Yuan · Administrator and Official

Andu'er 諳都剌

Āndūlā

c. AD 1277 - AD 1346

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Andu'er was an administrator and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Ruizhi	瑞芝	Ruìzhī

Life and dates

Death

AD 1346 至正六年
Age 70
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 52

Age

70
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 52

Attested activity

AD 1334 元統二年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 47
AD 1295 to AD 1307 成宗時
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 34
AD 1346 至正六年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 52
AD 1330 至順元年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 41

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Asilan (阿思蘭)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 32
Child of Father of Andu'er (諳都剌之父)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 192, passage 32
Parent of Siechejian (燮徹堅)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 53

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Kailie clan 凱烈氏
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 31
descendants adopted Lan as surname from grandfather Asilan 子孫因其名蘭，遂以蘭為氏
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 32

Career and standing

circuit intendant of Yidu 益都路總管
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元統二年 · Western Year: AD 1334
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 47
darughachi of Liao Prefecture 遼州達魯花赤
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 40
Direct Academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies 集賢直學士
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 40
Hanlin Academician for Imperial Composition 應奉翰林文字
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 38
jarligchi in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院札爾里赤
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 34
Academician-in-Attendance 待制
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 39

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darughachi of Xiangyang Circuit 襄陽路達魯花赤
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 至順元年 · Western Year: AD 1330
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 34

Learning and skills

Skill languages of various states 諸國語 · Level studied
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 33
Skill classics and histories 經史 · Level versed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 33

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Prince Tianli (添力)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 35
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 44

Events and relationships

Admitted refugees and fed porridge
Relief · Official · At Wuguan Pass 武關
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passages 42, 44-45
Built dikes
Engineering · Official · At Xiangyang 襄陽
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 46
Captured bandit then falsely accused
Legal · Official · With Luoguo (羅鍋)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passages 49-50
Curbed prince household abuses
Administrative · Official · With Mainu (買奴)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 192, passage 51

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 192Volume 192 Biographies 79: Virtuous Officials 2 · 10 passages

諳都剌，字瑞芝，凱烈氏。 Andu'er, courtesy name Ruizhi, was of the Kailie clan.

祖阿思蘭，嘗從大將阿術伐宋，仕至冀寧路達魯花赤，子孫因其名蘭，遂以蘭為氏。 His grandfather Asilan had followed the great general Aju in the conquest of Song and rose to darughachi of Jining Circuit; his descendants took the syllable Lan from his name and adopted Lan as their surname.

諳都剌通經史，兼習諸國語。 Andu'er was steeped in the classics and histories and was fluent in several languages of the realm.

會有旨命書籓王添力聖旨，諳都剌曰：「此旨非惟有虧國體，行且為民殃矣。」 Once an order came to draft an edict for the feudatory prince Tianli; Andu'er said, "This edict would not only compromise the dignity of the state—it would soon bring disaster upon the people as well."

山西大饑，河南行省恐流民入境為變，檄守武關，諳都剌驗其良民，輒聽其度關。 When Shanxi was stricken by famine, the Henan Branch Secretariat, fearing that refugees crossing the border might spark unrest, ordered Wuguan Pass held shut; Andu'er examined each applicant and let through all who were plainly honest folk.

諳都剌曰：「吾防奸耳，非仇良民也，可不開其生路耶！」 Andu'er replied, "I am guarding against wrongdoers, not making enemies of honest people—how can I deny them a way to survive?"

俗頗悍黠，而諳都剌務興學校，以平易治之。 The local customs were fierce and cunning, but Andu'er devoted himself to founding schools and governed with a plain, gentle hand.

有上馬賊白晝劫人，久不能捕，諳都剌生擒之，其黨賂宣慰使羅鍋，誣以枉勘，縱其賊。 Mounted bandits had long robbed travelers in broad daylight without being caught; Andu'er captured one alive, but the gang bribed the Pacification Commissioner Luoguo to accuse him of a wrongful prosecution and secured the bandit's release.

已而賊劫河間，復被獲，乃盡輸其情，而諳都剌之誣始白，俾再任一考。 Later the bandits struck in Hejian and were captured again; they confessed the whole affair, Andu'er's innocence was established, and he was permitted to serve another term.

親王買奴鎮益都，其府屬病民，諳都剌裁抑之，民以無擾。 When the imperial prince Mainu was stationed at Yidu, his household staff preyed on the people; Andu'er curbed their abuses, and the populace was left in peace.