Song, Liao, and Jin · Crown Prince

Crown Prince 皇太子

Attested AD 1075 - AD 1077

Passages: 21
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Crown Prince was a Crown Prince.

Life and dates

Death

murdered 害 · At Supreme Capital 上京
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passages 49, 51

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康元年
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 18
AD 1077 三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 110, passages 98, 110

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Imperial Grandson (皇孫)
imperial grandson 皇孫
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 110, passage 53
Child of Empress (mother of the crown prince)
mother 母後
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 36
Child of Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 83
Spouse of Wife of the Crown Prince
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 52

Career and standing

Imprisoned · At Supreme Capital 上京
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 48
Deposed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 110

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 18
At Supreme Capital 上京 · Relation Imprisoned at
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 48

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yelü Yange (耶律燕哥)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passages 83-84
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 111

References in the histories

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History

21 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 21 passages

大康元年，皇太子始預朝政，法度修明。 In the first year of the Dakang era, the crown prince began to take part in government, and regulations were enforced with new rigor.

后既死，乙辛不自安，又欲害太子。 Once the empress was dead, Yixin grew uneasy and turned his mind again to destroying the crown prince.

林牙蕭巖壽密奏曰：「乙辛自皇太子預政，內懷疑懼，又與宰相張孝傑相附會。 Palace Secretary Xiao Yanshou submitted a secret memorial: "Ever since the crown prince entered government, Yixin has been inwardly fearful, and he has been in league with Chief Minister Zhang Xiaojie.

時皇太子以母後之故，憂見顏色。 The crown prince, grieving his mother's death, wore sorrow plain on his face.

乙辛因蕭十三之言，夜召蕭得裏特謀構太子，令護衛太保耶律查剌誣告耶律撒剌等同謀立皇太子。 Acting on Xiao Shisan's counsel, Yixin summoned Xiao Delite by night to plot against the crown prince and had Guards Commissioner Yelü Chala accuse Yelü Sala and others of conspiring to put the prince on the throne.

本欲殺乙辛等而立太子。 Our plan was to kill Yixin and his faction and set up the crown prince.

乃囚皇太子於上京，監衛者皆其黨。 The crown prince was imprisoned at the Supreme Capital under guards who were all Yixin's men.

尋遣蕭達魯古、撒把害太子。 Soon afterward Xiao Dalugu and Saba were dispatched to murder the crown prince.

上京留守蕭撻得以卒聞。 Xiao Tade, Military Governor of the Supreme Capital, was able to report the prince's death in detail.

是年夏，乙辛譖皇太子，孝傑同力相濟。 That summer, when Yixin slandered the crown prince, Xiaojie worked hand in hand with him.

及乙辛受詔按皇太子黨人，誣害忠良，孝傑之謀居多。 When Yixin was ordered to investigate the crown prince's supposed faction and framed loyal men, most of the plotting came from Xiaojie.

及皇太子被誣，帝遣燕哥往訊之，太子謂燕哥曰：「帝惟我一子，今為儲嗣，復何求，敢為此事！ When the crown prince was framed, the emperor sent Yangge to question him. The prince said, "The emperor has only one son, and I am his heir—what could I possibly gain by such a plot!

蕭十三聞之，謂燕哥曰：「宜以太子言易為伏狀。」 When Xiao Shisan heard of this he told Yangge, "Twist the prince's words into a confession."

及太子被逐，乙辛殺害忠良，多燕哥之謀，為契丹行宮都部署。 After the crown prince was banished, Yixin's slaughter of loyal officials owed much to Yangge's counsel; Yangge was made Overall Deployer of the Khitan Traveling Palace.

十三謂乙辛曰：「今太子猶在，臣民屬心。 Shisan told Yixin, "The crown prince is still alive, and officials and commoners alike look to him.

若太子立，王置身何地？ If the crown prince succeeds to the throne, where will that leave Your Highness?

是夜，召蕭得裏特謀所以構太子事。 That very night he summoned Xiao Delite to plot how to frame the crown prince.

太子不服，別遣夷離畢耶律燕哥問太子，太子具陳所以見誣之狀。 The crown prince protested his innocence, so Yilibi Yelü Yangge was sent to question him; the prince laid out in detail how he had been framed.

上大怒，廢太子。 The emperor flew into a rage and deposed the crown prince.

太子將出，曰：「我何罪至是！」 As the crown prince was led away he cried, "What crime have I committed to deserve this!"

是年，遷北院樞密副使，復陳陰害太子計，乙辛從之。 That year he was made Associate Commissioner of the Northern Commissioner's Office; he again proposed a secret plot against the crown prince, and Yixin agreed.