Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Rebel

Yelü Shuze 耶律術者

Yēlǜ Shùzhě

Attested AD 1101 - AD 1115

Passages
11
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Shuze as an aristocrat, family member, military officer, and official. This record brings together 11 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Shuze 耶律術者 Yēlǜ Shùzhě
Courtesy name Nengdian 能典 Néngdiǎn
Given name Paizhe 術者 Shùzhě
Given name Shuzhe 朮者 Shuzhe
Given name Shuzhe 術者 Shuzhe
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yelü
Personal name Yelü Paizhe 耶律術者 Yēlǜ Shùzhě
Personal name Yelü Shuzhe 耶律朮者 Yelü Shuzhe
Alternate name Yelü Shuzhe 耶律術者 Yelü Shuzhe

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾統六年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1106
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0083
  • Source Date: Text: 乾統初 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1103
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0082
  • Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:028:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 天慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1115
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:100:s0084
  • Source Date: Text: 終遼之世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125

Family

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  • Descendant of Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
    Kinship Term: ancestor of / 之後
    Kinship Term: descendant of / 之後
  • Spouse of Eoliben (訛裏本)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: widowed

Career and standing

  • Label: attendant langjun / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統初 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1103
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0082
  • Label: prefect of Yin Prefecture / 銀州刺史 · Action: demoted
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0085
  • Label: Jin Prefecture prefect / 錦州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0052
  • Label: investigation commissioner / 觀察使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾統六年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1106
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0083
  • Label: jiujiang commissioner at Xian Prefecture / 咸州糺將 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0085
  • Status: rebel · Action: entered
    Explicit · liaoshi:028:s0052

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: plotted deposition for personal gain; committed high treason · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0098
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: imposing in stature and forceful in debate
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0081

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 28Volume 28 Annals 28: Emperor Tianzuo 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 100Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe · 5 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 107Volume 107 Biographies 37: Exemplary Women · 5 passages