Song, Liao, and Jin · General

He Lingtu 賀令圖

Hè Lìngtú

Attested AD 986 - AD 986

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

He Lingtu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 986 四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 85, passage 33
AD 986 統和四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 11, passage 197; History of Liao 83, passages 82, 85

Key source chapters

History of Liao, Chapter 85 Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 83 Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Song 宋
Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 11, passage 197

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 1 passage

乙巳，擒宋將賀令圖、楊重進等。 On yisi day Song generals He Lingtu, Yang Chongjin, and others were captured.

History of Liao, Chapter 83Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu · 2 passages

斜軫至定安，遇賀令圖軍，擊破之，追至五臺，斬首數萬級。 Xiezhen reached Ding'an, met He Lingtu's army, routed it, and pursued to Wutai, taking tens of thousands of heads.

賀令圖、潘美復以兵來，斜軫逆於飛狐，擊敗之。 He Lingtu and Pan Mei returned with troops; Xiezhen met them at Feihu and put them to flight.

History of Liao, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe · 3 passages

四年，宋將楊繼業陷山西城邑，題子從北院樞密使耶律斜軫擊之，敗賀令圖於定安，授西南面招討都監。 In the fourth year, when the Song general Yang Ye overran towns in Shanxi, Tizi marched under Northern Chancellery Grand Councilor Yelu Xiezhen, defeated He Lingtu at Ding'an, and was appointed Chief Commander of Southwestern Pacification.

賀令圖復集敗卒來襲蔚州，題子逆戰，破之，應州守將自遁。 He Lingtu rallied his broken troops to strike Weizhou again; Tizi met him in battle and crushed the force, after which the Yingzhou garrison commander fled on his own.

初，題子破令圖，宋將有因傷而仆，題子繪其狀以示宋人，咸嗟神妙。 Earlier, after defeating He Lingtu, Tizi had seen a wounded Song officer collapse in the field. He painted the man's likeness and showed it to captured Song troops, who marveled at the portrait's uncanny accuracy.