Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Yudu 余睹

Attested AD 1121 - AD 1122

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yudu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1122 二年春正月乙亥
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 25, 27, 31
AD 1121 初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 29, passages 1-2, 8, 11, 18

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Prince of Jin (晉王)
nephew 甥 · Through Younger sister of Literary Consort (文妃之妹), Literary Consort (文妃)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 27
Spouse of Younger sister of Literary Consort (文妃之妹)
married 適 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 8

Origins and identity

descendant of the imperial princes class 王子班之苗裔
Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 27
imperial clan of bold talent 宗室豪俊
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 14

Career and standing

Entered
AD 1121 初 · Rebel
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 11

Places and affiliations

AD 1121 初
Polity Jin 金 · Relation Defected to
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 11
Polity Id liao · Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 8, 14
Organization imperial clan 宗室 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 14

Events and relationships

Led horsemen into Jin
AD 1121 初 · Military · Defector · At Jin 金
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 11
Led Jin troops against traveling palace
AD 1122 二年春正月乙亥 · Military · Commander · With Wanyan Wushi (婁室孛堇)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 27, 31

Assessments and attributes

Assessment would never willingly rank below Fengxian · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 14

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 8

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 9 passages

文妃姊妹三人：長適耶律撻曷里，次文妃，次適余睹。 Literary Consort had three sisters: the eldest married Yelü Tayehexi, the second was Literary Consort, the third married Yudu.

一日，其姊若妹俱會軍前，奉先諷人誣駙馬蕭昱及余睹等謀立晉王，事覺，昱、撻曷里等伏誅，文妃亦賜死； One day her elder and younger sisters both met at the army front; Fengxian prompted men to falsely accuse imperial son-in-law Xiao Yu and Yudu and others of plotting to set up the Prince of Jin; when the matter was exposed Yu, Tayehexi, and others were executed, and Literary Consort was also ordered to die;

余睹在軍中，聞之大懼，即率千餘騎叛入金。 Yudu was in the army; hearing this he was greatly afraid and at once led more than a thousand horsemen in rebellion into Jin.

余睹乃宗室豪俊，常不肯為奉先下。 Yudu is a clansman of bold talent and would never willingly rank below Fengxian.

若擒余睹，他日吾党皆余睹也！ If we capture Yudu, another day all our party will be Yudu!

奉先既見余睹之亡，恐後日諸校亦叛，遂勸驟加爵賞，以結眾心。 When Fengxian saw Yudu's flight, fearing that later the officers might also rebel, he urged sudden enfeoffments and rewards to bind the army's hearts.

聞余睹引金人婁室孛堇奄至，蕭奉先曰：「余睹乃王子班之苗裔，此來欲立甥晉王耳。 Hearing that Yudu had brought the Jin commander Wanyan Wushi in a sudden advance, Xiao Fengxian said, "Yudu is descended from the imperial prince class; he has come only to enthrone his nephew, the Prince of Jin.

若為社稷計，不惜一子，明其罪誅之，可不戰而余睹自回矣。」 If for the altars' sake you do not spare one son and clearly state his crime and execute him, without battle Yudu will himself return."

余睹引金人逼行宮，上率衛兵五千餘騎幸雲中，遺傳國璽于桑乾河。 Yudu led Jin troops to press the traveling palace; Tianzuo led more than five thousand guard horsemen to Yunzhong and cast the dynastic seal into the Sanggan River.