Overview
Yelü Guyu was a prince and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Xiujian | 休堅 | Xiujian |
Life and dates
Death
- Age 90Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
Age
- 90Reckoning Sui · Event deathDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
Attested activity
- AD 1021 to AD 1031 太平中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 106
- AD 983 to AD 1012 統和中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 103
- AD 1044 十三年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 107, 125
- AD 1012 to AD 1021 開泰中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 104
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Aguozhi (阿古只)father 父Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 101
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Military Commissioner of Tamucheng 塌母城節度使AD 1012 to AD 1021 開泰中 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 104
- King of the Southern Commission 南院大王AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 107
- Military Commissioner of the Qisheng Army 啟聖軍節度使AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 105
- Southern Court Great King 南院大王Formerly heldDirectly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 125
- Grand Protector of his native commission 本部太保AD 1021 to AD 1031 太平中 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 106
- Grand Protector of his native commission 本部太保AD 983 to AD 1012 統和中 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 103
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- Resigned on grounds of illnessResignationDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 107
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 125; History of Liao 104, passage 103
- Organization Six Tribes Commission 六院部 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 100
Learning and skills
- Skill literary composition 文章 · Level accomplishedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 102
Works and attributed material
- court records from the founding to the present 國朝上世以來事跡Relation CompilerDirectly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 125
- deeds of earlier Liao affairs and Veritable Records 遼國上世事跡及諸帝實錄Relation CompilerDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
Events and relationships
- Asked to retire; deniedPolitical · PetitionerDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 108
- Investigated doubtful cases in BazhouJudicial · Judge · At Bazhou 霸州Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 105
- Relation Advisor of · Person Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 109
- Relation Poetry companion of · Person Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 109
- Relation Colleague of · Person Xiao Hanjianu (蕭韓家奴)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
- Relation Colleague of · Person Yelü Shucheng (耶律庶成)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
Assessments and attributes
- mild, unassuming, observant of ritual proprietyCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 102
References in the histories
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