Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Helu as a courtier and official. This record brings together 4 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 | Yelü Helu | 耶律合魯 | Yelü Helu |
| Given | Helu | 合魯 | |
| Courtesy | Hudujin | 胡都堇 | |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0002
Roles
- Courtier
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died / 卒Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0023
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 清寧初 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:111:s0019
Family
- Descendant of Guzhi (古直)Kinship Term: descendant / 之後
- Sibling of Wuye (吾也)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Origins and identity
- Label: Six Divisions / 六院Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0017
Career and standing
- Label: Northern Court great king / 北院大王 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:111:s0023
- Label: Southern Court linya / 南面林牙 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:111:s0020
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:111:s0019
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: accomplice · Action: schemes-against-crown-prince · Other Person Id: The Heir Apparent (皇太子)Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0021
- Relation: client-of · Person Id: Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0020
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: one of the two villains · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · liaoshi:111:s0022
- Assessment: pliant and sycophantic · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:111:s0018
References in the histories
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