Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Talie as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 18 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodFive Dynasties
Found inHistory of Liao
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yelü Talie | 耶律撻烈 | Yēlǜ Tàliè |
| Courtesy name | Nielugun | 涅魯袞 | Nièlǔgǔn |
| Title | Southwest Military Governor and Southern Court Great King | 西南面都統、南院大王 | |
| Title | Southwest Pacification Commissioner | 西南面招討使 | |
| Given | Talie | 撻烈 | |
| Personal | Talie | 撻烈 | Tàliè |
| Given name | Talie | 撻烈 | Tàliè |
| Alternate | Tielie | 撻烈 | |
| Surname | Yelu | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Personal name | Yelu Talie | 耶律撻烈 | Yēlǜ Tàliè |
| Personal name | Yelü Talie | 耶律撻烈 | Yēlǜ Tàliè |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: illness · Age: 79Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0222
Age
- Age: 79 · Reckoning: statedExplicit · liaoshi:077:s0222
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 應曆2年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 應曆4年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0220
- Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0212
- Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0219
- Source Date: Text: 十八年 · Western Year: AD 968
- Source Date: Text: 十四年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 964Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 952Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0115, liaoshi:090:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 會同間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 938 · End: AD 947Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0211
Family
- Descendant of Enguzhi (甗古直)Kinship Term: descendant / 後
Career and standing
- Label: Great King of the Southern Court / 南院大王 · Action: appointed · Date: Source Date: Text: 應曆2年甲申 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0019
- Label: great king of the Southern Court / 南院大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0212
- Label: concurrent chief administrator / 兼政事令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0219
- Label: grand commander of army and horse / 兵馬總管 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年冬十月辛亥朔 · Western Year: AD 968Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0117
- Label: campaign commander-in-chief / 行軍都統 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:077:s0217
- Label: overall commander of the Southwest Route army / 都統西南道軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:077:s0213
- Label: Southwest military governor and Southern Court Great King / 西南面都統、南院大王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年九月戊戌 · Western Year: AD 968Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0113
- Label: Southwest Pacification Commissioner / 西南面招討使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 964Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0004
- Label: lingwen of a frontier tribe / 邊部令穩 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 938 · End: AD 947Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0211
- Label: king who enriches the people / 富民大王 · Action: calledExplicit · liaoshi:077:s0166
- Status: retirement · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0219
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Zhou-at-XinkouExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0115
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Fu Yanqing (符彥卿) · Place: Xinkou / 忻口 · Date: Source Date: Text: 應曆4年丁酉 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0075
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Guo Congyi (郭從義) · Place: Xinkou / 忻口Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0215, liaoshi:077:s0216
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-relieve-Han · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 964Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0004
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-relieve-Taiyuan · Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年冬十月辛亥朔 · Western Year: AD 968Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0117
- Kind: tribute · Role: presenter · Action: presented-female-dog-from-eagle-nest · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年六月甲戌 · Western Year: AD 968Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0108
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved · Place: Yanmen Pass / 雁門Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0217, liaoshi:077:s0218
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: rewards and punishments clear; won troops' loyalty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:077:s0163
References in the histories
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