Yelü Sala (耶律撒剌)

Overview

Yelü Sala was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jinyin	堇隱	Jǐnyǐn

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Authority Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 34
executed 誅
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 44

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康間太子之獄
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 85
AD 1076 大康二年
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 27
AD 1077 大康三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 111, passage 35
AD 1075 大康
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 110, passages 18, 33
AD 1101 to AD 1110 乾統間
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 35
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧初
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 24

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AD 1073 九年十二月辛未
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 23, passage 46
AD 1073 咸雍九年
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Molugu (磨魯古)
grandson 孫 · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 22
Child of Parent of Yelu Sala
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 99, passage 22

Kinship Role sons · Count 3
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 35

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Career and standing

Great King of the Northern Chancellery 北院大王
AD 1073 咸雍九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 25
chief deployment officer of the Khitan itinerant palace 契丹行宮都部署
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 26
military commissioner of the Shiping Army 始平軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 33
Southern Court great king 南院大王
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 46
Southwest Pacification Commissioner 西南面招討使
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧初 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 24
Palace Director 都宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 85

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Southern Court palace commissioner 南院宣徽使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 46
Prince of Qishui 漆水郡王
AD 1101 to AD 1110 乾統間 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 85; History of Liao 99, passage 22
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 111, passage 35

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Yelü Sala (耶律撒剌)
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passages 28-29
Speech · Speaker · With Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛) · Mode quotation Speaker Yelü Sala (耶律撒剌)
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 32
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 33

Assessments and attributes

Item portrait in Yifu Hall 繪像宜福殿 · Relation Depicted in
Directly stated · History of Liao 99, passage 35

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 23Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3 · 1 passage

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十二月辛未，以知北院樞密使事耶律宜新為中京留守，南院宣徽使耶律撒剌為南院大王。 On xinwei day of the twelfth month Yelü Yixin, who administered Northern Court privy affairs, was made regent of the Central Capital; Southern Court palace commissioner Yelü Sala was made Southern Court great king.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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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.

History of Liao, Chapter 99Volume 99 Biographies 29: Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, Yelu Shiliu · 7 passages

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蕭巖壽耶律撒剌蕭速撒耶律撻不也蕭撻不也蕭忽古耶律石柳 Xiao Yanshou, Yelu Sala, Xiao Susa, Yelu Tabuye, Xiao Tabuye, Xiao Hugu, and Yelu Shiliu

耶律撒剌，字堇隱，南院大王磨魯古之孫。 Yelu Sala, whose style was Jinyin, was a grandson of the Southern Chancellery King Molugu.

撒剌獨奏曰：「蕭巖壽言乙辛有罪，不可為樞臣，故陛下出之； Sala alone memorialized, "Xiao Yanshou showed Yixin guilty of crimes unfit for a bureau chief, and Your Majesty sent him away;

乙辛復為樞密使，見撒剌，讓曰：「與君無憾，何獨異議？」 When Yixin returned as commissioner he confronted Sala: "I bear you no personal grudge—why stand alone in opposition?"

撒剌曰：「此社稷計，何憾之有！」 Sala replied, "This concerns the fate of the state, not private resentment!"

乙辛誣撒剌與速撒同謀廢立，詔按無跡，出為始平軍節度使。 Yixin accused Sala and Susa of plotting deposition; though the inquiry found nothing, Sala was posted as military commissioner of Shiping.

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?

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 5 passages

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北面官屬無敢言者，耶律撒剌曰：「初以蕭巖壽奏出乙辛，若所言不當，宜坐以罪，若當，則不可復召。」 None of the Northern Court officials dared speak up until Yelü Sala said, "Yixin was removed on Xiao Yanshou's memorial. If that memorial was wrong, Yanshou should be punished; if it was right, Yixin must not be brought back."

乙辛因蕭十三之言，夜召蕭得裏特謀構太子，令護衛太保耶律查剌誣告耶律撒剌等同謀立皇太子。 Acting on Xiao Shisan's counsel, Yixin summoned Xiao Delite by night to plot against the crown prince and had Guards Commissioner Yelü Chala accuse Yelü Sala and others of conspiring to put the prince on the throne.