Song, Liao, and Jin · Statesman and Official

Yelü Chucai 耶律楚材

Yēlǜ Chǔcái

c. AD 1190 - AD 1244

Passages
98
Chapters
5
Histories
1

Overview

Yelü Chucai was a statesman and Official.

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Jinqing 晉卿 Jinqing
Posthumous name Wenzheng 文正 Wénzhèng
Nickname Uqtu Saqal 吾圖撒合里
Alternate name Uqtu Saqal 圖撒合裡 Túsāhélǐ

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Family

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Key source chapters

  1. History of Yuan, Chapter 146 Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong 90 passages
  2. History of Yuan, Chapter 180 Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui 1 passage
  3. History of Yuan, Chapter 2 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong 5 passages
  4. History of Yuan, Chapter 145 Volume 145 Biographies 32: Yilianzhenban, Lianhuishanhaiya, Yuelubuhua, Dalimashili 1 passage
  5. History of Yuan, Chapter 191 Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 1 passage

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Source notes

References in the histories

98 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong · 5 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 145Volume 145 Biographies 32: Yilianzhenban, Lianhuishanhaiya, Yuelubuhua, Dalimashili · 1 passage
History of Yuan, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong · 90 passages
楚材曰:「陛下將南伐,軍需宜有所資,誠均定中原地稅、商稅、鹽、酒、鐵冶、山澤之利,歲可得銀五十萬兩、帛八萬匹、粟四十餘萬石,足以供給,何謂無補哉?」 Chucai replied, "Your Majesty is about to march south; the army must be fed. If we levy land tax, commercial tax, and revenues from salt, wine, iron, and natural resources across the Central Plains, we can raise five hundred thousand taels of silver, eighty thousand bolts of silk, and more than four hundred thousand piculs of grain a year—enough for any campaign. How can the Han be called useless?"
History of Yuan, Chapter 180Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui · 1 passage
History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 1 passage