Yelü Jun (浚) | 24 Histories

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Yelü Jun was a Crown Prince.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Yeluwo	耶魯斡	Yēlǔwò
Posthumous name	Emperor Daxiao Shunsheng	大孝順聖皇帝	Dàxiào Shùnshèng Huángdì
Temple name	Emperor Shunzong	順宗	Shùnzōng

Life and dates

Death

Murdered · Age Value: 20 · Agent Person Id Dalugu (達魯古)
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 97
Assassinated in prison · At Shangjing 上京
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passages 69, 101

Age

20
Reckoning Sui · Context at death
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 97
6
Reckoning Sui · Context enfeoffed Prince of Liang
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 174
8
Reckoning Sui · Context made crown prince
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 180

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 181; History of Liao 97, passages 51, 53; History of Liao 99, passage 10
AD 1101 乾統元年十月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 27, passage 25
AD 1101 乾統初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 101
AD 1101 天祚即位，追述順聖
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 99, passages 81, 89
AD 1077 大康三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 62, passage 62; History of Liao 99, passage 71
AD 1075 to AD 1084 大康
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 65, passage 235

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AD 1055 AD 1055-1101
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 30, passage 25
AD 1077 to AD 1081 乙辛之難
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 65, passage 251
AD 1083 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 111

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Zhenshun (貞順皇后)
consort 妃
wife/mother of heir 母 · Uncertain
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 72, passages 99, 101; History of Liao 27, passage 240
Child of Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
crown prince 太子
crown prince 皇太子
eldest son 長子
son's father relation via grandson 孫
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 24, passage 111; History of Liao 99, passage 10; History of Liao 62, passages 62, 101; History of Liao 97, passages 33, 51; History of Liao 72, passage 171; History of Liao 27, passage 240
Parent of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
father 父
elder brother 兄
late father 順考
one son 一子
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 27, passage 240; History of Liao 62, passage 102; History of Liao 65, passage 251; History of Liao 99, passages 95, 97; History of Liao 72, passage 102
Child of Empress Xuanyi (宣懿皇后)
empress 皇后
mother 母
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 99, passage 79; History of Liao 72, passage 171
Parent of Yanshou (延壽)
one daughter 一女
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passages 246, 248

Kinship Role sons · Count 1
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 102

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Career and standing

director of Northern and Southern Bureaus of Military Affairs 兼領北南樞密院事
AD 1075 大康元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 181
Prince of Liang 梁王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 174
Crown Prince Zhaohuai 昭懷太子
Posthumously honored
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 111
Crown Prince 皇太子
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 62
Appointed
Crown prince
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 180
Deposed
Commoner
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 93

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Entered
Exile · At Upper Capital 上京
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 96
Entered
Deposed
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 69
Held
Commoner
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 111
beating and imprisonment 杖…囚
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 67

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Active in
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 62
Polity Id liao · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passage 246; History of Liao 72, passage 171
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 33; History of Liao 99, passage 10
Polity Id liao · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 65, passage 235
At Mount Yufeng 玉峰山 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 100
At Shangjing 上京 · Relation Transferred to
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 69

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passages 90-91, 94

Assessments and attributes

Assessment worthy crown prince destroyed by intrigue · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 103

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 240; History of Liao 65, passage 235

References in the histories

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

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戊寅，追謚庶人浚為昭懷太子。 On wuyin day the commoner Jun was posthumously honored as Crown Prince Zhaohuai.

History of Liao, Chapter 27Volume 27 Annals 27: Emperor Tianzuo 1 · 2 passages

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道宗之孫，父順宗大孝順聖皇帝，母貞順皇后蕭氏。 He was Daozong's grandson; his father was Emperor Shunzong, the Great Filial Shun-Sage Emperor; his mother was Empress Zhenshun of the Xiao clan.

甲辰，上皇考昭懷太子曰大孝順聖皇帝，廟號順宗，皇妣曰貞順皇后。 On jiachen day the late imperial father, Heir Apparent Zhaohuai, was titled Great Filial Shun-Sage Emperor with temple name Shunzong; the late imperial mother was titled Empress Zhenshun.

History of Liao, Chapter 30Volume 30 Annals 30: Emperor Tianzuo 4: Ye Luchun, Ye Luyali, Ye Ludashi and Son: Yilie, Yi Lie and Younger Sister: Pu Suwan, Yi Lieci and Son: Zhilugu · 1 passage

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昭懷太子得罪，上欲以淳為嗣。 When the Memorializing Heir Apparent was condemned, the emperor wished to make Chun heir.

History of Liao, Chapter 62Volume 62 Treatises 32: Punishment and Law 2 · 4 passages

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三年，乙辛又與其黨謀構昭懷太子，陰令右護衛太保耶律查剌，告知樞密院事蕭速撒等八人謀立皇太子。 In the third year Yixin and his faction framed Crown Prince Zhaohuai, secretly ordering Right Guard Commissioner Yelü Chala to accuse Privy Councilor Xiao Susa and eight others of plotting to enthrone the crown prince.

帝信之，以乙辛等鞫按，至杖皇太子，囚之宮中別室，殺撻不也、撒剌等三十五人，又殺速撒等諸子； The emperor believed them; Yixin conducted the inquiry, had the crown prince beaten and imprisoned in a separate palace chamber, executed Tabuye, Sala, and thirty-five others, and killed Susa's sons as well;

燕哥等詐為太子爰書以聞，上大怒，廢太子，徙上京，乙辛尋遣人弒於囚所。 Yange and others forged the crown prince's confession; the emperor deposed him and sent him to Shangjing, where Yixin soon had him murdered in prison.

道宗殺宣懿皇后，遷昭懷太子，太子尋被害。 Daozong killed Empress Xuanyi and banished Crown Prince Zhaohuai, who was soon murdered.

History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 2 passages

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駙馬都尉撻不也坐昭懷太子事被害，其弟訛都斡欲逼尚公主，公主以訛都斡黨乙辛，惡之。未幾，訛都斡以事伏誅。天祚幼，乙辛用事。公主每以匡救為心，竟誅乙辛。 Imperial Son-in-law Tabuye was executed for involvement in Prince Zhaohuai's affair; his younger brother Eduwo tried to force a marriage to the princess, but she detested him as a partisan of Yixin. Before long Eduwo was executed. Tianzuo was still young and Yixin held power; the princess constantly worked to rescue the court, and in the end Yixin was put to death.

昭懷太子一女： Prince Zhaohuai had one daughter:

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 16 passages

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順宗濬晉王敖盧斡 Shunzong Jun and Prince of Jin Aolugan

順宗，名濬，小字耶魯斡，道宗長子，母宣懿皇后蕭氏。 Shunzong, whose personal name was Jun and childhood name Yeluwo, was Daozong's eldest son; his mother was Empress Xuanyi of the Xiao clan.

六歲，封梁王。 At six he was enfeoffed as Prince of Liang.

八歲，立為皇太子。 At eight he was made crown prince.

及母后被害，太子有憂色。 When the empress mother was killed, the crown prince's face showed deep worry.

副點檢蕭十三謂乙辛曰：「臣民心屬太子，公非閥閱，一日若立，吾輩措身何地！」 Deputy Inspector Xiao Shisan told Yixin, "Officials and commoners alike look to the crown prince. You are not of high birth—once he reigns, where will men like us stand?"

乃與同知北院宣徽事蕭特裏特謀構陷太子，陰令右護衛太保耶律查剌誣告都宮使耶律撒剌、知院蕭速撒、護衛蕭忽古謀廢立。 He and Associate Commissioner of the Northern Bureau of Palace Attendants Xiao Telite then plotted to frame the crown prince, secretly ordering Right Guard Commissioner Yelü Chala to accuse Palace Director Yelü Sala, Commissioner Xiao Susa, and guard Xiao Hugu of plotting a coup.

乙辛復令牌印郎君蕭訛都斡等言：「查剌前告非妄，臣實與謀，欲殺耶律乙辛等，然後立太子。 Yixin then had Seal and Insignia Attendant Xiao Eduogan and others declare, "Chala's first report was true—I was in the plot to kill Yelü Yixin and his faction, then put the crown prince on the throne.

帝信之，幽太子於別室，以耶律燕哥鞫案。 The emperor believed them, confined the crown prince in a separate room, and put Yelü Yange in charge of the investigation.

太子具陳枉狀曰：「吾為儲副，尚何所求。 The crown prince laid out the injustice of the charge: "I am heir apparent—what more could I want?

上大怒，廢太子為庶人。 The emperor flew into a rage and deposed the crown prince to commoner status.

乙辛尋遣達魯古、撒八往害之，太子年方二十，上京留守蕭撻得紿以疾薨聞。 Yixin soon sent Dalugu and Saba to kill him. The crown prince was only twenty; Upper Capital regent Xiao Tade was tricked with a report that he had died of illness.

帝後知其冤，悔恨無及，謚曰昭懷太子，以天子禮改葬玉峰山。 When the emperor later learned of the injustice, remorse came too late. He posthumously styled him Crown Prince Zhaohuai and reburied him on Mount Yufeng with imperial rites.

乾統初，追尊大孝順聖皇帝，廟號順宗，妃蕭氏貞順皇后。 At the start of the Qian Tong era he was posthumously elevated to Emperor the Great Filial and Shun the Sage, with temple name Shunzong; his consort of the Xiao clan was styled Empress Zhenshun.

論曰：道宗知太子之賢，而不能辨乙辛之詐，竟絕父子之親，為萬世惜。 Commentary: Daozong knew his son's worth yet could not see through Yixin's deceit, and in the end destroyed the bond between father and son—a loss the ages lament.

乙辛知為一身之計，不知有君臣之義，豈復知有太子乎！ Yixin cared only for himself and knew nothing of the duty between ruler and minister—how could he spare a thought for the crown prince!

History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 3 passages

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及皇太子被誣，孩裏當連坐，有詔勿問。 When the crown prince was falsely accused, Hai Li would have been implicated by association, but an edict ordered that he not be prosecuted.

時昭懷太子知北南院事，選引吉為輔導。 At the time Crown Prince Zhaohuai oversaw the affairs of the Northern and Southern Administrations and selected Yinji as his instructor.

樞密使乙辛將傾太子，惡引吉在側，奏出之，為群牧林牙。 Commissioner of Military Affairs Yixin was about to bring down the crown prince and hated having Yinji at his side; he memorialized to have him sent out and appointed him Commissioner of Herds.

History of Liao, Chapter 99Volume 99 Biographies 29: Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, Yelu Shiliu · 11 passages

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密奏乙辛以皇太子知國政，心不自安，與張孝傑數相過從，恐有陰謀，動搖太子。 In a secret memorial he warned that Yelu Yixin, uneasy now that the crown prince governed state affairs, was meeting Zhang Xiaojie repeatedly and might be plotting against the heir.

耶律乙辛謀害太子，撻不也知其奸，欲殺乙辛及蕭特裏得、蕭十三等。 When Yelu Yixin plotted against the crown prince, Tabuye saw through his treachery and meant to kill Yixin along with Xiao Telide, Xiao Shisan, and their faction.

及太子廢徙於上京，召忽古至，殺之。 When the crown prince was deposed and sent to Shangjing, Hugu was summoned there and executed.

時樞密使耶律乙辛誣殺皇后，謀廢太子，斥忠賢，進奸黨，石柳惡其所為，乙辛覺之。 Bureau Commissioner Yelu Yixin had framed the empress for execution, plotted to depose the crown prince, banished the loyal, and advanced his faction; Shiliu loathed these acts, and Yixin took notice.

太子既廢，以石柳附太子，流鎮州。 After the crown prince was deposed, Shiliu was judged a partisan of the heir and banished to Zhenzhou.

蔽先帝之明，誣陷順聖，構害忠讜，敗國罔上，自古所無。 He blinded the late emperor, falsely condemned Emperor Shunsheng, destroyed loyal remonstrators, and ruined the state while deceiving his sovereign—crimes without precedent.

先帝若以順考為實，則乙辛為功臣，陛下豈得立耶？ If the late emperor had believed the accusations against your late father, Yixin would count as a meritorious minister—how then could Your Majesty have ascended the throne?

今逆黨未除，大冤不報，上無以慰順考之靈，下無以釋天下之憤。 The traitorous faction still stands unpunished and the great wrong unavenged; your late father's spirit finds no comfort, and the people's outrage finds no release.

臣願陛下下明詔，求順考之瘞所，盡收逆黨以正邦憲，快四方忠義之心，昭國家賞罰之用，然後致治之道可得而舉矣。 I beg Your Majesty to issue a clear edict, find your late father's burial place, apprehend the entire traitorous faction to uphold the law, satisfy loyal subjects everywhere, and make the state's rewards and punishments plain—only then can good governance truly be pursued.

謹別錄順聖升遐及乙辛等事，昧死以聞。 I respectfully attach a separate record of Emperor Shunsheng's death and Yixin's crimes, and risk my life to lay this before Your Majesty.

使道宗能從巖壽、撒剌之諫，後何得而誣，太子何得而廢哉？ Had Emperor Daozong heeded Yanshou and Sala, how could those frame-ups have followed, or the crown prince been deposed?