Yeshu (也速) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yeshu as a general and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yeshu	也速	Yěsù
Personal name	Yeshu	也速
Personal name	Yesü	也速

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0062

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: chapter dated context · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0062
Source Date: Text: 至正二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1367
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0202, yuanshi:111:s0199
Source Date: Text: 至正二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1368
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0207, yuanshi:111:s0204

Career and standing

Label: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1367
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0202, yuanshi:111:s0199
Label: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1368
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0207, yuanshi:111:s0204
Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0062

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: active-in
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0062
Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
Explicit · yuanshi:111:s0202

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-killed · Other Person Id: Yao Bayanbuqa (姚伯顏不花)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0075
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent-south-against · Other Person Id: Köke Temür (擴廓)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0073

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 111Volume 111 Tables 6: Three Ducal Ministers 2 · 2 passages

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也速 Yesü

History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 4 passages

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丙戌，皇太子親統兵迎於清河，丞相也速、詹事不蘭奚軍於昌平，也速軍士無鬪志，青軍楊同僉被殺於居庸，不蘭奚戰敗走，皇太子亦馳入城。 On the bingxu day the heir apparent led troops in person to meet them at Qinghe, while Chancellor Yeshu and household superintendent Buranxi took position at Changping. Yeshu's men would not fight. Yang Tongqian was killed at Juyong, Buranxi was routed, and the heir apparent galloped back into the city.

遣禿堅帖木兒率軍討上都附皇太子者，調也速南禦擴廓帖木兒軍。 He sent Toqto'a Timur to suppress Shangdu supporters of the heir apparent and shifted Yeshu south to block Köke Timur's advance.

也速次良鄉不進，而歸永平，遣人西連太原，東連遼陽，軍聲大振。 Yeshu halted at Liangxiang without advancing, then withdrew to Yongping and sent envoys to link with Taiyuan in the west and Liaoyang in the east, until his army's reputation rose sharply.

孛羅帖木兒患之，遣驍將姚伯顏不花統兵出禦，至通州，河溢，營虹橋以待，也速出其不意，襲而破之，擒姚伯顏，殺之。 Alarmed, Boluo Timur sent his fierce general Yao Bayan Buhua to meet him. At Tongzhou the river was in flood, and Yao Bayan Buhua encamped at Hongqiao to wait. Yeshu surprised him, routed his force, captured Yao Bayan Buhua, and executed him.