporaries mourned his fall · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0075
- Assessment: could not be outdone even by Wei Zheng · Provenance: Mode: quotationExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0062
- Assessment: herd-administration-existed-in-name-only · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Speaker Person Id: Xiao Taowei (蕭陶隗)Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
- Assessment: loyal in warning against Asi · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0079
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: when angered his beard would bristleExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0072
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:060:s0054
References in the histories
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