Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Yelu Zhu 耶律鑄

Yēlǜ Zhù

Attested AD 1256 - AD 1260

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelu Zhu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1260 中統元年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passages 12, 53
AD 1256 歲丙辰
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yelü Chucai (耶律楚材)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 180, passage 2
Parent of Yelu Xiliang (耶律希亮)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 2
Spouse of Mother of Yelu Xiliang (赤帖吉氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 3

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 4
Kinship Role wife-and-children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passages 12, 53

Career and standing

auditor of revenue and grain 核錢糧
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 4
Submitted
Defector · With Kublai (世祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 12

Learning and skills

Belief Confucianism 儒書 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 4

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Kublai (世祖) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 53
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Xianzong (憲宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 4

Events and relationships

Abandoned family and submitted
Political · Defector · With Kublai (世祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 12
Audited accounts
Administrative · Envoy · At Yan 燕
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 4
Escorted southern campaign
Military · Attendant
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 9
Sent physician and provisions
Patronage · Benefactor · With Hala Buqa (哈剌不花)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 27
Urged submission
Political · Persuader · With Hunduhai (渾都海) · Outcome Refused
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 12

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 180, passage 2

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 180Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui · 9 passages

耶律希亮，字明甫，楚材之孫，鑄之子也。 Yelu Xiliang, whose style name was Mingfu, was the grandson of Yelu Chucai and the son of Yelu Zhu.

初，六皇后命以赤帖吉氏歸鑄，生希亮於和林南之涼樓，曰禿忽思，六皇后遂以其地名之。 In the beginning, the Sixth Empress Dowager had Zhu marry a woman of the Chietieji clan. Xiliang was born at Lianglou, south of Karakorum, in a place called Tuhusi, and the empress dowager gave him that place name.

憲宗嘗遣鑄核錢糧於燕，鑄曰：「臣先世皆讀儒書，儒生俱在中土，願攜諸子，至燕受業。」 Emperor Xianzong once dispatched Zhu to Yan to audit revenue and grain accounts. Zhu said, "For generations my family has studied the Confucian classics, and the scholars we need are all in China proper. I ask leave to bring my sons to Yan for their education."

歲丙辰，憲宗召鑄還和林，希亮獨留燕。 In the bingchen year, the emperor recalled Zhu to Karakorum while Xiliang stayed behind in Yan.

已而鑄扈從南伐，希亮亦在行。 Soon afterward Zhu accompanied the southern expedition, and Xiliang marched with them.

鑄說渾都海等入朝，皆不從，則棄其妻子，挺身來歸。 Zhu urged Hunduhai and his officers to present themselves at court, but they refused. He then left his wife and children behind and came alone to Kublai's side.

既而渾都海知鑄去，怒，遣百騎追之不及。 When Hunduhai learned of Zhu's defection, he flew into a rage and sent a hundred horsemen in pursuit, but they failed to catch him.

哈剌不花與鑄有婚姻之好，又哈剌不花在蜀時，嘗疾病，鑄召醫視之,遺以酒食，因釋希亮縛，謂曰：「我受恩於汝父，此圖報之秋也。」 Hala Buqa was related to Zhu by marriage, and when Hala Buqa had fallen ill in Shu, Zhu had sent a physician and provisions. He now released Xiliang from his bonds and said, "Your father once showed me kindness. This is my chance to repay it."

先是，鑄嘗言於世祖：「臣之妻子皆在北邊。」 Earlier Zhu had told Kublai, "My wife and children are all still in the north."