Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Administrator

Yelü Xiantong 耶律仙童

Yēlǜ Xiāntóng

Attested AD 1032 - AD 1074

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Xiantong as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Xiantong 耶律仙童 Yēlǜ Xiāntóng
Title Duke of Jiang 蔣國公
Given name Xiantong 仙童 Xiāntóng
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律
Personal name Yelu Xiantong 耶律仙童 Yēlǜ Xiāntóng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0083
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077
  • Source Date: Text: 咸雍初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1065 · End: AD 1074
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0079
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0073

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Commander-in-Chief of the Palace Guard Cavalry and Infantry / 侍衛親軍馬步軍都指揮 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077
  • Label: Grand Overseer / 都監 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:095:s0073
  • Label: Texun / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:095:s0073
  • Label: administrator of Huanglong Prefecture / 知黃龍府事 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年十一月戊戌 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0083
  • Label: Great King of the Northern Court / 北院大王 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0076
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Zhangguo Army / 彰國軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0076
  • Label: palace duty officer / 宿直官 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:095:s0073
  • Label: governor of Huanglong Prefecture / 知黃龍府事 · Action: held · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Five States / 五國節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0075
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Wuding Army / 武定軍節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Zhongshun Army / 忠順軍節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077
  • Label: Northern Court great king / 北院大王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0083
  • Title: Duke of Jiang / 蔣國公 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0078
  • Title: Duke of Xu / 許國公 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1065 · End: AD 1074
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0079
  • Status: retirement · Action: retired
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0078

Places and affiliations

  • Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0083, liaoshi:095:s0073
  • Place: Huanglong Prefecture / 黃龍府 · Relation: posted-to · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0077

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: known for generosity and magnanimity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:095:s0074

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 25: Yelu Honggu, Yelu Maliu, Xiao Dilie, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Chenjianu, Yelu Teme, Yelu Xiantong, Xiao Susa, Yelu Dabeinu · 4 passages
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