Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Official

Yelu Dumei 耶律獨攧

Died AD 1075

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Dumei as a family member, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelu Dumei 耶律獨攧
Given Dumei 獨攧
Courtesy Hudujin 胡獨堇
Surname Yelu 耶律

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康元年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1075
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0085

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大康元年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1075
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0085
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0081
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧四年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1058
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0082
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0076

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Guard Captain of the Left for the Empress Dowager / 皇太后左護衛太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055 · Other Person Id: Empress Dowager (皇太后)
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0081
  • Label: deputy commander of Jinsu military affairs / 同知金肅軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0079
  • Label: Twelve-Row Jiu Chancellor / 十二行糺司徒 · Action: granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0076
  • Label: Left Guard / 左護衛 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0076
  • Label: Commandant of the Sijie Army / 四捷軍詳穩 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0084
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Wuguo, Wugu, and Liaoxing garrisons / 五國、烏古部、遼興軍三鎮節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0084
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Niela Aowei tribe / 涅剌奧隗部節度使 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0080
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Ningyuan / 寧遠軍節度使 · Action: reassigned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧四年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1058
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0082
  • Label: Commandant of Zhuaila / 拽剌詳穩 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0078
  • Label: Associate Grand Councilor of the Secretariat and Chancellery / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0085

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Statement: memorialized for famine relief on the eastern route
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0083

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Xia-invasion · Outcome: victory
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0080
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led-imperial-guard-against-Xia · Outcome: merit
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0076
  • Kind: military · Role: officer · Action: requisitioned-horses · Place: prefectures west of the mountains / 山西諸郡
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0077

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: stationed at Jinsu so Xia dared not hunt eastward · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0059

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 22: Xiao Duola, Xiao Puda, Yelu Houshen, Yelu Guyue, Yelu Dumei, Xiao Hanjia, Xiao Wuye · 5 passages