Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Sha as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 29 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yelü Sha | 耶律沙 | Yēlǜ Shā |
| Courtesy name | Anyin | 安隱 | Ānyǐn |
| Given | Sha | 沙 | Shā |
| Title | Southern Chancellor Yelu Sha | 南府宰相沙 | |
| Surname | Yelu | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Personal | Yelu Sha | 沙 | Shā |
| Personal | Yelu Sha | 耶律沙 | Yēlǜ Shā |
| Personal name | Yelu Sha | 耶律沙 | Yēlǜ Shā |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0021
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和六年五月癸亥 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0030
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年冬 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 統和六年五月癸亥 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 是年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 應歷間 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 977Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 保寧八年 · Western Year: AD 976Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0132
- Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 滿城之役 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0123
Family
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- Parent of Deli (德裏)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Origins and identity
- Label: ancestors served as ministers to the Yaolian clan / 其先嘗相遙輦氏Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0004
Career and standing
- Label: army supervisor / 監軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0067
- Label: commander-in-chief / 都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0038
- Label: Chancellor of the Southern Office / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷間 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0005
- Label: Acting Grand Guardian / 守太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0007
- Label: overall charge of southern frontier affairs / 總領南面邊事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0006
- Label: Southern Chancellery chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:012:s0030
- Label: Southern Court chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: held
- Status: censured · Action: blamed-then-pardoned · Reason: White Horse defeat offset by driving off Song emperor · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0062
- Status: pardoned · Action: released · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0017
- Status: threatened-execution · Action: spared · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0018
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:008:s0132
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Events and relationships
- Kind: court · Role: honoree · Action: banqueted-and-rewarded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0066
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Liu Tingrang (劉廷讓) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0020
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought-at · Place: Gaoliang River / 高梁河 · Outcome: brief-retreat-then-victory · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0055, liaoshi:009:s0056
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought-at · Place: White Horse Ridge / 白馬嶺 · Outcome: defeat · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0044
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought · Place: White Horse Ridge / 白馬嶺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979 · Outcome: defeat
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought · Place: Gaoliang River / 高梁河 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979 · Outcome: victory-with-alliesExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0014, liaoshi:084:s0015
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: presented-captives · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0059, liaoshi:009:s0061
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: presented-Song-captives · Other Person Id: Dilie (敵烈) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 977Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0004
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved · Place: Hedong / 河東 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0007
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent-to-relieve-Han · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧八年九月 · Western Year: AD 976Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0132
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: honored for advanced age · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Wise Empress Dowager (睿智皇后)Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0019
- Assessment: lost then recovered merit with Xiuge and Xiezhen · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0072
- Item: folding stool and staff / 几杖 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0019
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:008:s0132
References in the histories
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