Song, Liao, and Jin · Usurping Emperor; Grandson of Xingzong

Shulie 朮烈

Attested AD 1122

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shulie was an Usurping Emperor; Grandson of Xingzong.

Life and dates

Death

killed by mutinous troops 為亂兵所殺
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 94

Attested activity

AD 1122 保大二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 114, passages 71, 93

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)
grandson 孫 · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 93
Child of Parent of Shulie (朮烈之父或母)
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 114, passage 93

Career and standing

usurped title 僭立
Usurped
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 93

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 44: Rebellious Officials 3 · 2 passages

會耶律兀直言朮烈才德純備，兼興宗之孫，眾皆曰可，遂僭立焉，特烈偽職如故。 Yelü Wuzhi said that Shulie was pure in talent and virtue and moreover a grandson of Xingzong; everyone said he would do, and so they set him up with a usurped title; Telie's false post remained as before.

未三旬，與朮烈俱為亂兵所殺。 Within less than thirty days he and Shulie were both killed by mutinous troops.