Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Diplomat

Yelu Helizhi 耶律合裏只

Yēlǜ Hélǐzhǐ

Attested AD 1032 - AD 1061

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Helizhi as an aristocrat, diplomat, and official. 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelu Helizhi 耶律合裏只 Yēlǜ Hélǐzhǐ
Title Duke of Bin 豳國公 Bīnguógōng
Given Helizhi 合裏只 Hélǐzhǐ
Courtesy name Teman 特滿 Tèmǎn
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Personal name Yelu Helizhi 耶律合裏只 Yēlǜ Hélǐzhǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Diplomat
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0162
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧七年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1061
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0163
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0153

Family

Origins and identity

  • Label: descendant of Puguzhi / 六院夷離堇蒲古只之後
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0152

Career and standing

  • Label: Military Commissioner of Huaihua / 懷化軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0162
  • Label: Great King of the Northern Chancellery / 北院大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧七年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1061
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0163
  • Label: Southwest Pacification and Suppression Commissioner-in-Chief / 西南面招討都監 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0153
  • Label: Concurrent Palace Attendant / 兼侍中 · Action: granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0164
  • Label: detailed commander of the Northeast Route / 東北路詳穩 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0164
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Liaoxing / 遼興軍節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0164
  • Title: Duke of Bin / 豳國公 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0163
  • Status: retired · Action: entered
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0165

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administration · Role: initiator · Action: established guesthouses and western frontier garrison farms
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0167
  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: Song birthday embassy; lodged at Baigou
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0154

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: bore imperial commission abroad without disgrace · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0187
  • Kind: character · Statement: clear-sighted, diligent; skilled at winning people by kindness
    Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0166

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 7 passages