Yelü Diela (迭剌) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yelü Diela was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 天顯元年
Expression died within a month of taking office 不逾月薨
Directly stated · History of Liao 75, passage 12
Unspecified
Directly stated · History of Liao 2, passage 173

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 926 叠剌
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 191
AD 926 天顯元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 2, passages 153, 173; History of Liao 75, passages 11-12
AD 916 to AD 926 太祖
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 86, passage 5
AD 916 to AD 926 太祖謂諸弟曰
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 112, passages 39-40

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Yelu Hezhu (耶律合住)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 5
Descendant of Dezu (德祖)
descended from 係出 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 355
Child of Dezu (德祖)
son 次 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 191
Sibling of Emperor Taizu of Liao (遼太祖)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 45, passages 190-191; History of Liao 112, passages 39-40; History of Liao 86, passage 5
Sibling of Taizu (太祖)
younger brother 皇弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 2, passage 153

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 45, passage 191
Junior Fathers' House 季父房
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 191
Liao imperial clan 遼皇族
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 248

Career and standing

Left Grand Minister 左大相
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 2, passage 153
Left Grand Chancellor 左大相
AD 926 天顯元年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 75, passage 12
Left Grand Chancellor 左大相
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 248

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 45, passage 191; History of Liao 66, passage 248
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 75, passage 12
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 112, passage 18

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 191

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 2 passages

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以皇弟迭剌為左大相，渤海老相為右大相，渤海司徒大素賢為左次相，耶律羽之為右次相。 His brother Diela became Left Grand Minister; a senior Bohai minister took the Right Grand Ministry; Dae Sagyeon, Bohai Minister of Works, became Left Secondary Minister; and Yelü Yuzhi Right Secondary Minister.

庚午，東丹國左大相迭剌卒。 On gengwu day Diela, Dongdan's Left Grand Minister, died.

History of Liao, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 · 1 passage

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次曰剌葛，曰叠剌，曰寅底石，曰安端，曰蘇，皆曰季父房。 Next came Cige, Dieci, Yindi Shi, Anduan, and Su—the Junior Fathers' House.

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

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左大相迭剌。 Diela, Left Grand Chancellor.

History of Liao, Chapter 75Volume 75 Biographies 5: Yelu Dilie, Yelu Duozhen, Wang Yu, Yelu Tulujiong · 1 passage

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時人心未安，左大相叠剌不逾月薨，羽之蒞事勤恪，威信並行。 Popular sentiment was still unsettled at the time; the Left Grand Chancellor Diechi died within a month of taking office, yet Yuzhi handled affairs with diligence and rigor, and authority and trust went hand in hand.

History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 1 passage

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耶律合住，字粘袞，太祖弟叠剌之孫。 Yelu Hezhu, whose style name was Niangun, was a grandson of Diela, a younger brother of Taizu.

History of Liao, Chapter 112Volume 112 Biographies 42: Rebellious Officials 1 · 1 passage

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叠剌曰：「謀大事者，須用如此人； Diela replied, "Great undertakings require men like him;