Overview
Xiao Pulibu was a scholar and Hermit.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Suilan | 桵懶 |
Life and dates
Death
- 乾統間，召之，不應；晚年，謝絕人事；一日，易服，無疾而逝Changed clothes and died without illness · Western Bounds On Or After: AD 1101Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 39, 43-44, 47
Age
- Greater Than: 40Source Age 年逾強仕 · Reckoning Sui · Event Pulibu's undated reply says he is beyond the traditional forty-year qiangshi threshold. Neither an exact age, a modern birthday count, nor a birth year is asserted.Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 41-42
- 13Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 35
Attested activity
- AD 1101 to AD 1110 乾統間Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 32, 39
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Wuguni (兀古匿)Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 33
- Descendant of Prince Hui of Wei (惠)fourth-generation descendant 四世孫 · 4 generations
ancestor 祖 · 4 generationsDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 32 - Child of Father of Xiao Pulibufather 父Strongly inferred · History of Liao 106, passage 33
- Child of Mother of Xiao Pulibumother 母Strongly inferred · History of Liao 106, passage 33
- Kinship Role parents · Count 2 · died while he was youngDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 33
Origins and identity
- Xiao clan 蕭Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 2, 32
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation Subject ofDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 2, 32
- At Mogu Mountain 抹古山 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 44
Learning and skills
- literary arts 文藝Studied hardDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 38
- Belief Buddhism 佛書 · Relation Devoted toDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 44
- Skill literary arts 文藝 · Level mastered all branchesDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 38
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 36-37, 42, 45-46
Events and relationships
- Mourning exceeded rites for grandfatherDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 35
- Repeatedly declined summons for illnessPolitical · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 43
- Summoned on account of grandfather did not respondDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passage 39
- Withdrew from worldly affairs studied BuddhismPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 44
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clan praised extraordinary mourning · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 35
- Assessment outstanding conduct; summoned but did not go · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 48-50
- filial and fraternal by natureCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 34
- lived simply without lavish goods or many servants; content while roaming hills hunting with kinLifestyleDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 40
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 32
References in the histories
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