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特薛禪,姓孛思忽兒,弘吉剌氏,世居朔漠。 本名特,因從太祖起兵有功,賜名薛禪,故兼稱曰特薛禪。 女曰孛兒台,太祖光獻翼聖皇后。 子曰按陳,從太祖征伐,凡三十二戰,平西夏,斷潼關道,取回紇尋斯干城,皆與有功。 歲丁亥,賜號國舅按陳那顏。 壬辰,賜銀印,封河西王,以統其國族。 丁酉,賜錢二十萬緡,有旨:「弘吉剌氏生女世以為后,生男世尚公主,每歲四時孟月,聽讀所賜旨,世世不絕。」 又賜所俘獲軍民五千二百,仍授萬戶以領之。 按陳薨,葬官人山。 元貞元年二月,追封濟寧王,諡忠武; 妻哈真,追封濟寧王妃。 子斡陳,歲戊戌授萬戶,尚睿宗女也速不花公主。 斡陳薨,葬不海韓。 弟納陳,歲丁巳襲萬戶,奉旨伐宋,攻釣魚山。 又從世祖南涉淮甸,下大清口,獲船百餘艘。 又率兵平山東濟、兖、單等州。 及阿里不哥叛,中統二年與諸王北伐,以其子哈海、脫歡、斡羅陳等十人自從,至于莽來,由失木魯與阿里不哥之黨八兒哈八兒思等戰,追北至孛羅克禿,復戰,自旦及夕,斬首萬級,僵尸被野。 薨,葬末懷禿。 斡羅陳襲萬戶,尚完澤公主。 完澤公主薨,繼尚囊加真公主。 至元十四年薨,葬拓剌里。 無子。 弟曰帖木兒,至元十八年襲萬戶。 二十四年,乃顏叛,從帝親征,以功封濟寧郡王,賜白傘蓋以寵之。 二十五年,諸王哈丹禿魯干叛,與諸王及統兵官玉速帖木兒等率兵討之,由龜剌河與哈丹等遇,轉戰至惱木連河,殲其眾。 帝賜名按答兒禿那顏,以旌其功。 薨,葬末懷禿。 子二人:長曰琱阿不剌,次曰桑哥不剌,皆幼。 至元二十七年,以其弟蠻子台襲萬戶。 亦尚囊加真公主。 成宗即位,封皇姑魯國大長公主,以金印封蠻子台為濟寧王。 奉旨率本部兵討叛王海都、篤哇,既與之遇,方約戰,行伍未定,單騎突入陣中,往復數四,敵兵大擾,一戰遂大捷。 時武宗在藩邸,統大軍以鎮朔方,有旨令蠻子台總領蒙古軍民官,轉武宗守莽來,以遏北方。 囊加真公主薨,繼尚裕宗女喃哥不剌公主。 蠻子台薨,年五十有二。 大德十一年三月,按答兒禿長子琱阿不剌襲萬戶,尚祥哥剌吉公主。 六月,封大長公主,賜琱阿不剌金印,加封魯王。 至大二年,賜平江稻田一千五百頃。 皇慶間,加封皇姊大長公主。 天曆間,加號皇姑徽文懿貞壽大長公主。 至大三年,琱阿不剌薨,葬末懷禿。 阿里嘉室利,琱阿不剌嫡子也。 至大三年,甫八歲,襲萬戶。 四年七月,襲封魯王,尚朵兒只班公主。 元統元年,阿里嘉失利薨。 至順間,封朵兒只班號肅雍賢寧公主。 桑哥不剌者,魯王琱阿不剌之弟、阿里嘉室利之叔也。 自幼奉世皇旨,養于斡可珍公主所,是為不只兒駙馬,後襲統其本部民四百戶。 成宗時,奉旨尚普納公主; 至順間,封鄆安大長公主,授桑哥不剌金印,封鄆安王,職千戶。 元統元年,授萬戶。 二年三月,加封鄆安公主號皇姑大長公主; 加封桑哥不剌魯王。 以疾薨,年六十一。 此皆以駙馬襲封王爵者也。
Texuechan, of the Besihuer branch of the Hongjila clan, had lived for generations in the northern steppe. Originally named Te, he earned the name Xuechan for meritorious service when Genghis Khan raised his army, and was thereafter known as Texuechan. His daughter Boertai became Genghis Khans Radiant Offering Assisting Sagely Empress. His son Anchannayan followed Genghis Khan on thirty-two campaigns, helping pacify Western Xia, sever the Tong Pass route, and capture the Uyghur city of Xingsigan. In the dinghai year he received the title Imperial Uncle Anchannayan Noyan. In renchen he received a silver seal and was enfeoffed King of Hexi to govern his people. In dingyou he received two hundred thousand strings of cash along with an edict: "Hongjila daughters shall become empresses for generations; Hongjila sons shall marry imperial princesses for generations; in the first month of each season they shall hear this edict read—forever without end." He was further granted five thousand two hundred captured soldiers and civilians and appointed myriarch over them. Anchannayan died and was buried at Mount Guanren. In the second month of 1295 he was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Jining with the epithet Loyal Martial; his wife Hazhen was posthumously made Princess of Jining. His son Wochen was appointed myriarch in wuxu and married Toluis daughter Princess Yesubuhua. Wochen died and was buried at Buhaihan. His younger brother Nachan inherited the myriarchate in dingsi, received orders to campaign against Song, and attacked Diaoyu Mountain. He also followed Kublai south across the Huai region, seized Daqingkou, and captured more than a hundred ships. He further led troops to pacify the Shandong prefectures of Ji, Yan, Shan, and others. When Ariq Böke rebelled, in 1261 he joined the princes on the northern campaign with ten sons including Hahai, Tuohuan, and Woluochen. At Manglai he fought Ariq Bökes partisan Baerhabaersi from Shimur, pursued north to Boluoketu, and fought again from dawn to dusk, taking ten thousand heads until corpses covered the plain. He died and was buried at Mohuaitu. Woluochen inherited the myriarchate and married Princess Wanzhe. After Princess Wanzhe died he married Princess Nangjiazhen. He died in 1277 and was buried at Tuolali. He left no son. His younger brother Tiemuer inherited the myriarchate in 1281. In the twenty-fourth year, when Nayan rebelled, he joined the emperors personal campaign, was enfeoffed as Prince of Jining Commandery for his merit, and granted a white parasol canopy. In the twenty-fifth year, when Prince Hadantuolugan rebelled, he joined princes and the commander Yusutiemuer, met Hadan at the Guila River, fought through to the Naomulian River, and destroyed their army. The emperor granted him the name Anchadartu Noyan to honor his achievement. He died and was buried at Mohuaitu. He had two sons: the elder Diaobubula and the younger Sangebubula, both still young. In 1290 his younger brother Manzitai inherited the myriarchate. He also married Princess Nangjiazhen. When Temür acceded, the imperial paternal aunt was made Grand Princess of Lu, and Manzitai was enfeoffed King of Jining with a gold seal. Ordered to lead his tribesmen against the rebel princes Qaidu and Duwa, he met the enemy just as battle was forming. Before the ranks were set he charged alone into their lines several times, threw them into disorder, and won a great victory. At that time Wuzong, holding a princely command on the northern frontier, was ordered to place Manzitai in overall charge of Mongol military and civilian offices and transfer him to garrison Manglai against the north. After Princess Nangjiazhen died he married Yuzongs daughter Princess Nangebubula. Manzitai died at the age of fifty-two. In the third month of 1307, Anchadartus eldest son Diaobubula inherited the myriarchate and married Princess Xianggeleji. In the sixth month she was made Grand Princess; Diaobubula received a gold seal and was further enfeoffed as King of Lu. In 1309 he was granted fifteen hundred qing of rice paddies in Pingjiang. During Huangqing she was further enfeoffed as the emperors elder sister, Grand Princess. During Tianli she received the further title Imperial Paternal Aunt, Grand Princess of Splendid Culture, Graceful Virtue, Chaste Longevity. In 1310 Diaobubula died and was buried at Mohuaitu. Alijiashili was Diaobubulas legitimate son. In 1310, at only eight years of age, he inherited the myriarchate. In the seventh month of the following year he inherited the title King of Lu and married Princess Duoerzhiban. In 1333 Alijiashili died. During Zhishun Duoerzhiban was enfeoffed as Princess Suoyong Xianning. Sangebubula was the younger brother of King of Lu Diaobubula and uncle of Alijiashili. From childhood, by Kublais order, he was raised in Princess Wokezhens household and became the consort Bozhuer; later he inherited four hundred households of his tribes people. Under Temür he was ordered to marry Princess Puna; during Zhishun she was made Grand Princess of Yun'an; Sangebubula received a gold seal and was enfeoffed as King of Yun'an with a chiliarchate. In 1333 he was appointed myriarch. In the third month of the following year the Princess of Yun'an was further titled Imperial Paternal Aunt, Grand Princess; and Sangebubula was further enfeoffed as King of Lu. He died of illness at the age of sixty-one. These all inherited princely titles through imperial marriage.
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唆兒火都者,亦按陳之子,以從征功,在太祖朝遙授左丞相,為千戶,仍賜以塗金銀章,及金銀字海青圓符五、驛馬券六。 其子曰阿哈駙馬,當憲宗朝嘗率兵破徐州,以功受賞黃金一鋌、白金十鋌及銀鞍勒,仍命襲父官。 至世祖時,有昭「弘吉剌萬戶所受驛券、圓符皆仍其舊,凡唆兒火都所受者,宜皆收之」,而唆兒火都之諸孫若孛羅沙、伯顏、蠻子、添壽不花、大都不花、掌吉等,及阿哈千戶之孫曰也速達兒與按陳之弟名冊者,在太祖世授官本藩蒙古軍站千戶。 冊之子曰哈兒哈孫,以平金功,賜號拔都兒。 哈兒哈孫之孫曰都羅兒,至元四年,授光祿大夫,以銀章封懿國公。
Suo'erhuodu, another son of Anchannayan, distinguished himself on campaign. Under Genghis Khan he received a distant appointment as Left Chancellor, was made commander of a thousand households, and was further awarded a gilt silver seal, five inscribed gyrfalcon round tallies, and six imperial relay vouchers. His son Aha, an imperial consort, led troops during Möngke's reign and seized Xuzhou. He was rewarded with one gold ingot, ten silver ingots, and silver saddle gear, and ordered to inherit his father's post. Under Kublai an edict declared: "The Hongjila chiliarch's relay vouchers and round tallies shall remain unchanged; Suo'erhuodu's shall be revoked." Suo'erhuodu's grandsons—including Boruosha, Bayan, Manzi, Tianshoubuhua, Dadubuhua, and Zhangji—as well as Aha's grandson Yesuda'er and Anchannayan's younger brother Ce had all been commissioned in Genghis Khan's time as chiliarchs of Mongol relay stations within their hereditary fief. Ce's son Harhasun earned the heroic title Batuur for defeating the Jin. Harhasun's grandson Duoluo'er was appointed Grand Master of Splendid Happiness in 1267 and enfeoffed as Duke of Yi with a silver seal.
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有脫憐者,亦按陳之裔孫也,世祖授本藩千戶,仍賜驛券、圓符各四,令以兵守朔土之怯魯連。 二十四年,從族父按答兒禿征叛王乃顏有功,亦賜號拔都兒。 脫憐卒,子迸不剌嗣。 迸不剌卒,子買住罕嗣。 買住罕尚拜答沙公主。 卒,弟孛羅帖木兒嗣,以金章封毓德王。 孛羅帖木兒薨,買住罕孫阿失襲千戶。 有名醜漢者,按陳次子必哥之裔孫,尚臺忽魯都公主。 仁宗朝,封安遠王,以兵守莽來。
There was Tuolian, another descendant of Anchannayan. Kublai made him commander of a thousand households in his hereditary fief, granted four relay vouchers and four round tallies, and ordered him to garrison Qielulian on the northern frontier. In the twenty-fourth year he followed his kinsman Anchadartu against the rebel prince Nayan and distinguished himself, earning the heroic title Batuur. When Tuolian died, his son Bengbula succeeded him. When Bengbula died, his son Maizhuhan inherited the post. Maizhuhan married Princess Baidasha. At his death his younger brother Boluotiemuer succeeded and was enfeoffed as King of Yude with a gold seal. When Boluotiemuer died, Maizhuhans grandson Ash inherited the chiliarchate. A descendant of Anchannayan's second son Bike, known as Chouhan, married Princess Taihupudu. During Renzong's reign he was made King of Anyuan and garrisoned Manglai with his forces.
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有答兒罕者,亦特薛禪之裔孫也,以從軍功,世祖亦賜以拔都兒之號,加賜黃金一鋌。 其子曰不只兒,從征乃顏,禽其黨金家奴,帝賞以金帶。 其後有曰伯奢者,即其孫也。
Daerhan, another descendant of Texuechan, won military honors and received the Batuur title from Kublai along with an extra gold ingot. His son Bozhuer joined the campaign against Nayan, seized the rebel partisan Jinjianu, and was awarded a gold belt. Later there was Boshe, his grandson.
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又按陳之孫納合,尚太宗唆兒哈罕公主。 火忽之孫不只兒,尚斡可真公主。 又特薛禪諸孫有名脫羅禾者,尚不魯罕公主,繼尚闊闊倫公主。 此皆尚公主為駙馬者也。
Anchannayan's grandson Nahe married Ögedei's daughter Princess Suo'erhahan. Huohuo's grandson Bozhuer married Princess Wokezhen. Among Texuechan's grandsons, Tuoluohe married Princess Buluhan and later Princess Kuokuolun. All of these men married imperial princesses and served as imperial consorts.
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凡其女之為後者,自光獻翼聖皇后以降,憲宗貞節皇后諱忽都臺,及後妹也速兒,皆按陳從孫忙哥陳之女。 世祖昭睿順聖皇后諱察必,濟寧忠武王按陳之女; 其諱帖古倫者,按陳孫脫憐之女; 諱喃必冊繼守正宮者,納陳孫仙童之女。 成宗貞慈靜懿皇后諱實憐答裏,斡羅陳之女也。 順宗昭獻元聖皇后諱答吉,大德十一年十一月,武宗冊上皇太后,至大三年十月,加上尊號曰儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元皇太后,仁宗延祐二年,加上尊號曰儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元全德泰寧福慶皇太后,延祐七年,又加徽文崇祐四字,尊號太皇太后,則按陳孫渾都帖木兒之女。 武宗宣慈惠聖皇后諱真哥,脫憐子迸不剌之女; 其諱速哥失裏者,按陳從孫哈兒只之女。 泰定皇后諱八不罕,按陳孫斡留察兒之女; 其諱必罕、諱速哥答裏者,皆脫憐孫買住罕之女。 文宗皇后諱不答失裏,雕阿不剌魯王之女。 此則弘吉剌氏之為後者也。
Among the women who became empresses—beginning with the Radiant and Assisting Sagely Queen—Xianzong's Chaste and Constant Empress Hudutai and her sister Yesu'er were daughters of Anchannayan's collateral descendant Manggechen. Kublai's Sagacious and Farsighted Virtuous Sacred Empress Chabi was the daughter of Anchannayan, loyal and martial King of Jining; another bore the taboo name Tiegulun and was Anchannayan's grandson Tuolian's daughter; the empress tabooed Nanbice, who later held the principal palace, was Nachen's grandson Xiantong's daughter. Chengzong's Chaste, Kind, Serene, and Gracious Empress Shiliandali was Woluochen's daughter. Shunzong's Sagely and Offering Meta-empress Daji—enrolled as Grand Empress Dowager by Wuzong in 1307, accorded extended honorifics under Renzong in 1315 and 1320, and eventually styled Grand Empress Dowager—was the daughter of Anchannayan's grandson Hundutiemuer. Wuzong's Kind, Merciful, and Sagely Empress Zhenge was Tuolian's son Bingbula's daughter; another, tabooed Sugeshili, was daughter of Anchannayan's collateral descendant Harzhi. Taiding's Empress Babuhan was Anchannayan's grandson Woluchu'er's daughter; those tabooed Bihan and Sugedali were both daughters of Tuolian's grandson Maizhuhan. Wenzong's Empress Budashili was daughter of the King of Diaoa'abulu. These were the Hongjila women who ascended to the throne as empresses.
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初,弘吉剌氏族居於苦烈兒、溫都兒斤、叠烈木兒、也裏古納河之地。 歲甲戌,太祖在叠蔑可兒時,有旨分賜按陳及其弟火忽、冊等農土, 〈(農土猶言經界也。)〉 若曰「是苦烈兒、溫都兒斤,以與按陳及哈撒兒為農土」。 申諭按陳曰:「可木兒溫都兒、答兒腦兒、叠蔑可兒等地,汝則居之。」 諭冊曰:「阿剌忽馬乞迤東,蒜吉納禿山、木兒速拓、哈海斡連直至阿只兒哈溫都、哈老哥魯等地,汝則居之。 當以胡盧忽兒河北為鄰,按赤臺為界。」 又諭火忽曰:「哈老溫迤東,塗河、潢河之間,火兒赤納慶州之地,與亦乞列思為鄰,汝則居之。」 又諭按陳之子唆魯火都曰:「以汝父子能輸忠於國,可木兒溫都兒迤東,絡馬河至於赤山,塗河迤南,與國民為鄰,汝則居之。」 至至元七年,斡羅陳萬戶及其妃囊加真公主請於朝曰:「本藩所受農土,在上都東北三百里答兒海子,實本藩駐夏之地,可建城邑以居。」 帝從之。 遂名其城為應昌府。 二十二年,改為應昌路。 元貞元年,濟寧王蠻子臺亦尚囊加真公主,復與公主請於帝,以應昌路東七百里駐冬之地創建城邑,復從之。 大德元年,名其城為全寧路。
At first the Hongjila people lived along the Külüer, Undurjin, Dielemur, and Ergune rivers. In the jiaxu year, when Genghis Khan was at Diemieke'er, an edict divided territorial grants among Anchannayan and his younger brothers Huohuo and Ce, (nongtu means territorial demarcation.) As if to say, "Let Külüer and Undurjin serve as territorial grants for Anchannayan and Qasar." He instructed Anchannayan: 'You shall settle at Komuer Undur, Da'erna'er, Diemieke'er, and the like.' He told Ce: 'East of Ala humaqu, from Suanjinatou Mountain through Mu'ersutuo and Haiwailian to Azhier Hawundu and Haolaogolu—you shall dwell there. Your neighbor shall be the north bank of the Huluhu'er River, with Achitai as the boundary.' He further told Huohuo: 'East of Hawundu, between the Tu and Huang rivers—the lands of Huo'erchin and Qingzhou, bordering the Yiqiliesi—you shall settle there.' He also instructed Anchannayan's son Suoluhuodu: 'Because you and your father have served the state faithfully, you shall dwell east of Komuer Undur, from the Luoma River to Chishan, south along the Tu River, among the imperial people.' In 1270 the chiliarch Woluochen and his consort Princess Nangjiazhen petitioned the court: 'Our granted territory at Da'er Lake, three hundred li northeast of Shangdu, is our fief's summer encampment; we ask permission to build a walled town there.' The emperor approved. The new city was named Yingchang Prefecture. Twenty-two years later it was elevated to Yingchang Circuit. In 1295 Prince Jining Manzitai also married Princess Nangjiazhen; together they petitioned the emperor to build a town at their winter camp seven hundred li east of Yingchang Circuit, and again he agreed. In 1297 that city was named Quanning Circuit.
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弘吉剌之分邑,得任其陪臣為達魯花赤者,有濟寧路及濟、兖、單三州,鉅野、鄆城、金鄉、虞城、碭山、豐縣、肥城、任城、魚臺、沛縣、單父、嘉祥、磁陽、寧陽、曲阜、泗水一十六縣。 此丙申歲之所賜也。 至元六年,陞古濟州為濟寧府,十八年始陞為路,而濟、兖、單三州隸焉。 又汀州路長汀、寧化、清流、武平、上杭、連城六縣,此至元十三年之所賜也。 又有永平路灤州、盧龍、遷安、撫寧、昌黎、石城、樂亭六縣,此至大元年之所賜也。 若平江稻田一千五百頃,則至大二年所賜也。 其應昌、全寧等路則自達魯花赤總管以下諸官屬,皆得專任其陪臣,而王人不與焉。 此外,復有王傅府,自王傅六人而下,其群屬有錢糧、人匠、鷹房、軍民、軍站、營田、稻田、煙粉千戶、總管、提舉等官,以署計者四十餘,以員計者七百餘,此可得而稽考者也。 其五戶絲、金鈔之數,則丙申歲所賜濟寧路之三萬戶,至元十八年所賜汀州路之四萬戶,絲以斤計者,歲二千二百有奇; 鈔以錠計者,歲一千六百有奇。 此則所謂歲賜者也。
Among the Hongjila sub-fiefs whose attendant ministers could serve as darughachi were Jining Circuit and the three prefectures of Ji, Yan, and Shan, together with sixteen counties: Juye, Yuncheng, Jinxiang, Yucheng, Dangshan, Feng, Feicheng, Rencheng, Yutai, Pei, Shanfu, Jiaxiang, Ciyang, Ningyang, Qufu, and Sishui. This grant dated to the bingshen year. In 1269 ancient Jizhou was elevated to Jining Prefecture; in 1281 it became a circuit, with Ji, Yan, and Shan prefectures subordinate to it. Tingzhou Circuit with its six counties—Changting, Ninghua, Qingliu, Wuping, Shanghang, and Liancheng—was granted in 1276. Yongping Circuit, Luanzhou, and the six counties of Lulong, Qianan, Funing, Changli, Shicheng, and Leting were granted in 1308. Fifteen hundred qing of rice paddies in Pingjiang were granted in 1309. At Yingchang, Quanning, and similar circuits, every office from darughachi and supervisor downward could be held solely by attendant ministers, without involvement of imperial princes. Beyond this stood the Prince's Tutorate. Below its six tutors were subordinate offices for revenue, artisans, hawking, military and civilian affairs, relay stations, garrison farms, rice paddies, and tobacco—more than forty agencies in all and more than seven hundred officers, all of which can be verified in the records. Their allotments of five-household silk and paper money included thirty thousand households granted to Jining Circuit in the bingshen year and forty thousand granted to Tingzhou Circuit in 1281—yielding somewhat more than twenty-two hundred jin of silk annually; and somewhat more than sixteen hundred ingots of paper money each year. This was their so-called annual stipend.
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○孛禿
○ Beitu
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孛禿,亦乞列思氏,善騎射。 太祖嘗潛遣術兒徹丹出使,至也兒古納河。 孛禿知其為帝所遣,值日暮,因留止宿,殺羊以享之。 術兒徹丹馬疲乏,復假以良馬。 及還,孛禿待之有加。 術兒徹丹具以白帝,帝大喜,許妻以皇妹帖木倫。 孛禿宗族乃遣也不堅歹等詣太祖,因致言曰:「臣聞威德所加,若雲開見日、春風解凍,喜不自勝。」 帝問:「孛禿孳畜幾何?」 也不堅歹對曰:「有馬三十匹,請以馬之半為聘禮。」 帝怒曰:「婚姻而論財,殆若商賈矣。 昔人有言,同心實難,朕方欲取天下,汝亦乞列思之民,從孛禿效忠於我可也,何以財為!」 竟以皇妹妻之。 既而劄赤剌歹劄木哈、脫也等以兵三萬入寇。 孛禿聞之,遣波欒歹、磨裏禿禿來告,乃與哈剌裏、劄剌兀、塔兒哈泥等討脫也等,掠其輜重,降其民。 乃蠻叛,帝召孛禿以兵至,大戰敗之。 皇妹薨,復妻以皇女火臣別吉,而命哈兒八臺之子也可忽林圖帶弓矢為之侍。 哈兒八臺曰:「吾兒豈能為人臣仆,寧死不為也!」 帝令孛禿與之敵,哈兒八臺令月列等拒戰於碗圖河。 孛禿直前擒月列,剌殺也可忽林圖,哈兒八臺走渡拙赤河,又擒之,盡殺其眾。 從太師國王木華黎略地遼東、西,以功封冠懿二州。 從征西夏,病薨。 贈推忠宣力佐命功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、駙馬都尉、上柱國,進封昌王,謚忠武。 子鎖兒哈襲爵。
Beitu, of the Yiqiliesi clan, was a skilled mounted archer. Genghis Khan once secretly dispatched Shi'erchedan as an envoy to the Ergune River. Beitu recognized him as the emperor's envoy. At nightfall he detained him as a guest, slaughtered a sheep, and entertained him. When Shi'erchedan's horse was exhausted, Beitu lent him a fine mount. On his return journey Beitu treated him with even greater hospitality. Shi'erchedan reported all of this to the emperor, who was delighted and promised Beitu marriage to his younger sister Tiemulun. Beitu's clan then sent Yebujianai and others to Genghis Khan with this message: 'We hear that wherever your majesty and virtue reach, it is like clouds parting to reveal the sun or spring thawing the ice—we are overcome with joy.' The emperor asked, 'How much livestock does Beitu own?' Yebujianai answered, 'Thirty horses—we offer half as betrothal gifts.' The emperor grew angry. 'To haggle over property in marriage is the way of merchants. Someone once said that true unity of heart is rare. I am about to take the realm under Heaven—you are Yiqiliesi people; follow Beitu and serve me faithfully. What need is there for property!' In the end he gave him his younger sister in marriage. Soon afterward Zhachiladi Zhamuha, Tuoye, and others invaded with thirty thousand men. Hearing of this, Beitu sent Bolundai and Molitutu to report; then with Harali, Zhalawu, Ta'erhani, and others he attacked Tuoye's forces, seized their baggage train, and subdued their people. When the Naiman rebelled, the emperor summoned Beitu with troops and defeated them in a great battle. After his imperial sister-in-law died, the emperor gave him his daughter Huochenbieji in marriage and appointed Haribatai's son Yehuohulin to attend him bearing bow and arrows. Haribatai declared, 'My son will never be another man's servant—I would rather see him dead!' The emperor ordered Beitu to fight him. Haribatai sent Yuelie and others to resist at the Wantu River. Beitu charged forward, seized Yuelie, and stabbed Yehuohulin to death. Haribatai fled across the Zhuochi River but was captured again, and all his followers were slain. He followed the Grand Preceptor and King Muqali in campaigns across eastern and western Liao and was enfeoffed with Guan and Yi prefectures for his merit. He died of illness while campaigning against Western Xia. He was posthumously granted the titles Loyal and Upright in Supporting the Mandate, Grand Preceptor, Equal in Rank to the Three Excellencies, Consort Commandant, and Chief Pillar of State, advanced to King of Chang with the posthumous epithet Loyal Martial. His son Suo'erha inherited the title.
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鎖兒哈,事太宗。 與木華黎取嘉州,降其民,遣伯禿兒哈拙赤碣來獻捷,帝曰:「若父宣力國家,朕昔見之。 今鎖兒哈克光前烈。」 賜以金錦、金帶、七寶鞍,召至中都,以疾薨。 鎖兒哈娶皇子斡赤女安禿公主,生女,是為憲宗皇后。
Suo'erha served Ögedei. With Muqali he captured Jiazhou and subdued its people, then sent Botu'erhazhuochijie to report the victory. The emperor said, 'Your father served the state with distinction—I knew him well. Now Suo'erha honors his forebears' achievements.' He was rewarded with gold brocade, a gold belt, and a seven-jeweled saddle, summoned to the Central Capital, and died of illness there. Suo'erha married Prince Woqi's daughter Princess Antu; their daughter became Möngke's empress.
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子劄忽兒臣,從定宗出討萬奴有功,太宗命親王安赤臺以女也孫真公主妻之。 薨,贈推誠靖宣佐運贊治功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、駙馬都尉、上柱國,襲封昌王,謚忠靖。
His son Zhahuerichen accompanied Güyük on the punitive expedition against Wantu and distinguished himself. Ögedei had Imperial Prince Anchitai give him his daughter Princess Yesunzhen in marriage. At his death he was posthumously granted the titles Sincere in Supporting the Mandate, Grand Preceptor, Equal in Rank to the Three Excellencies, Consort Commandant, and Chief Pillar of State, and inherited the title King of Chang with the posthumous epithet Loyal and Tranquil.
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劄忽兒臣有子二人:長月列臺,娶皇子賽因主卜女哈答罕公主,生脫別臺,與乃顏戰,有功。 次忽憐。
Zhahuerichen had two sons. The elder, Yuelietai, married Prince Saiyinzhubu's daughter Princess Hadahan and fathered Tuobietai, who distinguished himself fighting Nayan. The younger was Hulian.
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忽憐,尚憲宗女伯牙魯罕公主。 後脫黑帖木兒叛,世祖命忽憐與失列及等討之,大戰終日,脫黑帖木兒敗走,帝嘉之,復令尚憲宗孫女不蘭奚公主。 宋平,封以廣州。 乃顏、聲剌哈兒叛,世祖新征,薛徹堅等與哈答罕屢戰,帝召忽憐至。 值薛徹堅等戰於程火失溫之地,哈答罕眾甚盛,忽憐以兵二百迎敵,敗之。 哈答罕等走度猱河,還其巢穴。 逾年夏,帝命忽憐復征之。 至曲列兒、塔兀兒二河之間,大戰,其眾皆度塔兀河遁去。 余百人逃匿山谷,忽憐即率兵二百徒步追之。 薛徹堅止之曰:「彼亡命者,安得徒行。」 忽憐不聽,往殺其眾。 薛徹堅以聞,賜金一鋌、銀五鋌。 又逾年,復往征之,與哈答罕遇於兀剌河。 忽憐夜率千人潛入其軍,盡殺之。 帝賜鈔五萬貫、金一鋌、銀十鋌。 忽憐薨,贈效忠保德輔運佐理功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、駙馬都尉、上柱國,追封昌王,謚忠宣。
Hulian married Möngke's daughter Princess Boyaluohan. Later, when Tuheitie'muer rebelled, Kublai ordered Hulian and Shilieji to suppress him. After a full day of fighting Tuheitie'muer fled. The emperor praised Hulian and gave him Möngke's granddaughter Princess Bulanxi in marriage. After the Song were pacified, he was enfeoffed with Guangzhou. When Nayan and Shenglaha'er rebelled, Kublai was on campaign. Xuechejian and others fought repeatedly with Hadahan, and the emperor summoned Hulian. When Xuechejian and others fought at Chenghuoshiwen, Hadahan's forces were overwhelming; Hulian met them with two hundred men and defeated them. Hadahan and his men fled across the Nuoy River and retreated to their stronghold. The following summer the emperor ordered Hulian to campaign against them again. Between the Qulie'er and Ta'u'er rivers they fought a great battle, and the enemy forces all fled across the Ta'u River. More than a hundred fugitives hid in the valleys; Hulian immediately led two hundred men on foot in pursuit. Xuechejian tried to stop him, saying, 'Those fugitives cannot possibly travel on foot.' Hulian would not listen and went to slaughter them. Xuechejian reported the victory, and Hulian was rewarded with one gold ingot and five silver ingots. Another year later he campaigned again and encountered Hadahan at the Wula River. Hulian led a thousand men in a night raid on the enemy camp and killed them all. The emperor rewarded him with fifty thousand strings of paper money, one gold ingot, and ten silver ingots. At Hulian's death he was posthumously granted the titles Effecting Loyalty in Preserving Virtue in Supporting Transport and Assisting Governance, Grand Preceptor, Equal in Rank to the Three Excellencies, Consort Commandant, and Chief Pillar of State, and posthumously enfeoffed as King of Chang with the epithet Loyal and Proclaiming.
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子阿失,事成宗。 篤哇叛于海都,帝遣晉王甘麻剌并武宗帥師討之。 大德五年,戰哈剌答山,阿失射篤哇中其膝,擒殺甚多,篤哇號哭而遁,武宗賜之衣。 成宗加賜珠衣,封為昌王,置王府官屬。 仁宗朝,復賜以寧昌縣稅入。 阿失尚成宗女亦里哈牙公主,復尚憲宗曾孫女買的公主。 阿失薨,子八剌失里襲封昌王。 忽憐從弟不花,尚世祖女兀魯真公主; 其弟鎖郎哈,娶皇子忙哥剌女奴兀倫公主,生女,是為武宗仁獻章聖皇后,實生明宗。
His son Ash served Temür. When Duwa rebelled with Qaidu, the emperor sent Prince of Jin Gamala and Wuzong at the head of an army to suppress them. In 1301 at Mount Halada, Ash shot Duwa in the knee, killed or captured many of his men, and drove Duwa off in tears; Wuzong rewarded him with garments. Temür added pearl robes, enfeoffed him as King of Chang, and established a princely household staff. Under Renzong he was again granted the tax revenue of Ningchang County. Ash married Temürs daughter Princess Yilihaya and later Möngkes great-granddaughter Princess Maide. When Ash died, his son Balashili inherited the title King of Chang. Hulians cousin Buhua married Kublais daughter Princess Wuluzhen; his younger brother Suolangha married Prince Mangge'as daughter Princess Nuwulun; their daughter became Wuzongs Benevolent Offering Sagely Empress and bore Mingzong.
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阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏,汪古部人,系出沙陀雁門之後。 遠祖卜國,世為部長。 金源氏塹山為界,以限南北,阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏以一軍守其沖要。 時西北有國曰乃蠻,其主太陽可汗遣使來約,欲相親附,以同據朔方。 部眾有欲從之者,阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏弗從,乃執其使,奉酒六尊,具以其謀來告太祖。 時朔方未有酒,太祖飲三爵而止,曰:「是物少則發性,多則亂性。」 使還,酬以馬五百、羊一千,遂約同攻太陽可汗。 阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏先期而至。 既平乃蠻,從下中原,復為向導,南出界垣。 太祖留阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏歸鎮本部,為其部眾昔之異議者所殺,長子不顏昔班並死之。
Alawusitijihuli, of the Onggut tribe, traced his descent to the Shatuo of Yanmen. A remote ancestor named Bokuo had served for generations as chief of the tribe. The Jin had built mountain ramparts to divide north from south, and Alawusitijihuli garrisoned the strategic pass with an army. At that time the Naiman state lay to the northwest; its ruler, the Sun Khan, sent envoys proposing an alliance so they might together hold the northern frontier. Some of his tribesmen wished to accept, but Alawusitijihuli refused. He seized the envoys, presented six vessels of wine, and reported their entire plot to Genghis Khan. Wine was then unknown in the north. Genghis Khan drank three cups and stopped, saying, "A little of this rouses the spirit; too much disorders it." He sent the envoys back with five hundred horses and a thousand sheep as gifts, and agreed to join in attacking the Sun Khan. Alawusitijihuli arrived ahead of the main army. After the Naiman were defeated he joined the conquest of the Central Plains, again serving as guide, and led the army south beyond the border walls. Genghis Khan left Alawusitijihuli to govern his tribe, but he was killed by former dissenters among his people; his eldest son Buyanxiban died with him.
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其妻阿裏黑攜幼子孛要合與侄鎮國逃難,夜遁至界垣,告守者,縋城以登,因避地雲中。 太祖既定雲中,購求得之,賜與甚厚,乃追封阿剌兀思剔吉忽裏為高唐王,阿裏黑為高唐王妃,以其子孛要合尚幼,先封其侄鎮國為北平王。 鎮國薨,子聶古臺襲爵,尚睿宗女獨木幹公主,略地江淮,薨於軍,賜興州民千餘戶,給其葬。
His wife Alihei fled with the infant Xueyaohe and nephew Zhenguo. By night they reached the border wall, persuaded the guards to haul them up by rope, and took refuge in Yunzhong. After Genghis Khan secured Yunzhong he found them through a reward offer and treated them generously. He posthumously enfeoffed Alawusitijihuli as King of Gaotang and Alihei as Princess of Gaotang. Because Xueyaohe was still young, he first enfeoffed the nephew Zhenguo as King of Beiping. When Zhenguo died his son Nieguotai inherited the title and married Tolui's daughter Princess Dumugan. He campaigned across the Jiang-Huai region and died on campaign; more than a thousand households of Xingzhou were granted for his funeral.
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孛要合幼從攻西域,還封北平王,尚阿剌海別吉公主。 公主明睿有智略,車駕征伐四出,嘗使留守,軍國大政,諮禀而後行,師出無內顧之憂,公主之力居多。 孛要合未有子,公主為進姬妾,以廣嗣續,生三子:曰君不花,曰愛不花,曰拙里不花。 公主視之,皆如己出。 孛要合薨,追封高唐王,諡武毅。 後加贈宣忠協力翊衞果毅功臣、太傅、儀同三司、上柱國、駙馬都尉,追封趙王。 公主阿剌海別吉追封皇祖姑齊國大長公主,加封趙國。
Xueyaohe campaigned in the Western Regions as a youth and, on his return, was enfeoffed as King of Beiping and married Princess Alahaibieji. The princess was intelligent and resourceful. When the emperor campaigned abroad she often remained as regent; on major military and state affairs he consulted her before acting, and marched without fear for affairs at home—largely through her strength. Because Xueyaohe had no sons, the princess presented concubines to secure the succession, and three sons were born: Junbuhua, Aibuhua, and Zhuolibuhua. The princess treated them all as her own children. When Xueyaohe died he was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Gaotang with the epithet Martial and Resolute. Later he received the titles Proclaiming Loyalty in Joint Endeavor in Assisting Guardianship, Firm and Resolute, Grand Tutor, Equal in Rank to the Three Excellencies, Chief Pillar of State, and Consort Commandant, and was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Zhao. Princess Alahaibieji was posthumously made Grand Princess of Qi and further enfeoffed as Princess of Zhao.
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子君不花,尚定宗長女葉裏迷失公主。 愛不花,尚世祖季女月烈公主。 中統初,總兵討阿裏不哥,敗闊不花於按檀火爾歡之地。 三年,圍李亶於濟南,獨當一面。 事平,又從征西北,敗叛王之黨撒裏蠻於孔古烈。 愛不花卒。 子闊裏吉思。
His son Junbuhua married Güyük's eldest daughter Princess Yelimishi. Aibuhua married Kublai's youngest daughter Princess Yuelie. At the start of the Zhongtong era he led troops against Arigü and defeated Kuobuhua at Antanhuo'erhuan. In the third year he besieged Li Tan at Jinan and held an entire front by himself. After the rebellion was suppressed he campaigned again in the northwest and defeated the rebel partisan Saliman at Kongulie. Aibuhua died. His son was Kuolijisi.
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闊裏吉思,性勇毅,習武事,尤篤於儒術,築萬卷堂於私第,日與諸儒討論經史,性理、陰陽、術數,靡不該貫。 尚忽答的迷失公主,繼尚愛牙失裏公主。 宗王也不幹叛,率精騎千餘,晝夜兼行,旬日追及之。 時方暑,將戰,北風大起,左右請待之,闊裏吉思曰:「當暑得風,天贊我也。」 策馬赴戰,騎士隨之,大殺其眾,也不幹以數騎遁去。 闊裏吉思身中三矢,斷其發。 凱還,詔賜黃金三斤、白金千五百斤。 成宗即位,封高唐王。 西北不安,請於帝,願往平之,再三請,帝乃許。 及行,且誓曰:「若不平定西北,吾馬首不南。」 大德元年夏,遇敵於伯牙思之地,眾謂當俟大軍畢至,與戰未晚,闊裏吉思曰:「大丈夫報國,而待人耶!」 即整眾鼓躁以進,大敗之,擒其將卒百數以獻。 詔賜世祖所服貂裘、寶鞍,及繒錦七百、介胄、戈戟、弓矢等物。 二年秋,諸王將帥共議防邊,咸曰:「敵往歲不冬出,且可休兵於境。」 闊裏吉思曰:「不然,今秋候騎來者甚少,所謂鷙鳥將擊,必匿其形,備不可緩也。」 眾不以為然,闊裏吉思獨嚴兵以待之。 是冬,敵兵果大至,三戰三克,闊裏吉思乘勝逐北,深入險地,後騎不繼,馬躓陷敵,遂為所執。 敵誘使降,惟正言不屈,又欲以女妻之,闊裏吉思毅然曰:「我帝婿也,非帝後面命,而再娶可乎!」 敵不敢逼。 帝嘗遣其家臣阿昔思特使敵境,見於人眾中,闊裏吉思一見輒問兩宮安否,次問嗣子何如,言未畢,左右即引其去。 明日,遣使者還,不復再見,竟不屈死焉。 九年,追封高唐忠獻王,加贈推忠宣力崇文守正亮節保德功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、上柱國、駙馬都尉,追封趙王。 公主忽答的迷失追封齊國長公主,愛牙失裏封齊國公主,並加封趙國。
Kuolijisi was brave and resolute, skilled in military affairs, and deeply devoted to Confucian learning. He built a Hall of Ten Thousand Scrolls at his residence and daily discussed the classics, history, metaphysics, yin-yang theory, and numerology with scholars—mastering them all. He married Princess Hudeshimi and later Princess Aiyashili. When Imperial Prince Yebugan rebelled, Kuolijisi led more than a thousand elite horsemen in forced marches day and night and overtook him within ten days. It was midsummer. As battle was about to begin a strong north wind arose. His attendants urged delay, but Kuolijisi said, "A wind in summer heat—Heaven favors me." He charged into battle at the head of his horsemen, slaughtered the enemy force, and Yebugan fled with only a few riders. Kuolijisi was struck by three arrows that cut through his hair. On his triumphant return he was granted three jin of gold and fifteen hundred jin of silver. When Chengzong ascended the throne he was enfeoffed as King of Gaotang. When the northwest grew unsettled he petitioned the emperor to pacify it. After repeated requests the emperor consented. As he departed he swore, "Unless I pacify the northwest, my horse's head shall not turn south." In the summer of 1297 he met the enemy at Boyasi. His officers urged waiting for the main army, but Kuolijisi said, "A man serving his country does not wait on others!" He immediately arrayed his troops, beat the drums, and charged, routing the enemy and capturing several hundred officers and men to present as trophies. He was granted Kublai's own sable coat and precious saddle, seven hundred pieces of brocade silk, armor, halberds, bows, arrows, and other equipment. That autumn the princes and generals discussed border defense. All agreed: "The enemy has not campaigned in winter before; we may rest our troops at the frontier." Kuolijisi replied, "Not so. This autumn very few scouting parties have appeared. As the saying goes, when a fierce bird is about to strike it conceals itself—we cannot relax our guard." The others disagreed, but Kuolijisi alone kept his troops on strict alert. That winter the enemy did arrive in force. Kuolijisi won three battles in succession and pursued the fleeing enemy deep into difficult terrain. His rear guard failed to keep up, his horse stumbled, and he was captured. The enemy urged him to surrender, but he steadfastly refused. When they offered him a daughter in marriage he declared firmly, "I am the emperor's son-in-law—how could I marry again without his express command!" The enemy did not dare press him further. The emperor once sent his retainer Axisi as envoy to the enemy camp. Spotted in the crowd, Kuolijisi immediately asked after the emperors' health and then after his heir. Before he could finish speaking, attendants pulled Axisi away. The next day the envoy was sent back and not permitted to see him again. Kuolijisi died unbroken in spirit. In the ninth year he was posthumously enfeoffed as the Loyal and Offering King of Gaotang and granted the titles Loyal in Supporting the Mandate, Illustrious in Culture, Upright in Integrity, and Preserving Virtue, along with Grand Preceptor, Equal in Rank to the Three Excellencies, Chief Pillar of State, and Consort Commandant, and posthumously made King of Zhao. Princess Hudeshimi was posthumously made Grand Princess of Qi; Aiyashili was made Princess of Qi; both were further elevated to Princess of Zhao.
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子術安幼,詔以弟術忽難襲高唐王。 術忽難才識英偉,謹守成業,撫民禦眾,境內乂安。 痛其兄死節,遣使如京師,表請恤典,又請翰林承旨閻復銘諸石。 教養術安過於己子,命家臣之謹厚者掌其兄之珍服秘玩,待術安成立,悉以付之。 至大二年,術忽難加封趙王,即以讓術安。 三年,術安襲趙王,尚晉王女阿剌的納八剌公主。 一日,召王傅脫歡、司馬阿昔思謂曰:「先王旅殯卜羅,荒遠之地,神靈將何依,吾痛心欲無生,若請於上,得歸葬先塋,瞑目無憾矣。」 二人言之知樞密院事也裏吉尼以聞,帝嗟悼久之,曰:「術安孝子也。」 即賜阿昔思黃金一瓶,得脫歡之子失忽都魯、王傅術忽難之子阿魯忽都、斷事官也先等一十九人,乘驛以往,復賜從者鈔五百貫。 淇陽王月赤察兒、丞相脫禾出八都魯差兵五百人,護其行至殯所,奠告啟視,屍體如生,遂得歸葬。
Because his son Shuan was still young, an edict appointed his younger brother Shuhunan as King of Gaotang. Shuhunan was talented and capable. He carefully preserved the family inheritance, governed the people well, and kept the realm at peace. Grieving his brother's martyrdom, he sent envoys to the capital requesting posthumous honors and asked Hanlin Academician Yan Fu to compose an inscription on stone. He raised Shuan with even greater care than his own sons, entrusted his brother's precious garments and heirlooms to reliable household retainers, and when Shuan came of age delivered them all to him. In 1309 Shuhunan was further enfeoffed as King of Zhao and immediately yielded the title to Shuan. The following year Shuan inherited the title King of Zhao and married the Jin Prince's daughter Princess Aladina'erala. One day he summoned his tutor Tuohuan and marshal Axisi and said, "My father's coffin lies at distant Boluo—where can his spirit rest? My grief is unbearable. If I may petition the throne to bring him home for burial in our ancestral grave, I shall die content." The two reported to Director of the Bureau of Military Affairs Yelijini, who informed the emperor. The emperor sighed long in grief and said, "Shuan is a filial son." He immediately granted Axisi a bottle of gold and dispatched nineteen men—including Tuohuan's son Shihudulu, Shuhunan's son Aluhudu, and judicial officer Yexian—by imperial relay. He also granted five hundred strings of paper money to the party. Prince of Qiyang Yuechicha'er and Chancellor Tuohuchubadulu dispatched five hundred soldiers to escort the party to the burial site. When the coffin was opened for the funeral rites the body appeared as if alive, and Kuolijisi was brought home for burial.