Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Yelü Yilage 耶律夷臘葛

Yēlǜ Yílàgé

Died AD 969

Passages
17
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Yilage as a courtier, military officer, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Yilage 耶律夷臘葛 Yēlǜ Yílàgé
Title Palace Front Inspector 殿前都點檢
Courtesy name Sussan 蘇散
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律
Personal name Yelü Yilage 耶律夷臘葛
Personal name Yelü Yilige 耶律夷臘葛 Yēlǜ Yílàgé
Given name Yilage 夷臘葛
Personal Yilige 夷臘葛 Yílàgé

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: execution · Cause: laxity in guard duties when Muzong was assassinated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 穆宗被弒 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0085
  • Manner: beheaded
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0086

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:078:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 應歷十九年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:078:s0085, liaoshi:078:s0045
  • Source Date: Text: 十九年正月己丑 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 十八年 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0107, liaoshi:007:s0114, liaoshi:007:s0115
  • Source Date: Text: 十六年十二月甲子 · Western Year: AD 966
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0068
  • Source Date: Text: 景宗即位 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0086
  • Source Date: Text: 穆宗季年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 960 · End: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:061:s0077

Family

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  • Child of Helu (合魯)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Chief Steward of the Ji Class / 寄班都知 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0075
  • Label: Palace Front Chief Inspector / 殿前都點檢 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0074
  • Label: Affairs commissioner / 政事令 · Action: concurrently-appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年甲辰 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0115
  • Label: Palace Front Inspector / 殿前都點檢 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十六年十二月甲子 · Western Year: AD 966
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0068
  • Label: Palace Front Chief Inspector / 殿前都點檢 · Action: held
  • Title: lands at Mozhen east of Black Mountain / 黑山東抹真之地數十里 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年甲辰 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0115
  • Status: palace-households-granted · Action: granted · Item: palace households / 宮戶
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0075
  • Status: execution · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0086
  • Status: executed · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 穆宗被弒 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0085

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: remonstrance nearly the bearing of gentlemen of old · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0066
  • Item: deer-caller Pugu and palace household staff / 喚鹿人鋪姑並掖庭戶 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年乙亥 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0114
  • Item: divine tent / 神帳 · Relation: received · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十八年六月己未 · Western Year: AD 968
    Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0107
  • Item: gold, silver, horses, and Mozhen land east of Black Mountain / 金、銀各百兩,名馬百匹,及黑山東抹真之地 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0084

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Muzong 2 · 5 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 78Volume 78 Biographies 8: Yelu Yilage, Xiao Haili, Xiao Husi, Xiao Siwen, Xiao Jixian · 10 passages