Song, Liao, and Jin · Southern Route Great King

Boguzhe 勃古哲

Bógǔzhé

Attested AD 969 - AD 990

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Boguzhe was a Southern Route Great King.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yelu Boguzhe	耶律勃古哲	Yēlǜ Bógǔzhé
Courtesy name	Punuyin	蒲奴隱	Púnúyǐn

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 138

Attested activity

AD 982 乾亨四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 10, passage 209
AD 986 統和四年
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 136
AD 990 八年
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passages 136, 138
AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 133

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
descendant 後
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 131
Parent of Yaoli (爻裏)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 139

Key source chapters

Career and standing

overall charge of the western circuits 總領山西諸州事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 10, passage 209
Southern Chancellery Grand Prince 南院大王
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 134
Southern Route great king 南院大王
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 10, passage 209
Punished
Beaten with great staff
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 137

Events and relationships

Struck
Military · Commander · With Cao Bin (曹彬)
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 136

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loyalty · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 93

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Shengzong 1 · 1 passage

以南院大王勃古哲總領山西諸州事，北院大王、於越休哥為南面行軍都統，奚王和朔奴副之，同政事門下平章事蕭道寧領本部軍駐南京。 Southern Route great king Boguzhe was placed in overall charge of the western circuits; Northern Route great king and yuyue Xiuge was made Southern Route campaign commander-in-chief, with Xi King Heshuonu as his deputy; co-chancellor under the Gate Xiao Daoning led his own army in garrison at Nanjing.

History of Liao, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu · 6 passages

耶律勃古哲蕭陽阿武白蕭常哥耶律虎古 Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, and Yelu Hugu

耶律勃古哲，字蒲奴隱，六院夷離堇蒲古只之後。 Yelu Boguzhe, whose style name was Punuyin, was a descendant of Puguzhi, Chancellery Commissioner of the Six Yuan.

聖宗即位，太后稱制，會群臣議軍國事，勃古哲上疏陳便宜數事，稱旨，即日兼領山西路諸州事。 When Emperor Shengzong succeeded and the empress dowager assumed regency, ministers met to deliberate on military and state affairs. Boguzhe submitted a memorial with several expedient proposals; it pleased the throne, and that same day he was given concurrent charge of the western-circuit prefectures of Shanxi.

統和四年，宋將曹彬等侵燕，勃古哲擊之甚力，賜輸忠保節致主功臣，總知山西五州。 In the fourth year of Tonghe, when Song generals led by Cao Bin invaded Yan, Boguzhe struck them hard. He received the merit title of Loyal Submission, Integrity Preservation, and Sovereign Service and was given overall charge of the five Shanxi prefectures.

會有告勃古哲曲法虐民者，按之有狀，以大杖決之。 When someone reported that Boguzhe had bent the law and abused the people, investigation found grounds, and he was beaten with the great staff.

若勃古之忠，陽阿之孝，武白之直，亦彬彬乎一代之良臣矣。 As for Bogu's loyalty, Yanga's filial devotion, and Wu Bai's integrity—they too stand among the finest ministers of their generation.