Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Yelü Yixian 耶律義先

Died AD 1052

Passages
24
Chapters
8
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yelü Yixian as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 24 passages from 8 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yelü Yixian 耶律義先 Yelü Yixian
Title Prince of Fuchun 富春郡王
Title Prince of Fuchun 富春王
Title Prince of Wuchang Commandery 武昌郡王
Title Prince of Xu 許王
Posthumous name Prince of Xu 許王
Surname Yelu 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yelü
Surname Yelü 耶律 Yēlǜ
Surname Yelü 耶律
Personal name Yelu Yixian 耶律義先 Yēlǜ Yìxiān
Personal Yelu Yixian 耶律義先
Personal Yelu Yixian 耶律義先 Yelü Yìxiān
Personal Yelü Yixian 耶律義先 Yēlǜ Yìxiān
Personal name Yelü Yixian 耶律義先 Yelü Yixian
Title Yiliebi 夷離畢
Personal Yixian 義先 Yìxiān
Given name Yixian 義先 Yìxiān
Personal Yixian 義先 Yixian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

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

Life and dates

Death

  • Age: 42 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年十一月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0039

Age

  • Age: 42 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 九年十一月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0034
  • Source Date: Text: 義先以身率先 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0092
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0156
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0090, liaoshi:090:s0030
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1035
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十七年 · Western Year: AD 1048
    Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0010, liaoshi:091:s0050
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0097, liaoshi:113:s0099
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:099:s0038, liaoshi:099:s0039

Family

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  • Descendant of Yanmu (巖木)
    Kinship Term: descendant of / 之後
  • Descendant of Jundeshi (勻德實)
    Kinship Term: descended from / 係出
  • Child of Guiyin (瑰引)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Spouse of Wife of Yelu Yixian (義先妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
  • Spouse of Wife of Yelü Yixian (耶律義先妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
  • Sibling of Yelü Renxian (耶律仁先)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
  • Sibling of Yelü Xinxian (耶律信先)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: tithen / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0090
  • Label: Attendant Prince Guard Corps detail officer / 祗候郎君班詳穩 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1035
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0009
  • Label: commander-in-chief of the twelve columns / 十二行糺都監 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0010
  • Label: Nanjing military governor / 南京統軍使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
  • Label: Palace Front Command inspector / 殿前都點檢 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
  • Label: Southern Court palace commissioner / 南院宣徽使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0010
  • Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
  • Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0156
  • Title: Prince of Fuchun / 富春王 · Action: advanced · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
  • Title: Prince of Wuchang Commandery / 武昌郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
  • Title: Prince of Xu / 許王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0034
  • Title: King of Xu / 許王 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:066:s0156
  • Title: Prince of Xu / 許王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年十一月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0039
  • Label: removal from office / 免官 · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Xiao Paizhe (蕭朮哲)
    Explicit · liaoshi:091:s0051

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: loyal and upright by nature · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革)
    Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0020
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: handsome in appearance and solemn in manner
    Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0008

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 17: · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 20: Xiao Ala, Yelu Yixian, Xiao Taowei, Xiao Talage, Yelu Dilu · 10 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 91Volume 91 Biographies 21: Yelu Hanba, Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Paizhe, Yelu Jue, Yelu Pulidu · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 99Volume 99 Biographies 29: Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, Yelu Shiliu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 6 passages