Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Official

Yelü Xiezhen 耶律斜軫

Yēlǜ Xiézhěn

Died AD 999

Passages
64
Chapters
15
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Xiezhen as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 64 passages from 15 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yēlǜ Xiézhěn
Title Commissioner-in-Chief Yelü Xiezhen 樞密使耶律斜軫
Courtesy Hanyin 韓隱 Hányǐn
Title Northern Chancellor 北院大王
Title Prince of Wei 魏王
Title Privy Councilor 樞密使
Personal Xiezhen 斜軫 Xiézhěn
Given Xiezhen 斜軫 Xiézhěn
Given Xiezhen 斜軫
Personal name Xiezhen 斜軫 Xiezhen
Surname Yelu 耶律
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yelü
Personal Yelu Xiezhen 耶律斜軫
Personal name Yelu Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yēlǜ Xiézhěn
Personal Yelu Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yēlǜ Xiézhěn
Personal name Yelu Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yelü Xiezhen
Personal name Yelü Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yēlǜ Xiézhěn
Personal Yelü Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yelü Xiézhěn
Personal Yelü Xiezhen 耶律斜軫 Yelü Xiezhen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和17年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 999
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0253
  • Place: in the army on southern campaign / 軍 · Manner: died in the field
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0103
  • Explicit · liaoshi:082:s0110

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸酉朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0178
  • Source Date: Text: 三年八月庚辰 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 庚辰 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0186
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0039, liaoshi:083:s0010, liaoshi:083:s0176
  • Source Date: Text: 統和元年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0077, liaoshi:010:s0090
  • Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0076, liaoshi:083:s0081
  • Source Date: Text: 統和17年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 999
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0253
  • Source Date: Text: 統和二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 984
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0017
  • Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0128
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0004, liaoshi:083:s0082, liaoshi:083:s0083, liaoshi:085:s0007
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Strongly inferred · liaoshi:094:s0012, liaoshi:094:s0080
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年前後 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 統和六年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 988
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:012:s0067, liaoshi:012:s0078
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨末 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0058
  • Source Date: Text: 景宗疾大漸 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 982
    Explicit · liaoshi:082:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 統和初（敵魯為斜軫妻療疾之敘事前置） · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:108:s0041, liaoshi:108:s0042
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:083:s0171
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧八年 · Western Year: AD 976
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0082

Family

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  • Parent of Gou'er (狗兒)
    Kinship Term: son by a concubine / 庶子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Descendant of Helu (曷魯)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Descendant of Salade (薩剌德)
    Kinship Term: descended from / 係出
  • Spouse of Wife of Yelü Xiezhen
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Spouse of Niece of the Empress (皇后之侄)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: commander-in-chief / 都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸酉朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0178
  • Label: Commissioner of the Northern Court Privy Council / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0081
  • Label: overall commander of horses and troops on all routes / 諸路兵馬都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0050
  • Label: overall commander of Shanxi horses and troops / 山西兵馬都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0029
  • Label: Northern Court Great King / 北院大王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧八年六月 · Western Year: AD 976
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0122
  • Label: Acting Grand Mentor / 守太保 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0102
  • Label: Great King of the Southern Court / 南院大王 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0175
  • Label: Minister of Works / 司徒 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0077
  • Label: overall commander of Shanxi Route forces / 山西路兵馬都統 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0083
  • Label: Secretariat Commissioner / 樞密使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸酉朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0178
  • Label: Commissioner of Military Affairs / 樞密使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0128
  • Label: Commissioner of Military Affairs / 樞密使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0004
  • Label: Northern Court Commissioner of Military Affairs / 北院樞密使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0029
  • Label: Commissioner-in-Chief / 樞密使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0042
  • Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0082
  • Label: Northern Court privy commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0253
  • Label: Privy Council director / 樞密使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0012
  • Label: Southern Court Great King / 南院大王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0039, liaoshi:009:s0067
  • Label: Southwest circuit pacification commissioner / 西南面招討使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0122
  • Label: Vice Commissioner of Military Affairs / 樞密副使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0077
  • Label: Grand Preceptor / 守太保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0132
  • Title: Prince of Wei / 魏王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0253

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Yang Jiye (楊繼業) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0115, liaoshi:011:s0104
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Yang Jiye (楊繼業)
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0096, liaoshi:083:s0160
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Yang-Ye · Other Person Id: Yang Jiye (楊繼業) · Place: Shanxi / 山西
    Explicit · liaoshi:094:s0012
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: flank-attack-routed-Song · Place: Gaoliang River / 高梁河 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0056
  • Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: ordered-to-campaign-against-Jurchen · Other Label: Jurchen / 女直 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸酉朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0178
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pursued
    Explicit · liaoshi:012:s0067, liaoshi:012:s0078
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved · Other Person Id: Yelü Sha (耶律沙) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0012
  • Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: reported-roads-still-boggy · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年八月庚辰 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 庚辰 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0186
  • Kind: military · Role: rescuer · Action: rescued-Shanbu-from-ambush · Other Person Id: Yelü Shanbu (耶律善補) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0128
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: southern-campaign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0067
  • Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0090
  • Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Shifang (室昉)
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0017
  • Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Siwen (思溫)
    Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0171
  • Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Yelu Ameli (耶律阿沒裏)
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0076

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 4 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Shengzong 1 · 3 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 17 passages
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壬午，樞密使斜軫、林牙勤德、謀魯姑、節度使闥覽、統軍使室羅、侍中抹只、奚王府監軍迪烈與安吉等克女直還軍，遣近侍泥裏吉詔旌其功，仍執手撫諭，賜酒果勞之。 On renwu day Commissioner of Military Affairs Xiezhen, yulin Qinde, Molugu, military commissioner Talan, army commander Shiluo, Palace Attendant Mojie, Xi princely house overseer Dilie, and Anji and others, having broken the Jurchen and returned, were sent the attendant Niliji with an edict commending their merit; he clasped their hands in reassurance, granted wine and fruit, and rewarded them.
History of Liao, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Shengzong 3 · 2 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shengzong 5 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 2 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu · 2 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 83Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu · 19 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 14: Yelu Sha, Yelu Mozhi, Xiao Gan, Yelu Shanbu, Yelu Haili · 4 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe · 5 passages
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History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 1 passage
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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 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 108Volume 108 Biographies 38: Divination · 1 passage
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