Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Guyu as an aristocrat, editor, historian, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin
Found inHistory of Liao
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yelü Guyu | 耶律谷欲 | Yelü Guyu |
| Given | Guyu | 谷欲 | Guyu |
| Courtesy | Xiujian | 休堅 | Xiujian |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | Yelü |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0100
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Editor
- Historian
- Official
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 90Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0110
Age
- Age: 90 · Reckoning: sui · Event: deathExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0110
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太平中 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Western Interval: Start: AD 1021 · End: AD 1031Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:104:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 統和中 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:104:s0103
- Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0107, liaoshi:019:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:104:s0104
Family
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- Child of Aguozhi (阿古只)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: Military Commissioner of Tamucheng / 塌母城節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0104
- Label: King of the Southern Commission / 南院大王 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0107
- Label: Military Commissioner of the Qisheng Army / 啟聖軍節度使 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0105
- Label: Southern Court Great King / 南院大王 · Action: formerly-heldExplicit · liaoshi:019:s0125
- Label: Grand Protector of his native commission / 本部太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平中 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Western Interval: Start: AD 1021 · End: AD 1031Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0106
- Label: Grand Protector of his native commission / 本部太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和中 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0103
- Status: resignation · Action: resigned on grounds of illnessExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0107
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:019:s0125, liaoshi:104:s0103
- Organization: Six Tribes Commission / 六院部 · Relation: member-ofExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0100
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 文章 · Level: accomplishedExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0102
Works and attributed material
- Work: court records from the founding to the present / 國朝上世以來事跡 · Relation: compilerExplicit · liaoshi:019:s0125
- Work: deeds of earlier Liao affairs and Veritable Records / 遼國上世事跡及諸帝實錄 · Relation: compilerExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0110
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: petitioner · Action: asked to retire; deniedExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0108
- Kind: judicial · Role: judge · Action: investigated doubtful cases in Bazhou · Place: Bazhou / 霸州Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0105
- Relation: advisor-of · Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0109
- Relation: poetry-companion-of · Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0109
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Xiao Hanjianu (蕭韓家奴)Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0110
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Yelü Shucheng (耶律庶成)Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0110
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: character · Statement: mild, unassuming, observant of ritual proprietyExplicit · liaoshi:104:s0102
References in the histories
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