Song, Liao, and Jin · Courtier and Official

Yelu Heshang 耶律和尚

Yēlǜ Héshang

Attested AD 1032 - AD 1054

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Heshang as an aristocrat, courtier, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelu Heshang 耶律和尚 Yēlǜ Héshang
Given Heshang 和尚 Héshang
Courtesy Temuo 特抹 Tèmǒ
Nickname Wine Immortal 酒仙
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 重熙二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1054
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:089:s0089
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0093

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Attendant in Waiting / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:089:s0089
  • Label: Censor-in-Chief / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0093
  • Label: Investigation Commissioner of the Zhongjing Route / 中京路按問使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0094
  • Label: military governor of Huaihua Circuit / 懷化軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0093
  • Label: Commissioner of the Jiqing and Yongxing Palaces / 積慶、永興宮使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0092

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: fine character; aided kinsmen with wealth · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0095
  • Kind: habit · Statement: loved wine and neglected official business
    Explicit · liaoshi:089:s0096

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 19: Yelu Shucheng, Yang Ji, Yelu Hanliu, Yang Ji, Yelu Heshang · 5 passages