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Yelü Talie 耶律撻烈

Yēlǜ Tàliè

Attested AD 938 - AD 979

Passages
18
Chapters
4
Histories
1

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.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 應曆2年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 應曆4年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 954
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0075
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0220
  • Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0212
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0219
  • Source Date: Text: 十八年 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0108, liaoshi:007:s0113, liaoshi:007:s0117
  • Source Date: Text: 十四年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 964
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 952
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0115, liaoshi:090:s0113
  • Source Date: Text: 會同間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 938 · End: AD 947
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0211

Family

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 952
    Explicit · 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 951
    Explicit · 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 969
    Explicit · 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 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0117
  • Label: campaign commander-in-chief / 行軍都統 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0217
  • Label: overall commander of the Southwest Route army / 都統西南道軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · 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 968
    Explicit · 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 964
    Explicit · 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 947
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0211
  • Label: king who enriches the people / 富民大王 · Action: called
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0166
  • Status: retirement · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0219

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Zhou-at-Xinkou
    Explicit · 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 954
    Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0075
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Guo Congyi (郭從義) · Place: Xinkou / 忻口
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-relieve-Han · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 964
    Explicit · 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 968
    Explicit · 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 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0108
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved · Place: Yanmen Pass / 雁門

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: rewards and punishments clear; won troops' loyalty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:077:s0163

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Muzong 2 · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 9 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 20: Xiao Ala, Yelu Yixian, Xiao Taowei, Xiao Talage, Yelu Dilu · 1 passage