Overview
The translated histories identify Yelü Xianshi as an aristocrat, courtier, military officer, and official. This record brings together 15 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 Xianshi | 耶律賢適 | Yēlǜ Xiánshì |
| Courtesy | Aguzhen | 阿古真 | Aguzhen |
| Title | langjun | 郎君 | |
| Title | Merit of Loyal Cooperation | 推忠協力功臣 | |
| Title | Merit of Protecting the Realm | 保節功臣 | |
| Title | Prince of Xiping | 西平郡王 | |
| Title | Prince of Xiping commandery | 西平郡王 | |
| Personal | Xianshi | 賢適 | Xiánshì |
| Given | Xianshi | 賢適 | Xianshi |
| Surname | Yelu | 耶律 | Yelu |
| Surname | Yelü | 耶律 | Yēlǜ |
| Personal | Yelu Xianshi | 耶律賢適 | Yelu Xianshi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:007:s0072, liaoshi:008:s0007
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:009:s0079, liaoshi:066:s0225
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:079:s0032
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Courtier
- Military Officer
- Official
- Royal Family Member
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Age: Value: 53 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0048
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 應曆中 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0035, liaoshi:079:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 保寧三年 · Western Year: AD 971Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 保寧三年 · Western Year: AD 971Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 保寧二年 · Western Year: AD 970Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 保寧二年秋 · Western Year: AD 970Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 十七年正月庚寅朔 · Western Year: AD 967Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 景宗立 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0225
Family
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- Child of Yelu Lubugu (耶律魯不古)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Guanyin (觀音)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kin of Liao Taizu (遼太祖)Kinship Term: younger cousin by clan / 從姪 · Subject Role: junior-cousin · Object Role: senior-cousin
Career and standing
- Label: commander-in-chief of troops on the northwest route / 西北路兵馬都部署 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧三年 · Western Year: AD 971Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0041
- Label: Northwest Route pacification commissioner / 西北路招討使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧三年七月 · Western Year: AD 971Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0050
- Label: Northern Chancellery Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧二年七月 · Western Year: AD 970Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0034
- Label: north chancellery commissioner of military affairs / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧二年秋 · Western Year: AD 970Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0040
- Label: right Pishi xiangwen / 右皮室詳穩 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十七年正月庚寅朔 · Western Year: AD 967Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0072
- Label: acting grand guardian / 檢校太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景宗立 · Western Year: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0038
- Label: Specially Advanced associate chief administrator of the Secretariat / 特進同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0039
- Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: concurrentExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0040
- Label: former Commissioner of Military Affairs / 前樞密使 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:009:s0079
- Label: right Pishi xiangwen / 右皮室詳穩 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:008:s0034
- Label: detailed commissioner of the right pishi guard / 右皮室詳穩 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0036
- Label: military commissioner of the Ningjiang army / 寧江軍節度使 · Action: remotely-appointedExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0038
- Title: Prince of Xiping / 西平郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0048
- Title: Prince of Xiping commandery / 西平郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 980Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0079
- Label: Merit of Loyal Cooperation / 推忠協力功臣 · Action: grantedExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0038
- Label: Merit of Protecting the Realm / 保節功臣 · Action: grantedExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0040
- Title: Prince of Xiping Commandery / 西平郡王 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:066:s0225
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: belonged-toStrongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0225
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:008:s0007
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: subject-of-praise · Speaker Person Id: Wuzhi (屋質) · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wuzhi (屋質)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0034
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrant · Action: reported abuses of favorites to the emperor · Other Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0044, liaoshi:079:s0045
- Kind: political · Role: retiree · Action: resignation finally granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0047
- Kind: military · Role: officer · Action: returned from campaign against the Wugu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0036
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: returned-from-suppressing-Wugu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十七年正月庚寅朔 · Western Year: AD 967Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0072
- Kind: political · Role: petitioner · Action: sought to resign for illness; ordered to cast seal and continue · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0046
- Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0007
- Kind: political · Role: adviser · Action: urged Jingzong to sever satirical associates · Other Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0037
- Relation: valued-by · Person Id: Wuzhi (屋質)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0034
- Relation: adviser-of · Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0037
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: loyal and upright; celebrated minister of recent times · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0090
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:008:s0007
References in the histories
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