Yelu Ameli (耶律阿沒裏)

Overview

Yelu Ameli was an official and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Pulian	蒲鄰	Pulian

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 84

Attested activity

AD 983 統和初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 79, passage 76
AD 994 十二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 79, passage 79
AD 986 四年春
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 79, passage 78
AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 79, passage 75
AD 983 to AD 986 統和初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 88, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Chaogu (嘲古)
fourth-generation descendant 四世孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 73
Parent of Xiange (賢哥)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 86

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Career and standing

chief administrator 政事令
Added
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 77
commander-in-chief 都統
AD 983 統和初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 76
south chancellery commissioner of the palace directorate 南院宣徽使
AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 75
north chancellery commissioner of the palace directorate 北院宣徽使
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 77

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 75

Works and attributed material

Remonstrance · Author · With Empress Dowager (太后)
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passages 81-82

Events and relationships

Built city from campaign captives and sought Feng Prefecture status
Administrative · Founder
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 85
Campaigned against Goryeo
AD 983 to AD 1012 統和初 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 77
Defeated Song invaders in Yan
AD 986 四年春 · Military · Chief overseer · With Cao Bin (曹彬)
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 78
Instituted anti theft measures at mobile palace
AD 994 十二年 · Legal · Legislator
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 79
Retired from office and later died
Political · Retiree
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 84
Secured exemption from collective punishment for uninformed brothers
Legal · Reformer
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passages 80-83

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Relation Colleague of · Person Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫)
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 76
Relation Master of · Person Yan Gui (閻貴)
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 85

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fond of amassing wealth; contemporary opinion despised his Feng Prefecture scheme · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 85
Assessment humane remonstrator on collective punishment · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 89

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 7 passages

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室昉耶律賢適女裏郭襲耶律阿沒裏 Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nuli, Guo Xi, and Yelu Ameli.

耶律阿沒裏，字蒲鄰，遙輦嘲古可汗之四世孫。 Yelu Ameli, whose courtesy name was Pulian, was a fourth-generation descendant of the Yaolian khan Chaogu.

四年春，宋將曹彬、米信等侵燕，上親征，阿沒裏為都監，屢破敵軍。 In the spring of the fourth year the Song generals Cao Bin, Mi Xin, and others invaded Yan; the emperor took the field in person, with Ameli as chief overseer, and repeatedly routed the enemy.

十二年，行在多盜，阿沒裏立禁捕法，盜始息。 In the twelfth year theft was rampant at the mobile palace; Ameli instituted strict prohibition and arrest measures, and the thefts finally subsided.

阿沒裏諫曰：「夫兄弟雖曰同胞，賦性各異，一行逆謀，雖不與知，輒坐以法，是刑及無罪也。 Ameli remonstrated, saying, "Brothers may share the same womb, yet their natures differ; when one commits treason, to punish even those who knew nothing is to extend the law to the innocent.

阿沒裏性好聚斂，每從征所掠人口，聚而建城，請為豐州，就以家奴閻貴為刺史，時議鄙之。 Ameli was by nature fond of amassing wealth; on every campaign he gathered the people taken in plunder, assembled them to build a city, asked that it be made Feng Prefecture, and appointed his household slave Yan Gui as prefect—an act widely despised at the time.

室昉進《無逸》之篇，郭襲陳諫獵之疏，阿沒裏請免同氣之坐，所謂仁人之言，其利溥哉。 Shi Fang presented the "Against Dissipation" chapter, Guo Xi submitted his memorial against excessive hunting, and Ameli asked that innocent brothers be spared associated punishment—these are what are called the words of humane men, whose benefit spreads far indeed.

History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 1 passage

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從宣徽使耶律阿沒裏征高麗還，改北面林牙。 Following Imperial Clan Commissioner Yelü Amoli on the campaign against Goryeo, on his return he was transferred to Northern Division Linya.