Overview
Xiao Zhalaci was an official and Hermit.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Xunian | 虛輦 | |
| Epithet | Old Man of Jie Mountain | 頡山老人 |
Life and dates
Death
- 統和末，召；遂入頡山；耶律資忠重之；卒Western Bounds On Or After: AD 983Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 9, 12-13, 17-18
Attested activity
- AD 983 to AD 1012 統和末Event Zhala's recall in late Tonghe. The later withdrawal in the cited context is not confined to Tonghe; this window dates the recall only.Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 9, 13
- AD 969 to AD 979 保寧間Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 5, 7
Family
- Sibling of Paiya (排押)elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblingsSources vary in certainty · History of Liao 106, passage 5
Origins and identity
- Xiao clan 蕭Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 2, 5
Career and standing
- official 官Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 7
- Commander-in-Chief of Cavalry and Infantry at the Southern Capital 南京馬步軍都指揮使AD 983 to AD 1012 統和末 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passage 9
- Military Commissioner of the Ningyuan Army 寧遠軍節度使AD 969 to AD 979 保寧間 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passage 7
- Yilijibi 夷離畢統和末，召為南京馬步軍都指揮使；以疾求退，不聽，遷夷離畢 · TransferredDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 9-10
- entered office through imperial kinship 以戚屬進AD 969 to AD 979 保寧間 · Imperial kinsman · EnteredDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passage 7
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 2, 7
- At home countryside 裏 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 8
- At Jie Mountain 頡山 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 13
- At Jie Mountain 頡山 · Relation Withdrew toDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 12-13
Events and relationships
- Declined worldly affairs while accepting social invitationsPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 14-15
- Requested resignation denied統和末，召為南京馬步軍都指揮使；以疾求退，不聽，遷夷離畢 · Political · SubjectDated from the passage context · History of Liao 106, passages 9-10
- Resignation grantedPolitical · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 11
- Relation Esteemed by · Person Yelü Zizhong (耶律資忠)Directly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 17
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment admired for resolve in withdrawal · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 13
- Assessment outstanding conduct; knew boundary of public and private life · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 48-50
- reserved and unconventional; took no interest in making a livingCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 6
- spoke all day without touching worldly affairs; spent more than half of each year in the mountainsCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passages 14, 16
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Liao 106, passage 5
References in the histories
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