Yelu Duozhen (耶律鐸臻)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Duozhen as a courtier, official, and strategist. This record brings together 7 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	耶律鐸臻	Yēlǜ Duózhēn
Courtesy name	Dinian	敵輦	Dílǐǎn
Personal name	Duozhen	鐸臻	Duózhēn
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yēlǜ
Personal name	Yelu Duozhen	耶律鐸臻	Yēlǜ Duózhēn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Courtier
Official
Strategist

Life and dates

Death

Expression: died / 卒 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天顯二年 · Western Year: AD 927
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天贊三年 · Western Year: AD 924
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Source Date: Text: 天顯二年 · Western Year: AD 927
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Family

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Descendant of Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
Child of Father of Yelu Duozhen (耶律鐸臻之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Sibling of Tulubu (突呂不)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Sibling of Gu (古)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Career and standing

Status: imprisonment · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 淳欽皇后稱制 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 927
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Status: imprisonment · Action: exited
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
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Place: Six Yuan Divisions / 六院部
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Taizu (太祖)
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Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: advisor · Action: advised Taizu on Liang timber request
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Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: remonstrated against attacking Bohai first · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天贊三年 · Western Year: AD 924
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References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 75Volume 75 Biographies 5: Yelu Dilie, Yelu Duozhen, Wang Yu, Yelu Tulujiong · 7 passages

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耶律鐸臻 Yelu Duozhen

耶律鐸臻，字敵輦，六院部人。 Yelu Duozhen, whose courtesy name was Dinian, came from the Six Yuan Divisions.

鐸臻幼有誌節，太祖為於越，常居左右。 Duozhen showed moral resolve even as a youth; while Emperor Taizu still held the title of Yuyue, he kept Duozhen constantly at his side.

鐸臻曰：「梁名求材，實覘吾輕重。 Duozhen said, "Liang claims to want timber, but in truth they are testing our strength.

天贊三年，將伐渤海，鐸臻諫曰：「陛下先事渤海，則西夏必躡吾後。 In the third year of Tianzan, as the emperor prepared to attack Bohai, Duozhen remonstrated: "If Your Majesty strikes at Bohai first, Western Xia will surely fall upon our rear.

及淳欽皇后稱制，惡鐸臻，囚之，誓曰：「鐵鎖朽，當釋汝！」 When Empress Chunqin assumed the regency, she took a dislike to Duozhen and imprisoned him, swearing, "When the iron chains rust through, I shall release you!"

既而召之，使者欲去鎖，鐸臻辭曰：「鐵未朽，可釋乎？」 Later she summoned him; when the messenger moved to remove his chains, Duozhen refused: "The iron has not yet rusted—may I be released?"