Xiao Hudu (蕭胡睹) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiao Hudu was a rebel Official and Imperial Affinal.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yixin	乙辛	Yǐxīn

Life and dates

Death

AD 1063 清寧九年
drowned himself 投水死 · At Seventeen Marshes 十七濼
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passages 28, 52

Attested activity

AD 1060 清寧六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 96, passage 30
AD 1063 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 110, passage 123
AD 1063 清寧九年
Directly stated · History of Liao 112, passage 130
AD 1063 清寧九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 114, passages 18, 28, 52
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 114, passage 8
AD 1063 九年七月戊午
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 22, passage 20

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AD 1044 十三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 107, 144, 153
AD 1050 十九年三月丙辰
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 20, passage 95
AD 1040 重熙
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 239
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 114, passage 5
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙間
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 86, passage 81

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
uncle 伯父 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 3
Kin of Xiao Paizhe (蕭朮哲)
clansman 族兄
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 8
Kin of Dilie (敵烈)
clansman 族弟
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 13
Child of Father of Xiao Hudu (蕭胡睹之父)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 114, passage 3
Spouse of Eldest Princess of Qin (秦國長公主)
married 尚 · Marriage · Divorced
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passages 6-7
Spouse of Princess of Qi (齊國公主)
married 尚 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 7

Kinship Role sons · Count 5
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 29

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Career and standing

attendant gentleman 祗候郎君
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙中 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 5
associate administrator of Northern Court privy affairs 同知北院樞密事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 15
commissioner of the Xingsheng Palace 興聖宮使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 6
imperial son-in-law commandant 駙馬都尉
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 6
Northern Court linya 北面林牙
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 7
Northwestern Route pacification commissioner 西北路招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 8

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changshi 敞史
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 239
associate privy commissioner of the Northern and Southern Courts 北、南院樞密副使
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧中 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 8
imperial son-in-law commandant 駙馬都尉
AD 1050 十九年三月丙辰 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 95
Commandant of Escort 駙馬都尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 81
imperial son-in-law commandant 駙馬都尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 144
privy commissioner 樞密使
Usurped
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 27
Captured by Tangut
Captivity
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 81
Ended
Captivity · Origin Label: Xia 夏
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 153
Entered
Captivity · Captor Label: Xia 夏
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 144
Held
Imperial son in law
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 239; History of Liao 19, passage 144; History of Liao 20, passage 95; History of Liao 96, passage 30; History of Liao 114, passage 5
At Seventeen Marshes 十七濼 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 28

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 123
Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passages 24-25, 63

Events and relationships

Attacked mobile palace
AD 1063 清寧九年 · Rebellion · Conspirator · With Nielugu (涅魯古) · At Mount Taizi 太子山
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passages 19, 52
Received imperial sick visit
AD 1050 十九年三月丙辰 · Personal · Patient
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 95
Relation Ally of · Person Chongyuan (重元)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 123
Relation Close associate of · Person Xiao Ge (蕭革)
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 12
Relation Friend of · Person Xiao Hudu (蕭胡篤)
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 13

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fierce, overbearing, loved to broadcast others' faults · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 4
ill when the court visited his tent
Illness
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 95
stuttered; eyes askew; curly hair
Physical description
Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 3

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Xingzong 1 · 1 passage

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十二月庚寅，以北大王府布猥帳郎君自言先世與國聯姻，許置敞史，命本帳蕭胡睹為之。 On gengyin day of the twelfth month, because a langjun of the Northern Great King Household's Buwei Account claimed ancestral marriage ties with the dynasty, permission was granted to establish a chanshi, and Xiao Hudu of that account was appointed to the post.

History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 2 passages

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癸丑，督數路兵掩襲，殺數千人，駙馬都尉蕭胡睹為夏人所執。 On guichou day troops of several routes were urged in a surprise raid, killing several thousand; imperial son-in-law commandant Xiao Hudu was captured by Xia.

戊申，蕭胡睹自夏來歸。 On wushen day Xiao Hudu returned from Xia.

History of Liao, Chapter 20Volume 20 Annals 20: Xingzong 3 · 1 passage

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丙辰，幸殿前都點檢蕭叠裏得、駙馬都尉蕭胡睹帳視疾。 On bingchen day the court visited Palace Front commander Xiao Dielide and imperial son-in-law Xiao Hudu's tents to inquire after their illnesses.

History of Liao, Chapter 22Volume 22 Annals 22: Daozong 2 · 1 passage

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戊午，皇太叔重元與其子楚國王涅魯古及陳國王陳六、同知北院樞密使事蕭胡睹、衛王貼不、林牙涅剌溥古、統軍使蕭叠裏得、駙馬都尉參及弟術者、圖骨、旗鼓拽剌詳穩耶律郭九、文班太保奚叔、內藏提點烏骨、護衛左太保敵不古、按答、副宮使韓家奴、寶神奴等凡四百人，誘脅弩手軍犯行宮。 On wuwu day the imperial uncle Chongyuan with his son Prince of Chu Nielugu, Prince of Chen Chenliu, associate Northern Court privy commissioner Xiao Hudu, Prince of Wei Tiebu, linya Nielu Pugu, supreme commander Xiao Dielide, imperial son-in-law Can and his younger brother Muzhe, Tugu, drum-and-banner zhala detail-stable Yelü Guojiu, civil-class grand guardian Xi Shu, inner treasury intendant Wugu, Defender of the Left grand guardian Dibugu, Andada, deputy palace commissioner Han Jianu, Baoshennu, and others totaling four hundred men coerced crossbow troops to attack the mobile palace.

History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 1 passage

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駙馬都尉蕭胡睹為夏人所執，奉詔索之，三返以歸，轉永興宮使、右祗候郎君班詳穩。 When Commandant of Escort Xiao Huzhu was captured by the Tangut, Lü was ordered to secure his release and brought him back after three missions. He was then made commissioner of the Yongxing Palace and detailed commander of the Right Palace Attendant Gentlemen Company.

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 1 passage

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時北、南院樞密官涅魯古、蕭胡睹等忌之，請以仁先為西北路招討使。 At that time the Secretariat officials Nielugu and Xiao Huzhu of the Northern and Southern courts envied him and asked that Renxian be appointed Pacification Commissioner of the Northwest Circuit.

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 1 passage

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九年，耶律仁先為南院樞密使，時駙馬都尉蕭胡睹與重元黨，惡仁先在朝，奏曰：「仁先可任西北路招討使。」 In the ninth year Yelü Renxian was commissioner of the Southern Commissioner's Office. Imperial Son-in-Law Commandant Xiao Huzhu, allied with Chongyuan's faction, hated Renxian's presence at court and memorialized, "Renxian may be appointed Pacification Commissioner of the Northwest Circuit."

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

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清寧九年，車駕獵灤水，以其子涅魯古素謀，與同黨陳國王陳六、知北院樞密事蕭胡睹等凡四百餘人，誘脅弩手軍陣於帷宮外。 In Qingning 9, while the emperor hunted on the Luan River, Chongyuan—acting on the long-laid plot of his son Nielugu—joined Prince of Chen Chen Liu, Northern Commissioner Xiao Hudu, and more than four hundred others to coerce the crossbow troops into forming battle lines outside the curtain palace.

History of Liao, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 44: Rebellious Officials 3 · 14 passages

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逆臣下 ○蕭胡睹蕭叠裏得古叠耶律撒剌竹奚回離保蕭特烈 Rebellious Officials 3: Xiao Hudu, Xiao Dielide, Gudie, Yelü Salazhu, Xi Huilibao, and Xiao Telie

蕭胡睹，字乙辛。 Xiao Hudu, whose courtesy name was Yixin.