Yelü Xisun (耶律喜孫)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Xisun as a courtier, official, statesman, and teacher. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yelü Xisun	耶律喜孫	Yēlǜ Xǐsūn
Given name	Xisun	喜孫	Xǐsūn
Given	Xisun	喜孫	Xǐsūn
Surname	Yelu	耶律	Yēlǜ
Surname	Yelü	耶律	Yēlǜ
Personal	Yelu Xisun	耶律喜孫	Yēlǜ Xǐsūn
Personal name	Yelü Xisun	耶律喜孫	Yēlǜ Xǐsūn
Courtesy	Yinyin	盈隱	Yíngyǐn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:019:s0193, liaoshi:097:s0076

Roles

Courtier
Official
Statesman
Teacher

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0082

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十五年七月乙未 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 乙未 · Western Year: AD 1046
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0193
Source Date: Text: 重熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0080

Family

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Parent of Niege (涅哥)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Northeast Route xiangwen / 東北路詳穩 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年七月乙未 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 乙未 · Western Year: AD 1046
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0193
Label: Chancellor of the Southern Administration / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0081
Label: Detailed Inspector of the Northeast Route / 東北路詳穩 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0082
Label: Southern Chancellor / 南府宰相 · Action: formerly-held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年七月乙未 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 乙未 · Western Year: AD 1046
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0193

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0193, liaoshi:097:s0076
Place: Yongxing Palace Division / 永興宮分 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0076
Organization: Pin tribe / 品部 · Relation: attached-to
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0081

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: accuser · Action: reported-treason · Other Person Id: Ren'ade (仁德皇后)
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0078
Kind: political · Role: supporter · Action: supported-accession · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0081
Relation: instructor-of · Person Id: Xingzong (興宗)
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0077

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: especially favored and trusted by Empress Dowager Qin'ai · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0079

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 1 passage

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乙未，以北院宣徽使旅墳為左夷離畢，前南府宰相耶律喜孫東北路詳穩。 On yiwei day Northern Court palace affairs commissioner Lü Fen was appointed left yilibi, and former Southern Chancellor Yelü Xisun was made Northeast Route xiangwen.

History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 6 passages

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耶律斡特剌孩裏竇景庸耶律引吉楊績趙徽王觀耶律喜孫 Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, and Yelu Xisun

耶律喜孫，字盈隱，永興宮分人。 Yelu Xisun, whose style name was Yinyin, was a man of the Yongxing Palace Division.

興宗在青宮，嘗居左右輔導。 When Xingzong was heir apparent in the Eastern Palace, Xisun had once served at his side as instructor.

聖宗大漸，喜孫與馮家奴告仁德皇后同宰相蕭浞卜等謀逆事。 When Emperor Shengzong was critically ill, Xisun together with Feng Jianu reported that Empress Rende, Chancellor Xiao Pobu, and others were plotting treason.

及欽哀為皇太后稱制，喜孫尤見寵任。 When Empress Dowager Qin'ai assumed regency, Xisun was especially favored and trusted.

帝以喜孫有翼戴功，且悼其子罪死，欲世其官，喜孫無所出之部，因見馬印文有品部號，使隸其部，拜南府宰相。 Because Xisun had merit in supporting the emperor's accession and the emperor also grieved that his son had died for a crime, he wished to make his office hereditary; as Xisun had no division of origin, the emperor saw on a horse-brand the mark of the Pin tribe, had him attached to that tribe, and appointed him Chancellor of the Southern Administration.