Yelu (葉魯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yelu was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1125 耶魯赴京師教授女直字
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 35, passage 188

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 35, passage 188

Events and relationships

Created jurchen script
Scholarly · Creator
Directly stated · History of Jin 35, passage 188

Later references and commemoration

Proposed for title and temple honors as a creator of Jurchen writing
AD 1194 明昌五年正月 · Posthumous commemoration · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 35, passages 188, 190

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 2 passages

Open chapter

明昌五年正月，陳言者謂：「葉魯、穀神二賢創制女直文字，乞各封贈名爵，建立祠廟。 In the first month of Mingchang 5, a petitioner said: "The two worthies Yelu and Gushen created the Jurchen script—we beg that each be granted posthumous titles and ranks and that shrines be established.

有司謂：「葉魯難以致祭，若金源郡貞獻王穀神則既已配享太廟矣，亦難特立廟也。」 The responsible offices said: "Yelu is difficult to sacrifice to; as for Gushen, Loyal Offering Prince of Jinyuan Commandery, he already enjoys collateral sacrifice in the Grand Ancestral Temple—it is also difficult to establish a separate shrine."