Yelü Nugua (耶律奴瓜)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Nugua as a general, military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 10 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelü Nugua	耶律奴瓜	Yelü Núguā
Title	Southern Administration Chancellor	南府宰相
Title	Southern Chancellery chancellor	南府宰相
Courtesy name	Yanning	延寧	Yanning
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yēlǜ
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yelü
Surname	Yelü	耶律	Yelü
Personal name	Yelu Nugua	耶律奴瓜	Yēlǜ Núguā
Personal name	Yelu Nugua	耶律奴瓜	Yelü Nugua
Personal name	Yelü Nugua	耶律奴瓜	Yēlǜ Núguā
Personal	Yelü Nugua	耶律奴瓜	Yelü Nugua

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:014:s0026, liaoshi:081:s0010
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:082:s0088, liaoshi:085:s0044, liaoshi:088:s0178

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰初 · Western Year: AD 1012
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0054

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十九年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 1001
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0051
Source Date: Text: 統和19年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 1001
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0026
Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1003
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0052
Source Date: Text: 統和21年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1003
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0077
Source Date: Text: 統和21年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1003
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0028
Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 26 · Western Year: AD 1008
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0053
Source Date: Text: 統和三十年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 30 · Western Year: AD 1012
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0178
Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0046
Source Date: Text: 六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
Explicit · liaoshi:082:s0088
Source Date: Text: 六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0049
Source Date: Text: 伐宋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1003 · End: AD 1004
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:081:s0010
Source Date: Text: 開泰初 · Western Year: AD 1012
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0054

Family

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Child of Yelü Su (蘇)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather · Generation Distance: 2
Child of Father of Yelu Nugua
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Southern Chancellery Chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十九年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 1001
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0051
Label: Associate Director of the Directorate of Affairs / 同政事門下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1003
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0052
Label: Military Commissioner of Liaoxing Army / 遼興軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 26 · Western Year: AD 1008
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0053
Label: Eastern Capital Commander-in-Chief / 東京統軍使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0049
Label: Commander of the Yellow Pishi / 黃皮室詳穩 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0048
Label: Junior General of the Guards / 諸衛小將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0047
Label: Southern Chancellery chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0026
Label: Chief Commander of the Yellow Pishi Regiment / 黃皮室糺都監 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0046
Label: Southern Administration Chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0178
Label: Southern Chancellery chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0010, liaoshi:081:s0028
Label: Golden Purple Glory Grandee / 金紫崇祿大夫 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0049
Label: Esteemed Father / 尚父 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰初 · Western Year: AD 1012
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0054
Status: demotion · Action: stripped · Label: Golden Purple Glory rank / 金紫崇祿階
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0050

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0026, liaoshi:014:s0077, liaoshi:081:s0010, liaoshi:085:s0044, liaoshi:088:s0178

Learning and skills

Skill: training hawks and falcons / 調鷹隼 · Level: adept
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0045

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Wang Jizhong (王繼忠) · Place: Wangdu / 望都 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 1003
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0052
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Wang Jizhong (王繼忠)
Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0077
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: seized-Zhao-Wei-and-captured-Wang-Jizhong · Other Person Ids: Yelü Shilu (耶律室魯), Wang Jizhong (王繼忠)
Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0010, liaoshi:081:s0028

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0026, liaoshi:014:s0077

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shengzong 5 · 2 passages

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秋七月丙戌，以東京統軍使耶律奴瓜為南府宰相。 On bingxu day in the seventh autumn month Eastern Capital army commander Yelü Nugua was appointed Southern Chancellery chancellor.

是月，耶律奴瓜、蕭撻凜獲宋將王繼忠於望都。 That month Yelü Nugua and Xiao Talin captured Song general Wang Jizhong at Wangdu.

History of Liao, Chapter 81Volume 81 Biographies 11: Yelu Shilu, Wang Jizhong, Xiao Xiaozhong, Chen Zhaogun, Xiao Hezhuo · 2 passages

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及出師伐宋，為隊帥，從南府宰相耶律奴瓜、統軍使蕭撻覽略地趙、魏，有功，加檢校太師，為北院大王。 When troops were sent against Song, he served as column commander under the Southern Chancellery chancellor Yelü Nugua and the army commander Xiao Talan, helping seize territory in Zhao and Wei. For this service he was promoted to acting grand preceptor and made grandee of the Northern Chancellery.

統和二十一年，宋遣繼忠屯定之望都，以輕騎覘我軍，遇南府宰相耶律奴瓜等，獲之。 In the twenty-first year of Tonghe, Song posted Jizhong at Wangdu in Ding prefecture; he led light cavalry to scout our forces, met the Southern Chancellery chancellor Yelü Nugua and others, and was taken prisoner.

History of Liao, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu · 1 passage

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六年，伐宋，為先鋒，與耶律奴瓜破其將李忠吉於定州。 In the sixth year, on the campaign against Song, he again led the vanguard and, with Yelu Nugua, routed the Song commander Li Zhongji at Dingzhou.

History of Liao, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe · 4 passages

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蕭撻凜蕭觀音奴耶律題子耶律諧理耶律奴瓜蕭柳高勛奚和朔奴蕭塔列葛耶律撒合 Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, and Yelu Sahe.

耶律奴瓜，字延寧，太祖異母弟南府宰相蘇之孫。 Yelu Nugua, whose style name was Yanning, was a grandson of Su, Southern Chancellery Chancellor and younger half-brother of the dynastic founder.

統和四年，宋楊繼業來侵，奴瓜為黃皮室糺都監，擊敗之，盡復所陷城邑。 In the fourth year of Tonghe, when Yang Ye invaded from Song territory, Nugua—then chief of the Yellow Pishi Regiment—defeated him and recovered every town the Song had taken.

論曰：遼在統和間，數舉兵伐宋，諸將如耶律諧理、奴瓜、蕭柳等俱有降城擒將之功。 Commentary: During the Tonghe era Liao repeatedly campaigned against Song, and commanders such as Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, and Xiao Liu all won renown for compelling cities to submit and capturing enemy generals.

History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 1 passage

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三十年，西北部叛，從南府宰相耶律奴瓜討之。 In the thirtieth year the northwest rebelled. He followed Southern Administration Chancellor Yelü Nugua to suppress them.