Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Official

Yelü Mojie 耶律抹只

Yēlǜ Mǒzhī

Died AD 1010

Passages
18
Chapters
4
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Mojie as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 18 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Mojie 耶律抹只 Yēlǜ Mǒzhī
Courtesy name Liuyin 留隱 Liúyǐn
Given Mojie 抹只
Given Mozhi 抹只 Mǒzhǐ
Title Palace Attendant Mojie 侍中抹只
Title Qishui Commandery King 漆水郡王
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Personal name Yelu Mozhi 耶律抹只 Yēlǜ Mǒzhǐ
Personal Yelü Mozhi 耶律抹只 Yēlǜ Mǒzhī
Personal name Yelü Mozhi 耶律抹只 Yēlǜ Mǒzhǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和末 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 1010 · End: AD 1012
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0091

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年春 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0079
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0086
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0017
  • Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0043, liaoshi:012:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0087
  • Source Date: Text: 統和末 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 1010 · End: AD 1012
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 開遠軍故事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1031
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:059:s0084

Family

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: vice privy commissioner / 樞密副使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0086
  • Label: Datong Army military commissioner / 大同軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和六年秋七月壬子 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0043
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Nanhai Army / 南海軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0085
  • Label: regent of the Eastern Capital / 東京留守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0087
  • Label: vice privy commissioner / 樞密副使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0078
  • Label: linya / 林牙 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0077
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Kaiyuan Army / 開遠軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0089
  • Label: army supervisor / 監軍 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年春 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
  • Label: commandery governor of Kaiyuan Army / 開遠軍守郡 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:059:s0084
  • Label: Eastern Capital regent and palace attendant / 東京留守兼侍中 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0043
  • Title: Qishui Commandery King / 漆水郡王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0043

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-song · Other Person Id: Xiuge (休哥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0081
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Xiuge (休哥) · Place: east of Zhuo / 涿之東
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0089
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defended · Place: Nanjing / 南京
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0088
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: escaped · Place: White Horse Ridge / 白馬嶺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0080
  • Kind: administrative · Role: governor · Action: memorialized-to-raise-grain-tax-conversion-to-six-cash · Place: Kaiyuan Army / 開遠軍
    Explicit · liaoshi:059:s0084
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: withdrew-in-order · Place: Mancheng / 滿城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是年冬 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: lost then recovered merit with Xiuge and Xiezhen · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0072
  • Assessment: policy-benefited-the-people · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:059:s0084
  • Assessment: praised for resourceful service · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0077

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Shengzong 3 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 59Volume 59 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 14: Yelu Sha, Yelu Mozhi, Xiao Gan, Yelu Shanbu, Yelu Haili · 11 passages