Overview
Yelü Hanba was a Northern Court Great King.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Chaoyin | 嘲隱 |
Life and dates
Death
- Died · Age Value: 55 · Reckoning: SuiDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 20
- AD 1048 十七年冬十月甲申Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 47
Age
- 55Reckoning Sui · Relation At deathDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 20
Attested activity
- AD 1021 to AD 1031 太平中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 91, passage 7
- AD 1048 十七年冬十月甲申Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 20, passage 47
- AD 1031 景福元年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 91, passage 15
- AD 1031 景福戊申Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 13
- AD 1037 重熙Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 153
- AD 1037 重熙六年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 91, passage 16
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- AD 1043 重熙十二年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 91, passage 17
Family
- Descendant of Gu (古)fifth-generation descendant 五世孫 · paternal line · 5 generationsDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 6
Key source chapters
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity Khitan 契丹Strongly inferred · History of Liao 91, passage 6
Career and standing
- Left Yilibi 左夷離畢AD 1037 重熙六年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 16
- Great King of the Northern Court 北院大王Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 重熙六年 · Western Year: AD 1037Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 16
- Great King of the Northern Court 北院大王Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 重熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1043Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 17
- Left Yilibi 左夷離畢Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 景福元年 · Western Year: AD 1031Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 15
- Left yilibi 左夷離畢Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 景福戊申 · Western Year: AD 1031Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 13
- Northern Court great king 北院大王AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 153
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- Southern Court great king 南院大王HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 47
- Northern Forest Ya 北面林牙Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 景福元年 · Western Year: AD 1031Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 15
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation Served
- At the capital 京師 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 7
Works and attributed material
- I am Hanba of the Northern Court tribes, here to seek an appointment.Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 9
Events and relationships
- Lodged by the traveling palace with only a bag of clothes and one horseAD 1021 to AD 1031 太平中 · Travel · TravelerDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 7
- Lost his horse; household servant substituted same colored horse unnoticed for monthsPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 24
- Reported missing herd horses promptly; gained greater trustAdministrative · OfficialDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 14
- Summoned to examine doubtful Nanjing case records by post haste; judged without wrongful convictionDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passages 11-12
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment administration lenient and humane · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 16
- Assessment broadly grasped great principles and did not fail the emperor's recognition · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 100
- Assessment utterly loyal and careful; spoke freely of whatever he knew · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 19
- disdained petty affairs; never showed pleasure or angerCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 23
- Item no old stores in chest; no new clothes in wardrobe 篋無舊蓄，椸無新衣 · Relation Possessed · Negated trueDirectly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 22
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 47
References in the histories
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