Song, Liao, and Jin · Historian and Official

Yelü Bai 耶律白

Yēlǜ Bái

Attested AD 1060 - AD 1066

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Bai as a historian, official, and writer. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Bai 耶律白 Yēlǜ Bái
Given Bai 白 Bai
Surname Yelü 耶律
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yelü
Personal Yelü Bai 耶律白 Yelü Bai

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Historian
  • Official
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧六年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1060
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0149
  • Source Date: Text: 咸雍二年七月癸丑朔 · Western Year: AD 1066
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0087

Career and standing

  • Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · 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: compiler of the national history / 監修國史 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0149

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: preface to the Emperor's poems and rhapsodies / 御製詩賦序 · Relation: author
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0149
  • Work: the Emperor's poems and rhapsodies / 御製詩賦 · Relation: compiler
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0149

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 1 passage
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