Five Dynasties · Official

Pode 頗德

Pōdé

Attested AD 916

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pode was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 916 神冊初元
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 75, passages 128, 131

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 75, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

Assessment held to principles without yielding · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 75, passage 131

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 75Volume 75 Biographies 5: Yelu Dilie, Yelu Duozhen, Wang Yu, Yelu Tulujiong · 1 passage

若默記治獄不冤，頗德持論不撓，延徽立經陳紀，紹勛秉節而死，圖魯窘料敵制勝，豈器博者無近用，道長者其功遠歟？ Consider Kang Moji, who judged cases without injustice; Pode, who held to his principles without yielding; Han Yanhui, who established institutions and set forth the laws; Shaoxun, who died holding to his integrity; and Tulujiong, who read the enemy and secured victory—are men of broad talent useless in the present, and men of far-reaching vision rewarded only in the long run?