Xiao Wuna 蕭兀納

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0006, liaoshi:110:s0054
• Sex: male
  Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0348, liaoshi:098:s0001

Roles

• Aristocrat
• General
• Military Officer
• Official
• Statesman

Family

• Parent of Child of Xiao Wuna
• Ancestor of Yidiqian (移敵蹇)
• Sibling of Tuduo (圖獨)

Career and standing

• Label: military commissioner of Liaoxing Army / 遼興軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統元年二月乙巳 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1101
  Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0006
• Label: Northern Court chancellor / 北府宰相 · Action: held
  Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0006
• Office: 上京留守 / regent of the Upper Capital · Western Year: AD 1115 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 5
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0039
• Office: 副元帥 / vice commander-in-chief · Western Year: AD 1116 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 6
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0042
• Office: 北府宰相 / chancellor of the Northern Court · Western Year: AD 1095 · Source Date: Text: Shoulong 1
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0024
• Office: 北院宣徽使 / Northern Court Commissioner of the Imperial Household · Western Year: AD 1075
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0007
• Office: 南院樞密使 / Southern Chancellery Privy Commissioner · Western Year: AD 1085
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0023
• Office: 同知南院樞密使事 / vice administrator of the Southern Chancellery Privy Council
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0016
• Office: 契丹都宮使 / Director of the Khitan Palace Establishment · Western Year: AD 1116 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 6
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0042
• Office: 寧邊州刺史 / prefect of Ningbian Prefecture · Western Year: AD 1101 · Source Date: Text: after Wang Hua accusation
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0029
• Office: 東北路統軍使 / commander-in-chief of the Northeast Route · Western Year: AD 1111 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 1
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0032
• Office: 殿前都點檢 / Chief Inspector of the Palace Guards
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0018
• Office: 知黃龍府事 / administrator of Huanglong Prefecture · Western Year: AD 1111 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 1
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0032
• Office: 祗候郎君 / attendant gentleman · Western Year: AD 1055
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0005
• Office: 臨海軍節度使 / military commissioner of Linhai Army · Western Year: AD 1101 · Source Date: Text: after Ningbian demotion
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0029
• Office: 蘭陵郡王 / Prince of Lanling Commandery
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0017
• Office: 護衛太保 / Guardian Grand Preceptor
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0006
• Office: 近侍敞史 / inner attendant recorder
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0006
• Office: 遼興軍節度使、守太傅 / military commissioner of Liaoxing Army with Grand Mentor title · Western Year: AD 1101 · Source Date: Text: Tianzuo accession
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0026
• Title: Prince of Lanling / 蘭陵郡王 · Action: held
  Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0348

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
  Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0348
• Place: Lanling / 蘭陵 · Relation: enfeoffed-at
  Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0348
• Organization: Imperial Uncle clan / 國舅族 · Relation: member-of
  Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0344, liaoshi:067:s0348

Works and attributed material

• Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Hongji (洪基)
  Explicit · liaoshi:110:s0054

Events and relationships

• Kind: military-event · Action: Defended the Upper Capital against Yelu Zhangnu and forced him to withdraw. · Western Year: AD 1116 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 6
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0040, liaoshi:098:s0041
• Kind: political-action · Action: Drove Yixin, Chun, and their faction from court.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0016
• Kind: refused-marriage · Action: Firmly declined the edict ordering him to marry the Princess of Yue. · Western Year: AD 1085
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0022
• Kind: military-event · Action: Left officials to defend Ningjiang, crossed the Huntong River westward with three hundred horsemen, and the city fell.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0036
• Kind: political-action · Action: Persuaded the emperor to take the imperial grandson on the hunt, preventing Yixin from isolating him.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0011, liaoshi:098:s0014
• Kind: policy-proposal · Action: Proposed promoting clerks by length of service; the court accepted.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0023
• Kind: political-action · Action: Remonstrated that passing over the legitimate heir would hand the state to outsiders.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0009
• Kind: admonition · Action: Repeatedly warned that the Jurchen threat was serious and should be met before rebellion.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0030, liaoshi:098:s0033
• Kind: military-event · Action: Resisted Jin forces with Xiao Dili at Changli Marsh and was dismissed after defeat.
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0037
• Kind: military-event · Action: Retreated into Ningjiang city when Jin forces attacked and Yidiqian died in battle. · Western Year: AD 1114 · Source Date: Text: Jin invasion
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0035
• Kind: military-event · Action: Served as rear guard during Tianzuo's personal campaign and was defeated again. · Western Year: AD 1115 · Source Date: Text: Tianqing 5
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0038
• Relation: guardian · Person Id: Yelü Yanxi (延禧)
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0012, liaoshi:098:s0021

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: Historians compared his protection of the imperial grandson to Wuzhi's elevation of Muzong. · Kind: historians-assessment · Provenance: Mode: textual
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0112
• Assessment: Tall, imposing, plainspoken, dignified, and skilled at mounted archery. · Kind: character-assessment · Provenance: Mode: textual
  Explicit · liaoshi:098:s0004

Source notes

• Historicity: historical
  Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0006