Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Guard Officer

Yelu Wola 耶律斡臘

Yēlǜ Wòlà

Died AD 1012

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Wola as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelu Wola 耶律斡臘 Yēlǜ Wòlà
Courtesy name Sining 斯寧 Sīníng
Given Wola 斡臘 Wòlà
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Personal name Yelu Wola 耶律斡臘 Yēlǜ Wòlà

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0025

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和十三年秋 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 13 · Season: autumn · Western Year: AD 995
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:094:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0025

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: associate director of the Directorate for State Affairs / 同政事門下平章事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0024
  • Label: chief overseer of the field army / 行軍都監 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 統和十三年秋 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 13 · Season: autumn · Western Year: AD 995
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0013
  • Label: garrison commander of the Eastern Capital / 東京留守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0024
  • Label: imperial guard / 護衛 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:094:s0004
  • Label: Senior Commissioner of the Imperial Guard / 護衛太保 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0011
  • Status: spared-from-dismissal · Action: pardoned · Label: spared because of earlier counsel / 以前議得免
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0023

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: warned-against-deep-penetration · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0076
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: nimble and strong
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0003

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 94Volume 94 Biographies 24: Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, Yelu Shiliang · 7 passages