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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: male
- 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 1052Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年十一月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0039
Age
- Age: 42 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 九年十一月己未 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:022:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 清寧間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 義先以身率先 · Western Year: AD 1052Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0092
- Source Date: Text: 遼 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0156
- Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:045:s0090, liaoshi:090:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1035Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 重熙十七年 · Western Year: AD 1048Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 重熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0010, liaoshi:091:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0097, liaoshi:113:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
- Source Date: Text: 重熙間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055Explicit 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
- Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹Strongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0090
- Label: three paternal houses of the imperial clan / 三父房Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0031
Career and standing
- Label: tithen / 惕隱 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052Explicit · 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 1035Explicit 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 1044Explicit 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 1047Explicit 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 1047Explicit 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 1044Explicit 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 1052Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0030
- Label: tiyin / 惕隱 · Action: heldExplicit · 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 1052Explicit 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 1047Explicit 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 1064Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0034
- Title: King of Xu / 許王 · Action: heldExplicit · 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 1063Explicit · liaoshi:022:s0039
- Explicit · liaoshi:091:s0051
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-withStrongly inferred · liaoshi:045:s0090
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: belonged-toStrongly inferred · liaoshi:066:s0156
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liaoshi:090:s0012, liaoshi:090:s0015
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · liaoshi:045:s0090
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: actor · Action: admonished-imperial-clan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1052Explicit · liaoshi:045:s0090
- Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: attacked Punnuli rebels; captured Taodeli · Other Person Id: Taodeli (陶得裏)Explicit · liaoshi:091:s0050
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-against-Punnuli · Other Person Id: Taodeli (陶得裏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1047Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0027
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-west · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:090:s0010
- Kind: personal · Role: actor · Action: led-clan-by-exampleExplicit · liaoshi:045:s0092
- Kind: administrative · Role: official · Action: lent-command-funds-at-interest-for-poorExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0028, liaoshi:090:s0029
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Xiao Ge (蕭革)
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 mannerExplicit · liaoshi:090:s0008
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:045:s0090
References in the histories
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