Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Military Officer

Chounu 醜奴

Chǒunú

Attested AD 1210

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chounu was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Zhongyi	忠毅

Life and dates

Death

died in office 卒於官
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 154

Attested activity

AD 1210 歲庚午
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 151

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Xiao Baizhu (蕭拜住)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 150
Parent of Qingshan (青山)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 158
Sibling of Laowa (老瓦)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 156

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 179, passages 149-150

Career and standing

Military and Civil Commander of Tanzhou 檀州軍民元帥
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 153

Events and relationships

Opened pass and surrendered
Military · Commander · With Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 151

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 179Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu · 7 passages

曾祖醜奴，有膂力，善騎射，識見明敏，仕金為古北口屯戍千戶。 His great-grandfather Chounu was powerfully built, skilled in mounted archery, and clear-sighted. He served the Jin as Garrison Commander of the Thousand Households at Gubeikou.

歲庚午，國兵南下，金將招燈必舍遁，醜奴於暮夜潛領兵三千人力戰，不克，矢中其胸，遂開關，遣使納降。 In 1210, when the Mongol army marched south, the Jin general Zhaodeng Bishe fled. Chounu secretly led three thousand men into battle by night but could not prevail. Struck in the chest by an arrow, he opened the pass and sent envoys to surrender.

太祖命醜奴襲招燈必舍，追及平、灤，降之。 Genghis Khan ordered Chounu to pursue Zhaodeng Bishe. Overtaking him at Ping and Luan, Chounu forced his surrender.

太祖方西征，醜奴驛送竹箭弓弩弦各一萬，擢檀順昌平萬戶，仍管打捕鷹房人匠，卒於官。 While Genghis Khan was on campaign in the west, Chounu sent ten thousand each of bamboo arrows, bows, and bowstrings by relay post. He was promoted to Commander of the Ten Thousand Households of Tan, Shun, and Changping, still overseeing hunting falconers and artisans, and died in office.

後追封順國公，諡忠毅。 He was later posthumously enfeoffed as Duke of Shunguo with the posthumous name Zhongyi.

弟老瓦，始以楊城漁寨來降，為醜奴弟充質子，多立戰功，襲檀州。 His younger brother Laowa first surrendered from the Yangcheng Fishing Stockade. As Chounu's younger brother he served as a hostage, won many military honors, and succeeded to Tanzhou.

醜奴子青山，中統元年襲萬戶。 Chounu's son Qingshan succeeded to the command of ten thousand households in 1260.