Hai Li (孩裏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hai Li was an official and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Hunian	胡輦	Húniǎn

Life and dates

Death

Illness · Refused Medicine true
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 35

Age

77
Reckoning Sui · Context death
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 35

Attested activity

AD 1085 大安初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 34
AD 1075 大康初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 27
AD 1055 清寧初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 37
AD 1076 大康二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 28
AD 1077 大康三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 29
AD 1063 清寧九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 25

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AD 1099 壽隆五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 35
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙間
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 24

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Uyghur 回鶻
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 22

Career and standing

Defender Heir Apparent Grand Guardian 守太子太保
AD 1075 大康初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 27
Associate Director of the Department of State Affairs with the Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
AD 1076 大康二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 28
General-in-Chief of the Golden Crow Guard 金吾衛上將軍
AD 1063 清寧九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 25
Commander of the Palace Front 殿前都點檢
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 26
Military Commissioner of Guangli Army 廣利軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 32
Military Commissioner of the Pindaluoguo Division 品達魯虢部節度使
AD 1085 大安初 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 34

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chief palace attendant 近侍長
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙間 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 24
Vice Director of the Southern Administration Commissioner of the Imperial Household 同知南院宣徽使事
AD 1077 大康三年 · Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 29
Pacifier of Disorder 平亂功臣
Granted
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 25
Edict not to prosecute
Pardoned from implication · Related Person Id Yelü Jun (浚)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 33

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 22

Learning and skills

Belief Buddhism 浮圖 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 36

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Summary declared allotted span exhausted
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 35
Vision report · Speaker · Units s0038, s0039, s0040, s0041
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passages 38-41

Events and relationships

Fell from horse and revived
AD 1055 清寧初 · Personal · Subject
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 37
Opposed recall
Political · Opponent · With Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passages 30-31
Suppressed rebellion
AD 1063 清寧九年 · Military · Participant · With Chongyuan (重元)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 25

Assessments and attributes

Assessment known for strict palace guard duty · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 26
Assessment maintained rectitude amid Yixin's monopoly of power · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 83

Source notes

His ancestors came to offer tribute in the time of Taizu, asked to remain, and were given office
Field ancestral-origin
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 23

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 10 passages

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耶律斡特剌孩裏竇景庸耶律引吉楊績趙徽王觀耶律喜孫 Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, and Yelu Xisun

孩裏，字胡輦，回鶻人。 Hai Li, whose style name was Hunian, was a Uyghur.

孩裏重熙間歷近侍長。 During the Chongxi era Hai Li successively served as chief palace attendant.

會耶律乙辛出守中京，孩裏入賀； When Yelu Yixin went out to guard the Central Capital, Hai Li entered court to offer congratulations;

及議復召，陳其不可。 when the court deliberated recalling him, Hai Li argued that this should not be done.

後乙辛再入樞府，出孩裏為廣利軍節度使。 Later, when Yixin again entered the Military Affairs Commission, he had Hai Li sent out as Military Commissioner of Guangli Army.

及皇太子被誣，孩裏當連坐，有詔勿問。 When the crown prince was falsely accused, Hai Li would have been implicated by association, but an edict ordered that he not be prosecuted.

孩裏素信浮圖。 Hai Li had long been a believer in Buddhism.

言始見二人引至一城，宮室宏敞，有衣絳袍人坐殿上，左右列侍，導孩裏升階。 He said that at first two men led him to a city of vast palaces and halls, where a man in a crimson robe sat upon the dais with attendants ranked to left and right, and they guided Hai Li up the steps.

論曰：孩裏、引吉之為臣也，當乙辛擅權、蕭革貪黷之日，雖與同官，而能以正自處，不少阿唯，其過人遠矣。 The commentary says: As ministers, Hai Li and Yinji lived in the days when Yixin monopolized power and Xiao Ge was greedy and corrupt; though they served alongside such men, they were able to maintain themselves by rectitude and would not fawn or agree—how far they surpassed others.