Yelü Naye (耶律那也)

Overview

Yelü Naye was a general and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yisinian	移斯輦	Yísīniǎn

Life and dates

Death

died 薨
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 119

Age

9
Reckoning Sui · Context appointed junior general because father died in service
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 112

Attested activity

AD 1094 明年冬
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 114-115
AD 1086 二年六月甲辰
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 189
AD 1077 大康三年
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 113
AD 1106 乾統六年
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 119
AD 1093 大安九年
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 114
AD 1085 AD 1085-1094
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passage 110

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AD 1089 五年五月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 25, passage 79
AD 1088 四年六月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 25, passage 51
AD 1095 壽隆元年
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 117

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Zhao San (趙三)
younger paternal uncle 季父 · paternal line · Through Wo (斡)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 108
Descendant of Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
descendant of 之後
ancestor of 之後
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 106
Child of Wo (斡)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 107

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Origins and identity

Lineage descendant of Yilijin Puguzhi 夷離堇蒲古只之後 · Ancestor Person Id Pugu Zhi (蒲古只)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 106

Career and standing

administrator of Right yilibi affairs 知右夷離畢事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 189
garrison commander of the Central Capital 中京留守
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 乾統六年 · Reign Id: liao-qiantong · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1106
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 119
junior general of the guards 諸衛小將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 112
military commissioner of Daotaoling 倒塌嶺節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 大安九年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1093
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 114
palace attendant 宿直官
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 112
steward of Tili 題裏司徒
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 112

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yaolian ke 遙輦克
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 大康三年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 113
associate administrator of Nanjing regency affairs 同知南京留守事
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 189
commander of the Wugu-Dilie field army 烏古敵烈部統軍使
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 117
northern great king 北院大王
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 119
edict of commendation 賜詔褒美
Received
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 117

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 189; History of Liao 94, passage 112
At Nanjing 南京 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 189

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 35

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Dalide Basimu
AD 1095 壽隆元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 117
Defeated Mogusi
AD 1094 明年冬 · Military · Commander · With Mogusi (磨古斯)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 114-115
Led two thousand picked horsemen with Hulu to suppress Molusi's revolt.
AD 1085 Da'an · Military event
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passage 110
Retained for second term by tribal request
Political · Administrator
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 118
Relation Recommender of · Person Yelü Hulu (耶律胡呂)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 116

Assessments and attributes

Assessment praised-for-benevolent-governance · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 36
incorruptible; judged lawsuits personally without intimidation
Character
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 35
sincere, generous, talented, quick-witted
Character
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 111

References in the histories

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History

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

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甲辰，以同知南京留守事耶律那也知右夷離畢事。 On jiachen day associate regent of Nanjing Yelü Naye was made administrator of Right yilibi affairs.

History of Liao, Chapter 25Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 · 2 passages

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丁亥，命燕國王延禧知中丞司事，以同知南院樞密使事耶律聶裏知右夷離畢，知右夷離畢事耶律那也同知南院樞密使事。 On dinghai day Prince of Yan Yanxi was ordered to administer Central Secretariat affairs; associate Southern Court privy commissioner Yelü Nieli was made administrator of Right yilibi affairs; Yelü Naye, who administered Right yilibi affairs, was made associate Southern Court privy commissioner.

己亥，以同知南府樞密使事耶律那也知右夷離畢事，左祗候郎君班詳穩耶律涅裏知北院大王事。 On jihai day associate Southern Court privy commissioner Yelü Naye was made administrator of Right yilibi affairs; Left attendant langjun class detail-stable Yelü Nieli was made administrator of Northern Court great king affairs.

History of Liao, Chapter 94Volume 94 Biographies 24: Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, Yelu Shiliang · 6 passages

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耶律化哥耶律斡臘耶律速撒蕭阿魯帶耶律那也耶律何魯掃古耶律世良 Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, and Yelu Shiliang.

耶律那也，字移斯輦，夷離堇蒲古只之後。 Yelu Naye, whose courtesy name was Yisinian, was a descendant of Yilijin Puguzhi.

那也敦厚才敏。 Naye was sincere and generous, talented and quick-witted.

上以其父斡死王事，九歲加諸衛小將軍，為題裏司徒，尋召為宿直官。 Because his father Wo had died in the state's service, Naye was at age nine made a junior general of the guards, appointed steward of Tili, and soon summoned as a palace attendant.

那也薦胡呂為漢人行宮副部署。 Naye recommended Hulu for appointment as deputy deployment commissioner of the Han palace.

那也為人廉介，長於理民，每有鬥訟，親核曲直，不尚威嚴，常曰：「凡治人，本欲分別是非，何事迫脅以立名。」 Naye was upright and incorruptible, and excelled at governing the people; whenever disputes arose he judged the rights and wrongs himself, without leaning on intimidation, and often said, "The point of governing people is to tell right from wrong—why browbeat them merely to build a reputation?"

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

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大安中，北阻卜酋磨魯斯叛，為招討都監，與耶律那也率精騎二千討平之，以功為漢人行宮副部署，兼知太和宮事。 During Da'an the Northern Zhubu chieftain Molusi rebelled; Hulu served as supervising commissioner of the pacification campaign and, with Yelu Naye, led two thousand picked horsemen to crush the revolt; for this he was made vice deployment commissioner of the Han mobile palace and concurrently administrator of Taihe Palace.