Sui and Tang · Türk Qaghan

Yonglu 雍閭

First attested AD 587; died AD 600

Passages: 17
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yonglu was a Türk Qaghan.

Life and dates

Death

AD 600 二十年
Killed by subordinates
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 193

Attested activity

AD 587 七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130
AD 600 二十年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 193
AD 588 八年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139
AD 597 十七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 160
AD 593 十三年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 141, 143, 145-147, 149-150
AD 599 十九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 162, 164, 175, 190

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Shetu (攝圖)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130

Career and standing

Yabghu Qaghan 葉護可汗
AD 587 七年 · Invested
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130

Places and affiliations

Polity Türks 突厥 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130, 141, 162, 193

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode allegation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 145
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode self-report
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 176

Events and relationships

Allied surprise attack
AD 599 十九年 · Military · Attacker · With Tardu Khan (達頭可汗) · At Great Wall 長城
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 164
Arrested Ansuijia and delivered them to Sheng
AD 593 十三年 · Legal · Actor · With Ansuijia (安遂迦), Sheng (晟)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 147
Invested as Yabghu Qaghan
AD 587 七年 · Political · Beneficiary
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130
Raided Rangan repeatedly
AD 597 十七年 · Military · Attacker · With Rangan (染幹)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 160
Received Chen treasures
AD 588 八年 · Diplomatic · Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139
Requested marriage alliance
AD 593 十三年 · Diplomatic · Petitioner
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 149

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Stopped tribute after believing Yang Qin
AD 593 十三年 · Diplomatic · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 141
Suffered portents
AD 599 十九年 · Omen · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 175-176
Relation Enemy of · Person Rangan (染幹)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 162, 164, 190
Relation Ally of · Person Tardu Khan (達頭可汗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 164
Relation Rival of · Person Tardu Khan (達頭可汗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 150

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fickle and untrustworthy · Mode named-source-report Speaker Sheng (晟)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 150
AD 588 八年
Item precious objects presented by Chen 陳國所獻寶器 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130, 162

References in the histories

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History

17 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 17 passages

七年，攝圖死，遣晟持節拜其弟處羅侯為莫何可汗，以其子雍閭為葉護可汗。 In the seventh year Shetu died; Sheng was dispatched with credentials to invest his younger brother Chuluohou as Qaghan Mohe and his son Yonglu as Yabghu Qaghan.

八年，處羅侯死，遣晟往吊，仍齎陳國所獻寶器以賜雍閭。 In the eighth year Chuluohou died; Sheng was sent to mourn him and carried treasures that Chen had presented to bestow upon Yonglu.

雍閭信之，乃不修職貢。 Yonglu believed him and stopped sending tribute.

公主見晟，乃言辭不遜，又遣所私胡人安遂迦共欽計議，扇惑雍閭。 The princess received Sheng with insolent speech and sent her private agent, the Hu man Ansuijia, to conspire with Qin and stir Yonglu to revolt.

又遣晟往索欽，雍閭欲勿與，謬答曰：「檢校客內，無此色人。」 He was sent again to demand Qin; Yonglu tried to withhold him and answered falsely, "We have searched our guests and found no such person."

晟乃貨其達官，知欽所在，夜掩獲之，以示雍閭，因發公主私事，國人大恥。 Sheng bribed Yonglu's nobles, learned Qin's whereabouts, seized him in a night raid, and showed him to Yonglu, exposing the princess's misconduct and shaming the nation.

雍閭執遂迦等，並以付晟。 Yonglu arrested Ansuijia and the rest and delivered them to Sheng.

雍閭又表請婚，僉議將許之。 Yonglu again petitioned for a marriage alliance, and the court was inclined to agree.

晟又奏曰：「臣觀雍閭，反覆無信，特共玷厥有隙，所以依倚國家。 Sheng memorialized again, "Yonglu is fickle and untrustworthy; he clings to us only because he is at odds with Dianjue.

臣前與相見，亦乞通婚，不如許之，招令南徙，兵少力弱，易可撫馴，使敵雍閭，以為邊捍。」 He too once asked for a marriage when I met him; better to grant it, move him south, and since his forces are few and weak, pacify him easily and set him against Yonglu as a border shield."

雍閭疾之，亟來抄略。 Yonglu resented this and raided again and again.

染幹伺知動靜，輒遣奏聞，是以賊來每先有備。 Rangan reported every movement to court, so the frontier was forewarned whenever Yonglu struck.

十九年，染幹因晟奏，雍閭作攻具，欲打大同城。 In the nineteenth year Rangan reported through Sheng that Yonglu was building siege engines to attack Datong.

雍閭大懼，複共達頭同盟，合力掩襲染幹，大戰于長城下。 Terrified, Yonglu allied again with Datou; together they fell on Rangan in a great battle below the Great Wall.

晟遣降虜覘候雍閭，知其牙內屢有災變，夜見赤虹，光照數百里，天狗隕，雨血三日，流星墜其營內，有聲如雷。 Sheng sent surrendered Türks to watch Yonglu and learned that his camp was plagued by omens—a red rainbow lighting the sky for hundreds of li, a heaven-dog falling, three days of bloody rain, a meteor crashing into his camp with thunder.

晟又奏：「染幹部落歸者既眾，雖在長城之內，猶被雍閭抄略，往來辛苦，不得甯居。 Sheng memorialized again, "Rangan's followers are already many; though inside the Great Wall they still suffer Yonglu's raids and cannot live in peace.

二十年，都藍大亂，為其部下所殺。 In the twentieth year Dulü was thrown into turmoil and killed by his own men.