Song, Liao, and Jin · Commissioner of Military Affairs

Yelü Yixin 耶律乙辛

Attested AD 1075 - AD 1076

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Yixin was a Commissioner of Military Affairs.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康初
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passages 157-158
AD 1076 大康二年
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 162

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Suiye (綏也)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 164

Career and standing

Commissioner of Military Affairs 樞密使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 157

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 157

Events and relationships

Commended Tansi who was made empress
AD 1076 大康二年 · Court · Recommender
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 162
Examined and substantiated charge with Zhang Xiaojie
AD 1075 大康初 · Legal · Investigator
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 158
Reported adultery accusation to throne
AD 1075 大康初 · Legal · Reporter
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 157

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 157

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages

大康初，宮婢單登、教坊朱頂鶴誣后與惟一私，樞密使耶律乙辛以聞。 Early in Dakang the palace maid Shan Deng and entertainer Zhu Dinghe accused the empress and Weiyi of adultery; Commissioner Yelü Yixin reported it to the throne.

詔乙辛與張孝傑劾狀，因而實之。 An edict charged Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie to examine the case—and they made the charge stick.

大康二年，乙辛譽之，選入掖庭，立為皇后。 In Dakang 2 Yixin commended her; she entered the inner palace and was made empress.

后妹斡特懶先嫁乙辛子綏也，后以宜子言於帝，離婚，納宮中。 Her younger sister Wotelany had wed Yixin's son Suiye; the empress told the emperor she would bear sons—they divorced, and Wotelany was brought into the palace.