Yelu Duozhen (耶律鐸軫)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Duozhen as a general and military officer. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelu Duozhen	耶律鐸軫	Yelu Duozhen
Courtesy name	Dilian	敵輦	Dilian
Given	Duozhen	鐸軫	Duozhen
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yelu
Personal name	Yelu Duozhen	耶律鐸軫	Yelu Duozhen

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0130

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Age: 70 · Place: in office / 卒於官
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0147

Age

Age: 70 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 1048
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0141
Source Date: Text: 開泰二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1013
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0139
Source Date: Text: 統和間 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0131
Source Date: Text: 重熙間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0140

Family

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Parent of Dilie (低烈)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Military Commissioner of the Tiande Army / 天德軍節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0140
Label: Northeast Route Military Commissioner / 東北路統軍使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0140
Label: Northeast xiangwen / 東北詳穩 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0138

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
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Organization: Jiqing Palace / 積慶宮 · Relation: member-of
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0145

Events and relationships

Kind: military-engineering · Role: builder · Action: built-tower-ships · Quantity: 130 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 1048
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0141
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Counterpart: Zhibu / 阻卜 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 開泰二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1013
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0139
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: invaded · Counterpart: Song / 宋 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 統和間 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:093:s0133, liaoshi:093:s0134

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: criticized for loose manners · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
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Assessment: diligent and loyal; unmatched · Provenance: Mode: ruler-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0146
Item: robe inscribed by the emperor / 衣裙 · Relation: received
Explicit · liaoshi:093:s0146

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 23: Xiao Hui, Xiao Yulu, Xiao Tuyu, Yelu Duozhen · 8 passages

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蕭圖玉耶律鐸軫 Xiao Tuyu and Yelu Duozhen

耶律鐸軫，字敵輦，積慶宮人。 Yelu Duozhen, whose courtesy name was Dilian, came from the Jiqing Palace faction.

十七年，城西邊，命鐸軫相地及造戰艦，因成樓船百三十艘。 In year 17, while fortifying the western frontier, Duozhen was ordered to survey the terrain and build warships, completing one hundred thirty tower ships.

及西征，詔鐸軫率兵由別道進，會於河濱。 On the western expedition Duozhen was ordered to lead troops by a separate route and rendezvous at the river.

敵兵阻河而陣，帝御戰艦絕河擊之，大捷而歸，親賜卮酒。 The enemy drew up across the river; the emperor crossed in a warship and routed them; on his triumphant return he personally offered Duozhen a cup of wine.

仍問所欲，鐸軫對曰：「臣幸被聖恩，得效駑力，萬死不能報國，又將何求！」 Asked what reward he wished, Duozhen replied, "I have been honored with imperial grace and offered what poor strength I have; a thousand deaths would not repay the state—what more could I ask?"

帝愈重之，手書鐸軫衣裙曰：「勤國忠君，舉世無雙。」 The emperor valued him the more and inscribed Duozhen's robe: "In service to the state and loyalty to the throne, unmatched under heaven."

同時諸將撫綏邊圉，若迂魯忠勤不伐，鐸魯斡高情雅韻，鐸軫雖廉不逮蕭惠，而無邀功啟釁之罪，亦庶乎君子之風矣。 Among frontier commanders of the same era, Yulu served with loyal diligence and no self-aggrandizement; Duoluwo bore himself with refined integrity; and though Duozhen's modesty fell short of Xiao Hui's, none of them sought credit or provoked conflict—they came near, at least, to the mark of a gentleman.