Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Helu as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 37 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yelü Helu | 耶律曷魯 | Yēlǜ Hélǔ |
| Title | Arudun Yuyue | 阿魯敦於越 | Ālǔdūn Yúyuè |
| Given | Helu | 曷魯 | Hélǔ |
| Courtesy | Hongyin | 洪隱 | Hóngyǐn |
| Courtesy | Kongwen | 控溫 | Kòngwēn |
| Surname | Yelu | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Personal name | Yelu Helu | 耶律曷魯 | Yēlǜ Hélǔ |
| Title | yuyue | 於越 | yúyuè |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0086
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0009
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: illness · Age: 47 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊三年七月 · Month: 7 · Western Year: AD 918Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0146, liaoshi:073:s0145
Age
- Age: 47 · Reckoning: sui · At: deathExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0146
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0148
- Source Date: Text: 神冊三年七月 · Western Year: AD 918Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0146
- Source Date: Text: 神冊二年 · Western Year: AD 917Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 終遼之世三於越 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 遙輦至神冊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 900 · End: AD 918Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0009
Family
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- Child of Ousi (偶思)Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: eldest-son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Kin of Shilu (釋魯)Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 從父 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew
- Parent of Tila (惕剌)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Sala (撒剌)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Status: did-not-take-office · Label: sons Tila and Sala both declined office / 子惕剌、撒剌，俱不仕Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0155
- Kinship Role: younger-brothers · Label: younger brothers / 諸弟 · Quantity: unspecifiedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0019
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0086
Career and standing
- Label: statesman-general / 軍國大臣Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0067
- Label: Arudun Yuyue / 阿魯敦於越 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0075
- Label: commander of Inner Guard Corps / 腹心部總 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0069
- Label: overall charge of military and state affairs / 總軍國事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0067
- Label: yilijin of the Yila tribe / 叠剌部夷離堇 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0070
- Label: yuyue / 於越 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:045:s0086
- Label: shrine at Shangjing / 立祠上京 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0148
- Status: declined-office · Action: refused · Label: declined Yila yilijin while villain at ruler side / 辭叠剌部夷離堇Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0036, liaoshi:073:s0037
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-withStrongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0086
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0009
- Place: Yila tribe / 叠剌部Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0009
- Place: Yila tribe / 叠剌部 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0009
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0028, liaoshi:073:s0029, liaoshi:073:s0030, liaoshi:073:s0031, liaoshi:073:s0032, liaoshi:073:s0033, liaoshi:073:s0034, liaoshi:073:s0045, liaoshi:073:s0046, liaoshi:073:s0047, liaoshi:073:s0049, liaoshi:073:s0050, liaoshi:073:s0051, liaoshi:073:s0052, liaoshi:073:s0053, liaoshi:073:s0054, liaoshi:073:s0055, liaoshi:073:s0056, liaoshi:073:s0060, liaoshi:073:s0061, liaoshi:073:s0062, liaoshi:073:s0063, liaoshi:073:s0064, liaoshi:073:s0065, liaoshi:073:s0150, liaoshi:073:s0151, liaoshi:073:s0152
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ambush · Place: Mount Tao / 桃山 · Other Person Id: Zhao Ba (趙霸)Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0039, liaoshi:073:s0040
- Kind: military · Role: vanguard · Action: campaigned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 917Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0078
- Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0070
- Kind: military · Role: envoy · Action: persuaded-surrender · Other Person Id: Shuli (術裏) · Place: Xi tribe / 奚部
- Relation: close-aide-of · Person Id: Taizu (太祖)Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0014, liaoshi:073:s0024
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: calculations left no strategy unspent; words like yarrow-tortoise divination · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0081
- Assessment: likened to the heart among twenty-one meritorious ministers · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0154
- Item: burial path Yanda / 阡宴答 · Relation: burial-namedExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0147
- Item: commemorative stone / 石紀功 · Relation: commemorated-byExplicit · liaoshi:073:s0147
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:045:s0086
References in the histories
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