Song, Liao, and Jin · Envoy and Diplomat

Yelü Shi 耶律奭

Attested AD 1069

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Shi was an envoy and Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1069 熙寧二年四月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 118, passage 25

Origins and identity

Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Song 118, passage 25

Career and standing

Left envoy 左番使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 25

Places and affiliations

Great Liao 大遼
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 25
At Wende Hall 文德殿 · Relation Visited
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 25

Events and relationships

complained of placement below military commissioner 卻在節度使之下
Diplomatic · Envoy · Objected to seating rank
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 25
Presented memorial
AD 1069 熙寧二年四月 · Diplomatic · Envoy · At Wende Hall 文德殿
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 25

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 118Volume 118 Treatises 71: Rites 21 · 1 passage

熙寧二年四月，國信所言：「大遼賀同天節左番使耶律奭赴文德殿拜表，言南使到北朝綴翰林學士班，今來卻在節度使之下。 In the fourth month of the second year of Xining, the Office of Credentials reported: "The left envoy of the Great Liao, Yelü Shi, coming to offer felicitations on the Shared Heaven Festival, presented his memorial at Wende Hall and said that when southern envoys arrive at the northern court they join the Hanlin Academician rank, but on this occasion he has been placed below the military commissioner.