Yelü Chenjianu (耶律陳家奴)

Overview

Yelü Chenjianu was an official and Courtier.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Mianxin	綿辛	Miánxīn

Life and dates

Death

Age 80
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 62

Age

80
Reckoning Stated
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 62

Attested activity

AD 1102 乾統二年六月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 27, passage 38
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧初
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 50
AD 1094 十年四月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 25, passage 177
AD 1097 壽隆三年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 26, passage 51
AD 1100 壽隆六年二月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 26, passage 121
AD 1101 道宗崩
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 61

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AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙中
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 42

Family

Descendant of Gelu (葛剌)
eighth-generation descendant 八世孫 · paternal line · 8 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 41
Descendant of Noulisi (耨里思)
descended from 係出
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 40
Sibling of Sabo (撒缽)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 48

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Career and standing

Right Yilibi 右夷離畢
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 95, passage 50
commissioner for the imperial mausoleum 山陵使
AD 1101 道宗崩 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 61
Langjun of the Seals 牌印郎君
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 95, passage 42
Grand Overseer of the campaign army 行軍都監
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 54
Langjun of the Imperial Cup 禦盞郎君
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 45
Military Commissioner of the Wugu Division 烏古部節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 54

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Minister of the Right 尚書右僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 51
Southern Court great king 南院大王
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 121
Xiangwen of the Tulugu Pishi Detachment 徒魯古皮室詳穩
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 46
basic roster 本班
Demoted
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 43
Palace Attendant 侍中
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 33
Vice Commissioner of the Falconry Office 鷹坊副使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 46
Vice Commissioner of the Four Directions Bureau 四方館副使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 46
Vice Commissioner of the Imperial Stables 尚廄副使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 46
Wugu tribal military commissioner 烏古部節度使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 51
Dismissed
Dismissal
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 53
Entered
Retired
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 38
Retired
Retirement
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 61
flogged two hundred strokes 鞭之二百
Corporal punishment · Flogged
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 44
Flogged
Corporal punishment
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Belonged to
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 33
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 51; History of Liao 95, passage 42

Works and attributed material

birthday poem for the empress dowager 進詩
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 47
poem on imperial command 應制進詩
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 51

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Commander · Counterpart northwestern tribes 西北諸部
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passages 54, 59
Presented poem and tame deer
Ritual · Presenter · With Empress Dowager (太后)
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 47

Assessments and attributes

Item imperial garment 衣 · Relation Bestowed · With Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 52
Item one suit of armor 甲一屬 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 54
Item two horses 馬二匹 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 54
Item two hundred lengths of assorted silks 雜彩二百段 · Relation Bestowed · With Empress Dowager (太后)
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 47
Item two strings of pearls 珠二琲 · Relation Bestowed · With Empress Dowager (太后)
Directly stated · History of Liao 95, passage 47

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 38

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 25Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 · 1 passage

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丙午，烏古部節度使耶律陳家奴奏討茶紥剌捷。 On bingwu day Wugu tribal military commissioner Yelü Chenjianu memorialized victory over Chazhala.

History of Liao, Chapter 26Volume 26 Annals 26: Daozong 6 · 2 passages

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壬寅，烏古部節度使耶律陳家奴以功加尚書右僕射。 On renyin day Wugu tribal military commissioner Yelü Chenjianu, for merit, was promoted Minister of the Right.

二月丁未，以烏古部節度使陳家奴為南院大王。 On dingwei day of the second month Wugu tribal military commissioner Chenjianu was made Southern Court great king.

History of Liao, Chapter 27Volume 27 Annals 27: Emperor Tianzuo 1 · 1 passage

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丁未，南院大王陳家奴致仕。 On dingwei day Southern Court great king Chenjianu retired.

History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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侍中陳家奴。 Chenjianu, Palace Attendant.

History of Liao, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 25: Yelu Honggu, Yelu Maliu, Xiao Dilie, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Chenjianu, Yelu Teme, Yelu Xiantong, Xiao Susa, Yelu Dabeinu · 11 passages

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耶律弘古耶律馬六蕭滴冽耶律適祿耶律陳家奴耶律特麼耶律仙童蕭素颯耶律大悲奴 Yelu Honggu, Yelu Maliu, Xiao Dilie, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Chenjianu, Yelu Teme, Yelu Xiantong, Xiao Susa, and Yelu Dabeinu

耶律陳家奴，字綿辛，懿祖弟葛剌之八世孫。 Yelu Chenjianu, whose style name was Mianxin, was an eighth-generation descendant of Gelü, younger brother of Emperor Yizu.

會帝獵，陳家奴逐鹿圍內，鞭之二百。 Once when the emperor was hunting, Chenjianu chased a deer inside the hunting enclosure and was flogged two hundred strokes.

時耶律仁先薦陳家奴健捷比海東青鶻，授禦盞郎君。 At that time Yelu Renxian recommended Chenjianu, praising his vigor and agility as rivaling the eastern-sea green falcon, and he was appointed Langjun of the Imperial Cup.

兄撒缽卒，陳家奴聞訃，不告而去。 When his elder brother Sabo died, Chenjianu learned of it and left his post without permission.

適帝與燕國王射鹿俱中，王時年九歲，帝悅，陳家奴應制進詩。 Once when the emperor and the Prince of Yan both struck the deer in a hunt — the prince was only nine — the emperor was delighted, and Chenjianu composed a poem on imperial command.

後皇太子廢，帝疑陳家奴黨附，罷之。 Later, when the crown prince was deposed, the emperor suspected Chenjianu of siding with the deposed heir and dismissed him from office.

時西北諸部寇邊，以陳家奴為烏古部節度使行軍都監，賜甲一屬、馬二匹，討諸部，擒其酋送於朝。 When the northwestern tribes raided the frontier, Chenjianu was appointed Military Commissioner of the Wugu Division with overall command of the field army, given a suit of armor and two horses, and sent to campaign against them. He captured their chieftain and sent him to court.

偵候者見馬蹤，意寇至，陳家奴遣報元帥，耶律愛奴視之曰：「此野馬也！」 Scouts spotted horse tracks and thought the enemy had arrived. Chenjianu reported to the commander, but Yelu Ainu inspected the tracks and said, "These are wild horses!"

有司詰按，陳家奴不伏，詔釋之。 The authorities investigated and pressed charges, but Chenjianu would not confess. An edict ordered his release.

後諸部復來侵，陳家奴率兵三往，皆克，邊境遂寧。 When the tribes invaded again, Chenjianu led three campaigns against them, winning each time, and the frontier was restored to peace.