Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Xiuge 休哥

Xiūgē

Died AD 998

Passages
103
Chapters
15
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiuge as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 103 passages from 15 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiuge 休哥 Xiūgē
Title King of Song 宋國王
Title Song King 宋國王
Title Song King Xiuge 宋國王休哥
Title tithen Xiuge 惕隱休哥
Given Xiuge 休哥 Xiūgē
Personal name Xiuge 休哥 Xiuge
Given name Xiuge 休哥 Xiūgē
Personal Xiuge 休哥 Xiuge
Courtesy Xunning 遜寧 Xùnníng
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yelü
Personal Yelu Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yēlǜ Xiūgē
Personal name Yelu Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yēlǜ Xiūgē
Personal name Yelu Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yelü Xiuge
Personal Yelü Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yelü Xiūgē
Personal name Yelü Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yēlǜ Xiūgē
Personal Yelü Xiuge 耶律休哥 Yelü Xiuge
Title yuyue 於越
Title Yuyue 於越
Title yuyue Song King 於越宋國王
Title yuyue Xiuge 於越休哥

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十六年十二月丙戌朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 16 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 998
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0243
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 16 · Western Year: AD 998
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0166

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和十六年十二月丙戌朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 16 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 998
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0243
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0056, liaoshi:083:s0008, liaoshi:083:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 統和元年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0014, liaoshi:010:s0109
  • Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0100
  • Source Date: Text: 統和十年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 992
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:080:s0042, liaoshi:080:s0048
  • Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 16 · Western Year: AD 998
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0166
  • Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0079
  • Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0024, liaoshi:083:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0209
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0014, liaoshi:083:s0035, liaoshi:083:s0037
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年前後 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0085
  • Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0024
  • Source Date: Text: 七年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0060, liaoshi:083:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 統和七年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0137, liaoshi:012:s0164, liaoshi:012:s0172
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0015
  • Source Date: Text: 應歷末 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0007
  • Source Date: Text: 休哥敗曹彬 · Western Year: AD 986
    Strongly inferred · liaoshi:104:s0048
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧五年 · Western Year: AD 973
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0074
  • Source Date: Text: 滿城之役 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0123
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0194
  • Source Date: Text: 齊名休哥 · Western Interval: Start: AD 979 · End: AD 998
    Strongly inferred · liaoshi:096:s0194

Family

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  • Child of Wansi (綰思)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Gaoba (高八)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Parent of Gaoshi (高十)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Ancestor of Mage (馬哥)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Descendant of Jundeshi (勻德實)
    Kinship Term: descended from / 係出
  • Parent of Daoshinu (道士奴)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Northern Court Great King / 北院大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0079
  • Label: vanguard commander-in-chief / 先鋒都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0166
  • Label: Tiyi / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷末 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0007
  • Label: Great King of the Northern Court / 北院大王 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0023
  • Label: Nanjing regent / 南京留守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0014
  • Label: overseer of Yuancheng / 提點元城 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0093
  • Label: Southern Route camp commander-in-chief / 南面行營總管 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0014
  • Label: Southern Route campaign commander-in-chief / 南面行軍都統 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0209
  • Label: Yuyue / 於越 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0032
  • Label: Nanjing regent / 南京留守 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0093
  • Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014
  • Label: garrison commander of Nanjing / 留守南京 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0048
  • Label: Northern Route great king / 北院大王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0209
  • Label: tithen / 惕隱 · Action: held
  • Label: yuyue / 于越 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0194
  • Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: held
  • Title: King of Song / 宋國王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0053
  • Label: exemption from bowing and from naming / 免拜、不名 · Action: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0062
  • Title: yuyue / 於越 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0137
  • Title: yuyue / 於越 · Action: invested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0101
  • Title: King of Song / 宋國王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0084
  • Title: Song King / 宋國王 · Action: held

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: court · Role: honoree · Action: banqueted-and-rewarded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0072
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated Cao Bin with five detachments · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yelü Zhao (耶律昭)
    Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0048
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Song-at-Waqiao · Place: Waqiao / 瓦橋 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Tangut · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧五年正月 · Western Year: AD 973
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0074
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Place: Gaoliang River / 高梁河 · Other Person Id: Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Cao Bin (曹彬) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0069
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Place: Taizhou / 泰州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和七年六月 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0172
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Li Xing (李興) · Place: Changcheng Pass / 長城口
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0075
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: flank-routed-Song · Place: Gaoliang River / 高梁河 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0056
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: intercepted-song · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0015
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Zhang Shi (張師)
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0026
  • Kind: ritual · Role: participant · Action: performed-rebirth-rite
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0137
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: southern-campaign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0067
  • Relation: fame-peer-of · Person Id: Yelu Renxian (耶律仁先)
    Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0194

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: far-reaching strategist who never killed an innocent · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: standard of fame with which Renxian is compared · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Other Person Id: Yelu Renxian (耶律仁先)
    Explicit · liaoshi:096:s0194
  • Item: red pearl thread / 紅珠筋線 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和七年三月戊子 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0137
  • Item: imperial horse and golden bowl / 御馬、金盂 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0031

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 7 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Shengzong 1 · 9 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 26 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Shengzong 3 · 11 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shengzong 5 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 10: Zhang Jian, Xing Baopu, Ma Dechen, Xiao Pu, Yelu Eight Brothers · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 83Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu · 31 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 14: Yelu Sha, Yelu Mozhi, Xiao Gan, Yelu Shanbu, Yelu Haili · 5 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 1 passage
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 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 104Volume 104 Biographies 34: Literature 2 · 2 passages