Overview
Yelu Mengjian was a scholar and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Fuyi | 復易 | Fuyi |
Life and dates
Death
- Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 99
Age
- 6Reckoning Sui · Event composed poem at father's requestDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 71
Attested activity
- AD 1075 大康初Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 73
- AD 1076 大康二年Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 113
- AD 1075 to AD 1084 大康中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 85
- AD 1101 to AD 1110 乾統中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 104, passage 92
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Wuzhi (屋質)fifth-generation descendant 五世孫 · paternal line · 5 generationsDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 68
- Child of Liujianu (劉家奴)father 父Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 69
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Grand Protector of the Six Tribes Commission 六院部太保AD 1101 to AD 1110 乾統中 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 92
- Commissioner of Gaozhou for Observation 高州觀察使AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 96
- Military Commissioner of the Zhaode Army 昭德軍節度使AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 97
- EnteredExile · At Baozhou 保州Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 77
- Demoted to patrol Ciyao PassDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 74
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 113; History of Liao 104, passage 73
- AD 1075 to AD 1084 大康中At native place 鄉里 · Relation Returned toDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 85
- At Ciyao Pass 磁窯關 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 74
Learning and skills
- Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level skilledDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 72
Works and attributed material
- career records of Yelü Helu, Wuzhi, and Xiuge 耶律曷魯、屋質、休哥三人行事Relation CompilerDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 87
- Poems of Letting Go the Heart 放懷詩Poem · Author · Count 20Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 78
- Memorial · Author · With Yelu Shuzhen (耶律庶箴)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 73
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 86
- Stars and Moon at Daybreak 曉天星月詩Poem · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 71
- Preface · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passages 79-84
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- Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passages 89-91, 94-95
Events and relationships
- Built schools and enrolled studentsEducation · Administrator · At Gaozhou 高州Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 96
- Congratulatory memorial on Yixin's transferDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 73
- Congratulatory memorialDirectly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 113
- Mourned murdered crown prince in verseDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 78
- Presented careers; bureau establishedHistoriography · CompilerDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passages 87-88
- Sell grain at reduced prices during Central Capital famineDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 98
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Relation Rival of · Person Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passages 73-74
- Relation Colleague of · Person Yelu Shuzhen (耶律庶箴)Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 73
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment detested Yixin's treachery; dismissed without resentment · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 114
- Assessment pedantic for not sticking to written regulations · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 93
- quick and perceptive by natureCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 70
References in the histories
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