Five Dynasties · Official and General

Yelu Hou 耶律吼

Yēlǜ Hǒu

c. AD 911 - AD 949

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelu Hou was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Helu	曷魯	Hélǔ

Life and dates

Death

AD 949 天祿三年
Age 39
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 118

Age

39
Reckoning Stated
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 118

Attested activity

AD 949 天祿三年
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 118
AD 947 太宗崩於欒城
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 104
AD 943 會同六年
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
descendant 後
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 97
Parent of Helubu (何魯不)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 119
Kin of Dilu (的錄)
younger cousin 從弟
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 114

Career and standing

great king of the Southern Court 南院大王
AD 943 會同六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 100
investigative commissioner 采訪使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 112
counted among Seven Worthies 七賢傳
Received
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 117

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 97

Works and attributed material

Biographies of the Seven Worthies 七賢傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 117
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yelu Wa (耶律窪) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 105-109

Events and relationships

Campaigned
AD 946 to AD 947 會同伐晉 · Military · Officer · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 102-103
Enthroned
AD 947 太宗崩於欒城 · Political · Planner · With Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 105, 111

Assessments and attributes

Assessment with Antuan and Wa, schemed firmly to enthrone Shizong · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 168

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 14 passages

耶律屋質耶律吼 Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Hou

耶律吼，字曷魯，六院部夷離堇蒲古只之後。 Yelu Hou, whose courtesy name was Helu, was a descendant of Puguzhi, yilijin of the Six Courts tribes.

時晉主石重貴表不稱臣，辭多踞慢，吼言晉罪不可不伐。 At that time the Jin ruler Shi Chonggui sent a memorial in which he refused to style himself a subject; his language was openly arrogant. Hou argued that Jin's offense could not go unanswered by war.

及帝親征，以所部兵從。 When the emperor marched in person, Hou accompanied him with the troops under his command.

既入汴，諸將皆取內帑珍異，吼獨取馬鎧，帝嘉之。 After the army entered Bian, the other generals seized rare treasures from the imperial storehouse; Hou took only horse armor, and the emperor commended him.

吼詣北院大王耶律窪議曰：「天位不可一日曠。 Hou went to Yelu Wa, great king of the Northern Court, and said, "The throne cannot stand vacant even for a day.

會耶律安摶來，意與吼合，遂定議立永康王，是為世宗。 Yelu Antuan then arrived with the same view as Hou, and together they resolved to enthrone Prince Yongkang, who became Emperor Shizong.

吼辭曰：「臣位已高，敢復求富！ Hou declined, saying, "My rank is already high—how dare I seek more wealth!

上曰：「吼舍重賞，以族人為請，其賢遠甚。」 The emperor said, "Hou has forgone a rich reward to plead for his kin—his virtue stands far above the common run."

時有取當世名流作《七賢傳》者，吼與其一。 Someone then compiled a Biographies of the Seven Worthies from the leading men of the age, and Hou was counted among them.

穆宗以其父吼首議立世宗，故不顯用。 Because Muzong knew his father Hou had led the plan to enthrone Shizong, he did not give him prominent office.

南院大王吼曰：「此言是也。 Hou, great king of the Southern Court, said, "He is right.

窪與耶律吼定策立世宗，乃令諸將曰：「大行上賓，神器無主，永康王人皇王之嫡長，天人所屬，當立； Wa and Yelu Hou resolved to enthrone Shizong, then told the generals, "The late emperor has departed; the throne stands vacant. Prince Yongkang is the direct eldest son of Emperor Ren and Heaven's chosen heir—he should be enthroned;

太宗崩，非安摶、吼、窪謀而克斷，策立世宗，非屋質直而能諫，杜太后之私，折李胡之暴，以成橫渡之約，則亂將誰定？ When Taizong died, had Antuan, Hou, and Wa not schemed with firm resolve to enthrone Shizong; had Wuzhi not been upright and able to remonstrate, checking the empress dowager's partiality and breaking Li Hu's violence to complete the peace at the ford crossing—who would have ended the chaos?