Yelu Sahe (耶律撒合)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Sahe as a general, official, and tribal leader. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelu Sahe	耶律撒合	Yelü Sahe
Courtesy name	Shuailan	率懶	Shuailan
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yelü
Personal name	Yelu Sahe	耶律撒合	Yelü Sahe

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0121

Roles

General
Official
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0128

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0124
Source Date: Text: 天祿間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0122
Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0123
Source Date: Text: 統和間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0128

Family

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Child of Oulisi (歐禮斯)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Great King of the Yishi Division / 乙室大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0123
Label: Guardian Grand Preceptor / 守太保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0127

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0121
Place: Yishi Division / 乙室部
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0121

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defended · Place: Southern Capital / 南京 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit · liaoshi:085:s0124

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: model resistance of the enemy; encouraged toward wealth and honor · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:085:s0125, liaoshi:085:s0126

References in the histories

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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 · 3 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.

耶律撒合，字率懶，乙室部人，南府宰相歐禮斯子。 Yelu Sahe, whose style name was Shuailan, came from the Yishi Division and was a son of Southern Chancellery Chancellor Oulisi.

乾亨初，宋來侵，詔以本部兵守南京，與北院大王奚底、統軍蕭討古等逆戰，奚底等敗走，獨撒合全軍還。 Early in Qianheng, when Song invaded, an edict ordered his tribal troops to defend the Southern Capital. He joined Northern Chancellery Great King Xidi, Commander Xiao Taogu, and others to meet the enemy; Xidi's forces were routed, but Sahe alone brought his army back intact.