Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Shanbu as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 22 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 Shanbu | 耶律善補 | Yēlǜ Shànbǔ |
| Given | Shanbu | 善補 | Shànbǔ |
| Title | tihu Yaosheng | 惕隱瑤升 | |
| Personal | Yaosheng | 瑤升 | Yáoshēng |
| Courtesy name | Yaosheng | 瑤升 | Yáoshēng |
| Surname | Yelu | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Personal name | Yelu Shanbu | 耶律善補 | Yēlǜ Shànbǔ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 74Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0070
Age
- Age: 74 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0070
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:s0042
- Source Date: Text: 統和元年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0031, liaoshi:010:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨末 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 983Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 統和 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1000Explicit · liaoshi:082:s0027
- Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0060
Family
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- Kin of Anduan (安端)Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Yelu Shanbu (耶律善補之父)
- Descendant of King of Chu (楚國王)Kinship Term: descendant / 之後 · Line: paternal
- Child of Father of Yelu Shanbu (耶律善補之父)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Origins and identity
- Label: Mengfu line of the King of Chu / 孟父楚國王之後Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0053
Career and standing
- Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0060
- Label: Grand General of the Thousand-Ox Guard / 千牛衛大將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0055
- Label: Great King of the Southern Office / 南院大王 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0062
- Label: Military Commissioner of the Datong Army / 大同軍節度使 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0055
- Label: Southern Chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0062
- Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: dismissedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0061
- Label: army commander / 統軍使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0128
- Label: tihu / 惕隱 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0037
- Label: Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Capital / 南京統軍使 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0056
- Label: Datong Army Military Commissioner / 大同軍節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:009:s0042, liaoshi:009:s0068
- Label: Nanjing circuit military commissioner / 南京統軍使 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0031
- Status: corporal-punishment · Action: beaten · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨末 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0059
- Status: corporal-punishment · Action: flogged · Reason: inadequate-preparedness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0128
- Label: stripped of office for fleeing / 奪官 · Action: punished · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0128
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0065, liaoshi:084:s0066
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ambushed-rescued · Other Person Id: Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫) · Place: Mancheng / 滿城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨末 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0058
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led-Shanxi-forces-south · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0068
- Kind: military · Role: supreme-commander · Action: refused-battle · Outcome: districts-fellExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0061
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: south-to-reinforce-Han · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0042
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: trapped-by-ambush-rescued · Other Person Id: Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0128
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: timid caution; campaigns often unsuccessful · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0069, liaoshi:084:s0074
- Kind: character · Statement: conscientious, prudent, and giftedExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0054
- Kind: character · Statement: timid and preferred quietExplicit · liaoshi:084:s0068
References in the histories
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