Overview
Yelü Shanbu was a Nanjing Circuit Military Commissioner.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal name | Yaosheng | 瑤升 | Yáoshēng |
Life and dates
Death
- Age 74Directly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 70
Age
- 74Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 70
Attested activity
- AD 979 乾亨元年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 42
- AD 983 統和元年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 10, passages 31, 64
- AD 982 四年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 128
- AD 986 統和四年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 11, passage 37
- AD 982 to AD 983 乾亨末Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 84, passage 58
- AD 983 to AD 1000 統和Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 27
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- AD 983 統和初Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 84, passage 60
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Lord Anduan (安端)Directly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 62
- Descendant of King of Chu (楚國王)descendant 之後 · paternal lineDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 53
- Child of Father of Yelu Shanbu (耶律善補之父)father 父Strongly inferred · History of Liao 84, passage 62
Key source chapters
- History of Liao, Chapter 84 Volume 84 Biographies 14: Yelu Sha, Yelu Mozhi, Xiao Gan, Yelu Shanbu, Yelu Haili 10 passages
- History of Liao, Chapter 82 Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu 1 passage
- History of Liao, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 6 passages
- History of Liao, Chapter 9 Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 3 passages
- History of Liao, Chapter 10 Volume 10 Annals 10: Shengzong 1 2 passages
Origins and identity
- Mengfu line of the King of Chu 孟父楚國王之後Directly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 53
Career and standing
- tiyin 惕隱AD 983 統和初 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 60
- Grand General of the Thousand-Ox Guard 千牛衛大將軍AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 55
- Great King of the Southern Office 南院大王AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 62
- Military Commissioner of the Datong Army 大同軍節度使AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 55
- Southern Chancellor 南府宰相AppointedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 62
- tiyin 惕隱DismissedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 61
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- army commander 統軍使AD 982 四年 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 128
- tihu 惕隱AD 986 統和四年 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 11, passage 37
- Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Capital 南京統軍使HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 56
- Datong Army Military Commissioner 大同軍節度使HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passages 42, 68
- Nanjing circuit military commissioner 南京統軍使HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 10, passage 31
- BeatenAD 982 to AD 983 乾亨末 · Corporal punishmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 59
- FloggedAD 982 四年 · Corporal punishment · Reason inadequate-preparednessDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 128
- stripped of office for fleeing 奪官AD 986 統和四年 · PunishedDirectly stated · History of Liao 11, passage 128
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Works and attributed material
- Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passages 65-66
Events and relationships
- Ambushed rescuedDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 58
- Led Shanxi forces southAD 979 乾亨元年 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 68
- Refused battleMilitary · Supreme commander · Outcome Districts fellDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 61
- South to reinforce HanAD 979 乾亨元年 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 42
- Trapped by ambush rescuedDirectly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 128
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment timid caution; campaigns often unsuccessful · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passages 69, 74
- conscientious, prudent, and giftedCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 54
- timid and preferred quietCharacterDirectly stated · History of Liao 84, passage 68
References in the histories
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