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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:008:s0074, liaoshi:014:s0243, liaoshi:074:s0123, liaoshi:083:s0001, liaoshi:096:s0194
- 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 998Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0243
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 16 · Western Year: AD 998Explicit · 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 998Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0243
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
- Source Date: Text: 統和元年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit 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 983Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0100
- Source Date: Text: 統和十年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 992Explicit 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 998Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit 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 982Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0209
- Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
- Source Date: Text: 統和四年前後 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0085
- Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 七年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 989Explicit 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
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 應歷末 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 969Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 休哥敗曹彬 · Western Year: AD 986Strongly inferred · liaoshi:104:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 保寧五年 · Western Year: AD 973Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0074
- Source Date: Text: 滿城之役 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0194
- Source Date: Text: 齊名休哥 · Western Interval: Start: AD 979 · End: AD 998Strongly 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
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0068
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 980Explicit · 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 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0166
- Label: Tiyi / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷末 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0007
- Label: Great King of the Northern Court / 北院大王 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0023
- Label: Nanjing regent / 南京留守 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0014
- Label: overseer of Yuancheng / 提點元城 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0093
- Label: Southern Route camp commander-in-chief / 南面行營總管 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0014
- Label: Southern Route campaign commander-in-chief / 南面行軍都統 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0209
- Label: Yuyue / 於越 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 986Explicit · 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 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014
- Label: garrison commander of Nanjing / 留守南京 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:080:s0048
- Label: Northern Route great king / 北院大王 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0209
- Label: tithen / 惕隱 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:008:s0074, liaoshi:009:s0067
- Label: yuyue / 于越 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:066:s0194
- Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0209, liaoshi:014:s0092
- Title: King of Song / 宋國王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0053
- Label: exemption from bowing and from naming / 免拜、不名 · Action: bestowedExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0062
- Title: yuyue / 於越 · Action: heldExplicit · 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 980Explicit · 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 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0084
- Title: Song King / 宋國王 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0029, liaoshi:014:s0243
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: belonged-toStrongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0194
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:008:s0074, liaoshi:096:s0194
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
- Place: Nanjing / 南京 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0014
Works and attributed material
- Work: career record compiled by Mengjian / 行事 · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0087
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: reported-Song-invasion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和六年三月己未 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0024
- Kind: memorial · Role: authorExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0054, liaoshi:083:s0055
- Explicit · liaoshi:074:s0125, liaoshi:074:s0126
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0016, liaoshi:083:s0017
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 979Explicit · 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 973Explicit · 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 979Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0010, liaoshi:083:s0011
- 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 986Explicit · 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 989Explicit · 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 979Explicit · 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 979Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0015
- Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0026
- Kind: ritual · Role: participant · Action: performed-rebirth-riteExplicit · 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 979Explicit · 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 989Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0137
- Item: imperial horse and golden bowl / 御馬、金盂 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · liaoshi:083:s0031
Source notes
- Historicity: historical
References in the histories
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