Yelü Chala (耶律查剌)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Chala as a military officer and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelü Chala	耶律查剌	Yelü Chala
Personal	Chala	查剌
Surname	Yelü	耶律	Yelü
Personal name	Yelü Chala	耶律查剌	Yelü Chala
Personal	Yelü Chala	耶律查剌
Personal	Yelü Chala	耶律查剌	Yēlǜ Zhālà
Personal	Yelü Zhala	耶律查剌

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0062, liaoshi:072:s0085, liaoshi:110:s0038
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0002

Roles

Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大康間太子之獄 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1075
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0085
Source Date: Text: 大康三年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:062:s0062, liaoshi:110:s0038, liaoshi:111:s0035

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:062:s0062

Career and standing

Label: Defender of the Guard grand guardian / 護衛太保 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0035
Label: Right Guard Commissioner / 右護衛太保 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0085
Label: Right Guard Grand Guardian / 右護衛太保 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0062

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: active-in
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0062
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0085
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0035

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: accuser · Action: accused-plot · Other Person Id: Xiao Susa (蕭速撒)
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0062
Kind: legal · Role: accuser · Action: false-accusation
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0085
Relation: agent-of · Person Id: Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0062

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 62Volume 62 Treatises 32: Punishment and Law 2 · 1 passage

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三年，乙辛又與其黨謀構昭懷太子，陰令右護衛太保耶律查剌，告知樞密院事蕭速撒等八人謀立皇太子。 In the third year Yixin and his faction framed Crown Prince Zhaohuai, secretly ordering Right Guard Commissioner Yelü Chala to accuse Privy Councilor Xiao Susa and eight others of plotting to enthrone the crown prince.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 2 passages

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乃與同知北院宣徽事蕭特裏特謀構陷太子，陰令右護衛太保耶律查剌誣告都宮使耶律撒剌、知院蕭速撒、護衛蕭忽古謀廢立。 He and Associate Commissioner of the Northern Bureau of Palace Attendants Xiao Telite then plotted to frame the crown prince, secretly ordering Right Guard Commissioner Yelü Chala to accuse Palace Director Yelü Sala, Commissioner Xiao Susa, and guard Xiao Hugu of plotting a coup.

乙辛復令牌印郎君蕭訛都斡等言：「查剌前告非妄，臣實與謀，欲殺耶律乙辛等，然後立太子。 Yixin then had Seal and Insignia Attendant Xiao Eduogan and others declare, "Chala's first report was true—I was in the plot to kill Yelü Yixin and his faction, then put the crown prince on the throne.

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 3 passages

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乙辛因蕭十三之言，夜召蕭得裏特謀構太子，令護衛太保耶律查剌誣告耶律撒剌等同謀立皇太子。 Acting on Xiao Shisan's counsel, Yixin summoned Xiao Delite by night to plot against the crown prince and had Guards Commissioner Yelü Chala accuse Yelü Sala and others of conspiring to put the prince on the throne.

又令牌印郎君蕭訛都斡詣上誣首：「耶律查剌前告耶律撒剌等事皆實，臣亦與其謀。 He then had Seal-and-Token Gentleman Xiao Eduo appear before the throne with a fabricated confession: "Yelü Chala's earlier charge against Yelü Sala and the others was true, and I was party to the plot as well.

復令蕭訛都斡等誣首耶律查剌前告耶律撒剌等事皆實，詔究其事。 He again had Xiao Eduo and others confess falsely that Yelü Chala's earlier charge against Yelü Sala and his associates had been true, and the emperor ordered a full inquiry.

History of Liao, Chapter 111Volume 111 Biographies 41: Treacherous Ministers 2 · 1 passage

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大康三年，樞密使乙辛陰懷逆謀，乃令護衛太保耶律查剌誣告耶律撒剌等廢立事。 In the third year of Dakang, Privy Commissioner Yixin secretly harbored treasonous intent and had Defender of the Guard grand guardian Yelü Zhala falsely accuse Yelü Sala and others of plotting to depose the emperor and install another.