Louguo (婁國) | 24 Histories

Overview

Louguo was a Chief Councillor and rebel.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yelü Louguo	耶律婁國	Yēlǜ Lóuguó
Courtesy name	Mianxin	勉辛	Miǎnxīn

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Date Source Date: Text: 應曆2年八月己丑 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 29
Strangled · At western valley of Kehan Prefecture 可汗州西谷
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 119

Attested activity

AD 952 應曆2年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 28
AD 953 應歷三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 113, passage 162
AD 926 to AD 947 倍五子
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 38
AD 951 天祿五年
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 112

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yelü Bei (突欲)
next 次
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 38
Child of Literary Emperor (文獻皇帝)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 111

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Career and standing

Military Commissioner of Wuding 武定軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 112
Chief Councillor 政事令
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 28
prefect of Nanjing 南京留守
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 114

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 38
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 112, passage 18
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 113, passage 162

Events and relationships

Plotted
Rebellion · Plotter
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 115
Slew
Military · Killer · With Chage (察割)
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 113

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 2 passages

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秋七月乙亥，政事令婁國、林牙敵烈、侍中神都、郎君海裏等謀亂，就執。 That autumn, in the seventh month on yihai day, Chief Councillor Louguo, linya Dilie, Palace Attendant Shendu, langjun Haili, and others plotted rebellion and were seized where they stood.

八月己丑，眉古得、婁國等伏誅，杖李澣而釋之。 In the eighth month, on jichou day, Meigude, Louguo, and their co-conspirators were put to death; Li Han was flogged and then released.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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五子：長世宗，次婁國、稍、隆先、道隱，各有傳。 He had five sons: the eldest was Shizong, followed by Louguo, Shao, Longxian, and Daoyin—each treated in his own biography.

History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 5 passages

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耶律察割耶律婁國耶律重元 Yelü Chaguo, Yelü Louguo, and Yelü Chongyuan

婁國，字勉辛，文獻皇帝之子。 Louguo, whose style name was Mianxin, was a son of Emperor Wenxian.

及察割作亂，穆宗與屋質從林牙敵獵計，誘而出之，婁國手刃察割。 When Chaguo rebelled, Muzong and Wuzhi adopted the linya Dili's stratagem to lure him out, and Louguo killed Chaguo with his own hand.

穆宗沈湎，不恤政事，婁國有覬覦之心，誘敵獵及群不逞謀逆。 Muzong drowned himself in wine and neglected affairs of state; Louguo began to covet the throne and incited Dilie and other malcontents to plot rebellion.

婁國不能對。 Louguo had no answer.

History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 1 passage

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應歷三年，與其黨謀立婁國，事覺，陵遲死。 In the third year of Yingli he conspired with his followers to set up Louguo; when the plot was discovered, he was executed by dismemberment.