Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Tutor

Yelü Gu 耶律固

Yelü Gù

Attested AD 1079 - AD 1101

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Gu was an official and Tutor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1079 AD 1079-1084
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passage 19
AD 1084 十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 139
AD 1101 道宗崩
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passages 17, 101

Key source chapters

History of Liao, Chapter 98 Volume 98 Biographies 28: Xiao Wuna, Yelu Yan, Liu Shen, Yelu Hulu 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 50 Volume 50 Treatises 20: Rites 2 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 24 Volume 24 Annals 24: Daozong 4 1 passage

Career and standing

Supervisor of the Hanlin Academy 總知翰林院事
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passage 17
seal-and-tally langjun 牌印郎君
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 139
Supervisor of the Hanlin Academy 總知翰林院事
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passage 17

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passage 17

Works and attributed material

Attribution Received the emperor's instruction to inform the Prince of Yan about Wuna's loyalty.
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passages 19-20
Advice · Addressee · With Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passages 17, 101

Events and relationships

Advised on mourning rites
AD 1101 道宗崩 · Ritual · Advisor · With Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passages 17, 101
Relation Tutor of · Person Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 139

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 50, passage 17

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 24Volume 24 Annals 24: Daozong 4 · 1 passage

丁巳，命知制誥王師儒、牌印郎君耶律固傅導燕國王延禧。 On dingsi day drafting edict commissioner Wang Shiru and seal-and-tally langjun Yelü Gu were ordered to tutor Prince of Yan Yanxi.

History of Liao, Chapter 50Volume 50 Treatises 20: Rites 2 · 2 passages

天祚皇帝問禮於總知翰林院事耶律固，始服斬衰； Emperor Tianzuo inquired about the rites from Ye Lü Gu, Supervisor of the Hanlin Academy, and then put on the deepest mourning garment of unhemmed sackcloth;

道宗崩，天祚皇帝問禮於耶律固。 When Emperor Daozong died, Emperor Tianzuo consulted Ye Lü Gu about the proper rites.

History of Liao, Chapter 98Volume 98 Biographies 28: Xiao Wuna, Yelu Yan, Liu Shen, Yelu Hulu · 1 passage

上謂王師儒、耶律固等曰：「兀納忠純，雖狄仁傑輔唐，屋質立穆宗，無以過也。 The emperor told Wang Shiru, Yelu Gu, and others: "Wuna's loyalty is unstained. Not even Di Renjie's service to Tang, or Yelu Wuzhi's elevation of Muzong, exceeds what he has done.