Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Rebel

Yelü Dilie 耶律敵烈

Attested AD 1123 - AD 1125

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Dilie was an official and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1123 庚申
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 140
AD 1123 to AD 1125 天祚播遷
Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62

Key source chapters

History of Liao, Chapter 29 Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 59 Volume 59 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage

Origins and identity

Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 59, passage 62

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Acted within
Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62

Events and relationships

Forced installation of Prince Liang Yali
Political · Installing agent · With Yelü Yali (耶律雅里)
Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
Seized Yali and enthroned him
AD 1123 庚申 · Political · Kingmaker · With Prince Liang Yali (梁王雅里)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 140
Relation Installed · Person Yelü Yali (耶律雅里)
Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 106

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 1 passage

庚申，軍將耶律敵烈等夜劫梁王雅里奔西北部，立以為帝，改元神曆。 On gengshen day army generals Yelü Dilie and others by night seized Prince Liang Yali and fled to the northwest interior, setting him up as emperor and changing the era to Shenli.

History of Liao, Chapter 59Volume 59 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage

會天祚播遷，耶律敵烈等逼立梁王雅裏，令群牧人戶運鹽濼倉粟。 When the Tianzuo Emperor was driven into exile, Yelü Dilie and others forced the installation of Prince Liang Yali and ordered the herd-management households to transport grain from the Salt Marsh granary.