Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and General

Yelu Guyue 耶律古昱

Died AD 1052

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Guyue as an administrator, general, 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 Guyue 耶律古昱
Title Grand Preceptor 太師
Given Guyue 古昱
Courtesy Molujin 磨魯堇
Surname Yelu 耶律

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1052 · Statement: died in office · Age: Value: 70
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0033

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0033
  • Source Date: Text: 開泰間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0028

Family

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  • Descendant of Tulubu (突呂不)
    Kinship Term: fourth-generation descendant / 四世孫 · Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Wumei (兀沒)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yelu Yixin (耶律宜新)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Yelu Dumei (耶律獨攧)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Military Commissioner of Kaiyuan / 開遠軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0032
  • Label: patrol commissioner / 巡邏使 · Action: appointed · Place: Central Capital / 中京
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0031
  • Label: Commandant of the Wugu-Dilie tribes / 烏古敵烈部都監 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0028
  • Label: Vice Censor-in-Chief / 御史中丞 · Action: promoted-to
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0032
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Tiancheng / 天成軍節度使 · Action: reassigned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0033
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Guide / 歸德 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0032
  • Label: Associate Grand Councilor of the Secretariat and Chancellery / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0033

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: officer · Action: captured-bandits · Place: Central Capital / 中京
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0031
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led-Huangpishi-army · Outcome: merit against Bohai
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0032
  • Kind: military · Role: officer · Action: suppressed-rebellion · Other Person Id: Yelü Shiliang (耶律世良)
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0029
  • Kind: administrative · Role: governor · Action: taught-forestry-and-husbandry · Outcome: people grew prosperous
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0030

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: pacified frontier and enriched the people · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0058
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: great physical strength; skilled at mounted archery
    Explicit · liaoshi:092:s0027

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