Five Dynasties · Ruler

Yelü Deguang 德光

Deguang

Attested AD 926 - AD 926

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Deguang was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Yaokuizhi	耀屈之	Yaokuizhi
Alternate name	Tuoyun	托雲	Tuoyun

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 唐天成初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 86, 93
AD 926 明宗初纂嗣
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 68

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Lord Anduan (安端)
elder brother of the youngest 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 90-91
Child of Yelü Abaoji (阿保機)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 86, 88, 90
Child of Lady Shulü (舒嚕氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 86, 93
Sibling of Yelü Bei Turan (突然)
second son / younger brother of the eldest 次 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 89-90

Career and standing

Khitan ruler 渠帥
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 86
Marshal Crown Prince 元帥太子
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 90
AD 926 天成元年七月二十七日
Summary Installed by his mother as tribal chief to oversee the state; the tribes had long obeyed him.
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 86, 94

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Yao Kun (姚坤) · Mode quotation Speaker Yelü Deguang (德光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 68

Events and relationships

Sent envoys
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗時 · Diplomatic · Sender · With Molin (摩琳) · Summary Sent Molin and more than thirty others to renew relations and seek a stele for his father.
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 95

Source notes

From Yaokuizhi 耀屈之 · To Deguang 德光 · Reason admired Chinese writing
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 92

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 137Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1: Khitan · 7 passages

其子托雲在側，謂坤曰：「漢使勿多談。」 His son Tuoyun, standing beside him, said to Kun, "Han envoy, say no more."

既而舒嚕氏立其次子德光為渠帥，以總國事，尋遣使告哀，明宗為之輟朝。 Lady Shulü then installed her second son Deguang as chief to govern the state. She soon sent envoys to announce the death, and Emperor Mingzong suspended court in mourning.

次曰元帥太子，即德光也； the second was Marshal Crown Prince Deguang;

德光本名耀屈之，後慕中華文字，遂改焉。 Deguang had originally been named Yaokuizhi, but later he admired Chinese writing and took a new name.

唐天成初，阿保機死，其母令德光權主牙帳，令少子安端少君往渤海國代突欲。 Early in Tiancheng, when Abaoji died, his mother had Deguang govern the tribal camp in his stead and sent the youngest son, Young Lord Anduan, to Bohai to replace Tuyu.

突欲將立，而德光素為部族所服，又其母亦常鐘愛，故因而立之。 Tuyu had been expected to succeed, but the tribes had long respected Deguang, and his mother favored him, so Deguang was enthroned instead.

明宗時，德光遣使摩琳等三十餘人來修好，又遣使為父求碑石，明宗許之，賜與甚厚，並賜其母瓔珞錦彩。 During Mingzong's reign Deguang sent more than thirty envoys led by Molin to renew relations and asked for a memorial stele for his father. Mingzong agreed, lavished gifts upon them, and sent brocades and jeweled necklaces to Deguang's mother.