Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Yelü Helu 耶律合魯

Attested AD 1055

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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

Roles

  • Courtier
  • 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: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

Career and standing

  • Label: Northern Court great king / 北院大王 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0023
  • Label: Southern Court linya / 南面林牙 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0020

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: one of the two villains · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
    Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0022
  • Assessment: pliant and sycophantic · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:111:s0018

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 111Volume 111 Biographies 41: Treacherous Ministers 2 · 4 passages