Xiao Weixin (蕭惟信)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Weixin as an official and statesman. This record brings together 12 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Weixin	蕭惟信	Xiao Weixin
Given	Weixin	惟信	Weixin
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiao
Personal name	Xiao Weixin	蕭惟信	Xiao Weixin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:022:s0020, liaoshi:096:s0004

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 清寧九年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1063
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0131
Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0133
Source Date: Text: 九年七月戊午 · Western Year: AD 1063
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0021
Source Date: Text: 咸雍七年十二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 1071
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0189
Source Date: Text: 咸雍二年七月癸丑朔 · Western Year: AD 1066
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0087
Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年六月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 1069
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0154
Source Date: Text: 咸雍元年十二月辛亥 · Western Year: AD 1065
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0074
Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0124
Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:096:s0125

Family

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Descendant of Aguzhi (阿古只)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Descendant of Wugu (烏古)
Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
Descendant of Xialai (霞賴)
Kinship Term: fifth-generation ancestor / 五世祖 · Generation Distance: 5 · Line: paternal
Child of Gaoba (高八)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Label: Southern Court chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍七年十二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 1071
Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0189
Label: Southern Court privy commissioner / 南院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍二年七月癸丑朔 · Western Year: AD 1066
Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0087
Label: Northern Court privy affairs administrator / 知北院樞密使事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍五年六月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 1069
Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0154
Label: Left yilibi / 左夷離畢 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍元年十二月辛亥 · Western Year: AD 1065
Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0074
Label: Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年七月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 1063
Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0027

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0004

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 6 passages

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時南院樞密使許王仁先、知北樞密院事趙王耶律乙辛、南府宰相蕭唐古、北院宣徽使蕭韓家奴、北院樞密副使蕭惟信、敦睦宮使耶律良等率宿衛士卒數千人禦之。 At the time Southern Court privy commissioner Prince of Xu Renxian, Yelü Yixin who administered Northern Privy Council affairs, Southern Court chancellor Xiao Tanggu, Northern Court palace commissioner Xiao Hanjianu, Northern Court associate privy commissioner Xiao Weixin, Dunmu Palace commissioner Yelü Liang, and others led several thousand night-guard troops to resist.

蕭惟信、耶律馮家奴並加太子太傅。 Xiao Weixin and Yelü Fengjianu were both promoted Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent.

辛亥，以南京留守蕭惟信為左夷離畢。 On xinhai day Nanjing regent Xiao Weixin was made Left yilibi.

秋七月癸丑朔，以西北路招討使蕭術者為北府宰相，左夷離畢蕭惟信南院樞密使，同知南院樞密使事耶律白惕隱。 On the guichou new moon of the seventh autumn month Northwest Route pacification commissioner Xiao Muzhe was made Northern Court chancellor; Left yilibi Xiao Weixin Southern Court privy commissioner; associate Southern Court privy commissioner Yelü Bai tiyin.

壬戌，以南院樞密使蕭惟信知北院樞密使事。 On renxu day Southern Court privy commissioner Xiao Weixin was made to administer Northern Court privy affairs.

十二月壬子，以契丹行宮都部署耶律胡睹知北院樞密使事，知北院樞密使事蕭惟信為南府宰相，兼契丹行宮都部署。 On renzi day of the twelfth month Khitan mobile palace deployment director Yelü Hudu was made to administer Northern Court privy affairs; Xiao Weixin, who administered Northern Court privy affairs, was made Southern Court chancellor and also Khitan mobile palace deployment director.

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 6 passages

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耶律良蕭韓家奴蕭德蕭惟信蕭樂音奴耶律敵烈姚景行耶律阿思 Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, and Yelu Asi

蕭惟信，字耶寧，楮特部人。 Xiao Weixin, whose style name was Yening, was a man of the Chute Tribe.

惟信資沈毅，篤誌於學，能辨論。 Weixin was by nature steady and resolute, devoted in his pursuit of learning, and skilled in debate.

惟信輔導以禮。 Weixin guided and instructed him according to ritual propriety.

清寧九年，重元作亂，犯灤河行宮，惟信從耶律仁先破之，賜竭忠定亂功臣。 In the ninth year of the Qingning reign, when Chongyuan rebelled and attacked the traveling palace on the Luan River, Weixin followed Yelu Renxian in defeating him and was granted the title Meritorious in Utter Loyalty and Pacification of Disorder.

樞密使耶律乙辛譖廢太子，中外知其冤，無敢言者，惟信數廷爭，不得復。 The Secretariat Commissioner Yelu Yixin slandered and deposed the crown prince. Within and without the court all knew the prince's innocence, yet none dared speak. Weixin repeatedly argued in court but could not secure his restoration.