Five Dynasties · Brother of Yanguzhi

Xiadi 轄底

Xiádǐ

Attested AD 900 - AD 938

Passages: 15
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiadi was a Brother of Yanguzhi.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yelü Xiadǐ	耶律轄底	Yēlǜ Xiádǐ
Courtesy name	Nieliegun	涅烈袞	Nièliègǔn

Life and dates

Death

Strangled · Cause Execution
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 43

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 938 天顯間
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 113, passage 141
AD 916 太祖將即位
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 112, passage 29
AD 900 to AD 907 遙輦痕德堇可汗時
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 112, passage 20

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Salade (薩剌德)
descended from 係出
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 87
Sibling of Angu'zhi (罨古只)
elder half-brother 異母兄 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 20
Child of Dila (怗剌)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 18
Parent of Dielite (叠裏特)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passages 26, 47
Parent of Shuogua (朔刮)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 26
Kin of Emperor Taizu of Liao (遼太祖)
uncle 叔父
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passages 33, 44
Sibling of Yanguzhi (罨古只)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 113, passage 141

Key source chapters

Career and standing

yuyue 於越
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 30
yuyue 于越
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 50
ürün chijin 夷離堇
Usurped
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 24
Entered
Imprisoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 43

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Belonged to
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 50
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 16; History of Liao 113, passage 141

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Taizu of Liao (遼太祖)
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passages 29, 35-38, 46

Events and relationships

Fled
Flight · Actor · At Bohai 渤海 · With Dielite (叠裏特)
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 26
Fraudulently took yilieqin from Yanguzhi
Political · Usurper
Directly stated · History of Liao 113, passage 141
Incited
Rebellion · Instigator · With Cige (剌葛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 31
Seized office
Usurpation · Actor
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passages 22-24

References in the histories

Search passages

History

15 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage

于越轄底。 Xiadi, yuyue.

History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 13 passages

○耶律轄底 • Yelü Xiadǐ

轄底，字涅烈袞，肅祖孫夷離堇怗剌之子。 Xiadǐ, whose style name was Nieliegun, was the son of the ürün chijin Dila, who was a grandson of Suzu.

罨古只方就帳易服，轄底遂取紅袍、貂蟬冠，乘白馬而出。 While Angu'zhi was still in his tent changing clothes, Xiadǐ seized a red robe and a sable cicada cap, mounted a white horse, and rode forth.

及釋魯遇害，轄底懼人圖己，挈其二子叠裏特、朔刮奔渤海，偽為失明。 After Shilu was killed, Xiadǐ feared others would plot against him; he fled to Bohai with his sons Dialite and Shuogua and pretended to be blind.

太祖將即位，讓轄底，轄底曰：「皇帝聖人，由天所命，臣豈敢當！」 When Emperor Taizu was about to ascend the throne, he offered the realm to Xiadǐ; Xiadǐ replied, "The Son of Heaven is a sage ordained by Heaven—how could a subject such as I dare accept it!"

及自將伐西南諸部，轄底誘剌葛等亂，不從者殺之。 When the emperor led troops in person against the southwestern tribes, Xiadǐ incited Cige and others to revolt and killed those who refused to join.

車駕還至赤水城，轄底懼，與剌葛俱北走，至榆河，為追兵所獲。 When the imperial procession returned to Chishui City, Xiadǐ took fright and fled north with Cige; at the Yu River they were overtaken and captured.

太祖問曰：「朕初即位，嘗以國讓，叔父辭之； Emperor Taizu asked, "When I first took the throne I offered you the realm, and you, Uncle, declined it;

轄底對曰：「始臣不知天子之貴，及陛下即位，衛從甚嚴，與凡庶不同，臣嘗奏事心動，始有窺覦之意。 Xiadǐ answered, "At first I did not grasp how exalted the Son of Heaven was. After Your Majesty took the throne, your escort was so strict and so unlike that of common men that when I once presented a memorial my heart stirred, and only then did I begin to covet the throne.

轄底不復對。 Xiadǐ said nothing more.

將刑，太祖謂曰：「叔父罪當死，朕不敢赦。 Before the execution, Emperor Taizu said, "Uncle, your crime deserves death, and I dare not pardon you.

轄底曰：「叠剌部人眾勢強，故多為亂，宜分為二，以弱其勢。」 Xiadǐ said, "The Diela tribe is large and strong, which is why it so often rebels; divide it in two to weaken its power."

後從剌葛亂，與其父轄底俱縊殺之。 Later he joined Cige's rebellion and was strangled along with his father Xiadǐ.

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

先是，朗祖罨古只為其弟轄底詐取夷離堇，自是族中無任六院職事者； Earlier Lang's grandfather Yanguzhi had had the yilieqin title fraudulently taken by his younger brother Xiadi; from then on no one in the clan held office in the Six Courts;