Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Xiao Punu 蕭蒲奴

Xiāo Púnú

Attested AD 1012 - AD 1050

Passages: 16
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Punu was a general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Liuyin	留隱	Liuyin

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 104

Attested activity

AD 1050 重熙十九年
Directly stated · History of Liao 92, passage 5
AD 1029 太平九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 17, passage 135
AD 1029 太平九年
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 90
AD 1050 十九年三月癸卯
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 20, passage 92
AD 1050 十九年五月癸巳
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 20, passage 100
AD 1037 重熙六年
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 97

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AD 1046 重熙十五年
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 98
AD 1012 to AD 1021 開泰間
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 87

Family

Descendant of Chubuning (楚不寧)
descendant 之後 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 80

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Great King of the Six Xi Tribes 奚六部大王
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 89
inspector general 都監
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 17, passage 135
Southwest pacification commissioner 西南招討使
AD 1050 十九年三月癸卯 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 92
Entered
Exile · At Wugu tribe 烏古部
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 88
Was
Orphan
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 81
Sentenced
Tattooed criminal
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 88

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 17, passage 135; History of Liao 20, passage 92; History of Liao 87, passage 87; History of Liao 92, passage 5

Learning and skills

taught to read by a physician 教以讀書
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 84
Skill classics, histories, horsemanship and archery 經史、騎射
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passage 85

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Xia
AD 1050 重熙十九年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Liao 92, passage 5
Campaigned against Xia
Military · Commander · From Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passages 98-102
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Da Yanlin (大延琳) · At Pu River 蒲水 · From Source Date: Text: 太平九年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1029
Directly stated · History of Liao 87, passages 90-92
Entered and plundered
AD 1050 十九年五月癸巳 · Military · Commander · At Xia territory 夏境
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 100
Ordered to campaign against Xia
AD 1050 十九年三月癸卯 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Liao 20, passage 92

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 17Volume 17 Annals 17: Shengzong 8 · 1 passage

冬十月丙戌朔，以南京留守燕王蕭孝穆為都統，國舅詳穩蕭匹敵為副統，奚六部大王蕭蒲奴為都監以討之。 On the bingxu new moon of the tenth winter month Nanjing regent Prince of Yan Xiao Xiaomu was appointed supreme commander, imperial maternal uncle xiangwen Xiao Pide deputy supreme commander, and Xi Six Tribes king Xiao Punu inspector general to suppress him.

History of Liao, Chapter 20Volume 20 Annals 20: Xingzong 3 · 2 passages

癸卯，命西南招討使蕭蒲奴、北院大王宜新、林牙蕭撒抹等帥師伐夏，以行宮都部署別古得監戰。 On guimao day Southwest pacification commissioner Xiao Punu, Northern Court great king Yixin, linya Xiao Samo, and others were ordered to lead troops against Xia, with mobile palace deployment director Biegude supervising the campaign.

癸巳，蕭蒲奴等入夏境，不與敵遇，縱軍俘掠而還。 On guisi day Xiao Punu and others entered Xia territory, met no enemy, and returned after letting the army plunder freely.

History of Liao, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 17: · 12 passages

蕭蒲奴耶律蒲古夏行美 Xiao Punu, Yelü Pugu, and Xia Xingmei

中軍稍卻，副部署蕭匹敵、都監蕭蒲奴以兩翼夾擊，賊潰，追敗之於手山北。 When the center gave ground, Deputy Deployment Commissioner Xiao Pidi and Commissioner Xiao Punu attacked from both flanks. The rebels broke, and the pursuers crushed them north of Mount Shou.

蕭蒲奴，字留隱，奚王楚不寧之後。 Xiao Punu, whose style name was Liuyin, was a descendant of the Xi King Chubuning.

醫者嘗見蒲奴熟寐，有蛇繞身，異之。 Once the physician saw Punu sleeping soundly with a serpent coiled around his body and took it as an omen.

教以讀書，聰敏嗜學。 He taught him to read. Punu was quick-witted and eager to learn.

太平九年，大延琳據東京叛，蒲奴為都監，將右翼軍，遇賊戰蒲水。 In the ninth year of Taiping, when Da Yanlin seized Dongjing and rebelled, Punu served as Commissioner, led the right wing, and met the rebels in battle at the Pu River.

中軍少卻，蒲奴與左翼軍夾攻之。 When the center gave ground, Punu and the left wing struck from both flanks.

蒲奴不介馬而馳，追殺余賊。 Punu rode bareback in pursuit and cut down the fleeing rebels.

已而大軍圍東京，蒲奴討諸叛邑，平吼山賊，延琳堅守不敢出。 Before long the main army besieged Dongjing. Punu suppressed the rebel towns and pacified the bandits at Mount Hou, while Yanlin held the city and dared not venture out.

既被擒，蒲奴以功加兼侍中。 After Yanlin was captured, Punu was given the additional title of Attendant Grand Master for his achievements.

蒲奴以兵二千據河橋，聚巨艦數十艘，仍作大鉤，人莫測。 Punu took two thousand men to hold the river bridge, gathered several dozen large warships, and had great hooks fashioned as well, so that no one could guess his design.

大軍既失利，蒲奴未知，適有大木順流而下，勢將壞浮梁，斷歸路，操舟者爭鉤致之，橋得不壞。 The main army had already been defeated, but Punu did not yet know. Just then a great log came floating downstream, threatening to smash the pontoon bridge and sever the line of retreat. The boatmen vied to hook it in, and the bridge held.

History of Liao, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 22: Xiao Duola, Xiao Puda, Yelu Houshen, Yelu Guyue, Yelu Dumei, Xiao Hanjia, Xiao Wuye · 1 passage

十九年，從耶律宜新、蕭蒲奴伐夏，至蕭惠敗績之地，獲偵候者，知人煙聚落，多國人陷沒而不能還者，盡俘以歸。 In the nineteenth year he joined Yelu Yixin and Xiao Punu in a campaign against Xia. When they reached the site of Xiao Hui's defeat, they captured enemy scouts and learned where Liao subjects had been trapped in settled districts and could not escape; they took all of them prisoner and brought them home.