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Yelu Xieniechi 耶律斜涅赤

Yēlǜ Xiénièchì

Died AD 926

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelu Xieniechi as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelu Xieniechi	耶律斜涅赤	Yēlǜ Xiénièchì
Courtesy	Duowan	鐸碗	Duówǎn
Courtesy	Sala	撒剌	Sàlà
Given	Xieniechi	斜涅赤	Xiénièchì
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yēlǜ
Personal name	Yelu Xieniechi	耶律斜涅赤	Yēlǜ Xiénièchì

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0094

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Age: 70 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天顯中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0102

Age

Age: 70 · Reckoning: sui · At: death
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0102

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太祖至天顯中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 938
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0094

Family

Descendant of Sheluguzhi (舍利古直)
Kinship Term: clan ancestor / 族
Kin of Pide (頗德)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
Kin of Laogu (老古)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew

Career and standing

Label: yilijin of the Northern Yuan / 北院夷離堇 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天贊初 · Western Year: AD 922
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0097
Label: director of Inner Guard Corps / 掌腹心部 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0096

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0094
Place: Six Yuan tribes / 六院部 · Relation: clan-of
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0094

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged · Place: Hohan city / 忽汗城 · Other Person Id: Da Yinzhuan (大諲譔)
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0099

Source notes

From: Duowan / 鐸碗 · To: Sala / 撒剌 · Reason: Liao word for wine jar; granted wine when ill
Explicit · liaoshi:073:s0095

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 9 passages

耶律曷魯蕭敵魯耶律斜涅赤耶律欲穩耶律海里 Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, and Yelu Haili

耶律斜涅赤 Yelu Xieniechi

耶律斜涅赤，字撒剌，六院部舍利古直之族。 Yelu Xieniechi, whose style was Sala, came from the clan of Sheluguzhi in the Six Yuan tribes.

始字鐸碗，早隸太祖幕下，嘗有疾，賜樽酒飲而愈，遼言酒樽曰「撒剌」，故詔易字焉。 His original style was Duowan. Early on he entered Taizu's service. Once when he fell ill, he was granted a jar of wine to drink and recovered. In the Liao language a wine jar is called "sala," and therefore an edict changed his style name.

太祖即位，掌腹心部。 When Taizu took the throne, Xieniechi directed the Inner Guard Corps.

天贊初，分叠剌部為北、南院，斜涅赤為北院夷離堇。 At the beginning of Tianzan, the Yila tribe was divided into Northern and Southern Yuan, and Xieniechi became yilijin of the Northern Yuan.

帝西徵至流沙，威聲大振，諸夷潰散，乃命斜涅赤撫集之。 The emperor campaigned west as far as the drifting sands. His martial renown shook all sides and the various tribes scattered in rout, whereupon he ordered Xieniechi to pacify and gather them.

及討渤海，破扶餘城，斜涅赤從太子大元帥率眾夜圍忽汗城，大諲譔降。 When Bohai was attacked and Fuyu city taken, Xieniechi followed the crown prince, grand marshal, in leading the host to besiege Hohan city by night, and Dayinzan submitted.

詰旦，斜涅赤感勵士伍，鼓噪登陴，敵震懾，莫敢禦，遂破之。 At dawn the next day, Xieniechi roused and encouraged the soldiers, beating drums and shouting as they scaled the battlements. The enemy was awed and dared not resist, and the city fell.