Yelü Shucheng (耶律庶成)

Overview

Yelü Shucheng was a scholar Official and Poet.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Xiyin	喜隱	Xǐyǐn
Childhood name	Chenliu	陳六	Chénliù

Life and dates

Death

died after restoration 卒
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 21

Attested activity

AD 1055 清寧元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 96, passages 212-213
AD 1055 清寧間
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 89, passages 20-21
AD 1044 十三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 107, 125
AD 1041 十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 2, 10
AD 1031 to AD 1055 興宗朝
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 104, passages 109-110
AD 916 to AD 1125 遼皇族表
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 66, passage 382

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AD 1038 重熙
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 190
AD 1032 重熙初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 89, passage 9
AD 1046 重熙十五年
Directly stated · History of Liao 103, passages 123-124, 126
AD 1035 重熙四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 91, passage 44

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Emperor Taizu of Liao (遼太祖)
descended from 係出 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 423
Child of Wu Jiu (吳九)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 6
Parent of Son of Hu Du (胡篤子)
his son 其子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 89, passage 25
Child of Li Hu (李胡)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passages 381-382
Parent of Liulishou (留禮壽)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passages 382-383
Spouse of Hu Du (胡篤)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 19
Sibling of Yelu Shuzhen (耶律庶箴)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 27

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Origins and identity

Liao imperial clan 遼皇族
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 382
Shufu branch 季父房
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 5

Career and standing

Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs 樞密直學士
Appointed
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 89, passage 9
New Year congratulatory envoy to Song 賀宋正旦使副
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 10
Seal and Patent Attendant 牌印郎君
Appointed
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 89, passage 9
Hanlin Chief Linya 翰林都林牙
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 125
linya (Grand Preceptor) 林牙
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 22
Linya 林牙
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110

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Prince of Song 宋王
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 382
Commoner Yelu 庶耶律
Demoted · Entered
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 19
stripped of office 奪官
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 19

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 382
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 190; History of Liao 19, passage 10; History of Liao 89, passage 9; History of Liao 96, passage 212; History of Liao 103, passage 123
At Tibet 吐蕃 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 20

Works and attributed material

commemorative inscription for Wuzhi 屋質功勒石
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Liao 91, passage 44
Rhapsodies on Leisure through the Four Seasons 四時逸樂賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 10
Book of Rites 禮書
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 13
court records from the founding to the present 國朝上世以來事跡
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 125
Liao ancestral deeds and Veritable Records 遼國上世事跡及諸帝實錄
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 110
Veritable Records 實錄
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 13

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Edict · Addressee · With Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passages 14-16

Events and relationships

Dreamed divination
Personal · Dreamer · With Hu Lugu (胡呂古) · Mode dream
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 22
Revised statutes
Legal · Reviser · With Xiao De (蕭德)
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passages 14, 17
Sent with edict questioning Yuanhao about princess death
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · History of Liao 18, passage 190
Translated pulse texts
Scholarly · Translator
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 11

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fixed statutes so governors could not manipulate penalties · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 89, passage 99

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Xingzong 1 · 1 passage

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夏四月己巳，以興平公主薨，遣北院承旨耶律庶成持詔問夏國王李元昊，公主生與元昊不睦，沒，詰其故。 On jisi day of the fourth summer month, because Princess Xingping had died, Northern Court recipient Yelü Shucheng was dispatched with an edict to question Xia King Li Yuanhao, as the Princess had been at odds with Yuanhao in life and the reason was to be demanded upon her death.

History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 2 passages

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耶律庶成、趙成、耶律烈、張旦充來歲賀宋正旦使副。 Yelü Shucheng, Zhao Cheng, Yelü Lie, and Zhang Dan were appointed chief and deputy envoys to congratulate Song on New Year's Day of the coming year.

丙申，詔前南院大王耶律谷欲、翰林都林牙耶律庶成等編集國朝上世以來事跡。 On bingshen day an edict ordered former Southern Court great king Yelü Guyu, Hanlin Chief Linya Yelü Shucheng, and others to compile court records from the founding to the present.

History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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宋王喜隱。 Xiyin, Prince of Song.

History of Liao, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 19: Yelu Shucheng, Yang Ji, Yelu Hanliu, Yang Ji, Yelu Heshang · 9 passages

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耶律庶成 Yelu Shucheng

耶律庶成，字喜隱，小字陳六，季父房之後。 Yelu Shucheng, whose style name was Xiyin and childhood name Chenliu, came from the Shufu branch of the imperial clan.

庶成幼好學，書過目不忘。 From childhood Shucheng loved learning and never forgot a book after a single reading.

初，契丹醫人鮮知切脈審藥，上命庶成譯方脈書行之，自是人皆通習，雖諸部族亦知醫事。 At first Khitan physicians seldom knew pulse diagnosis or how to judge medicines. The emperor ordered Shucheng to translate works on pulse lore and put them into practice, after which the art became widely known, and even the tribal peoples learned medical practice.

與樞密副使蕭德修定法令，上詔庶成曰：「方今法令輕重不倫。 Working with Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs Xiao De, he revised the statutes. The emperor addressed Shucheng: "At present the penalties in our statutes are inconsistent in severity.

庶成參酌古今，刊正訛謬，成書以進。 Shucheng drew on past and present models, corrected errors, completed the work, and submitted it to the throne.

庶成方進用，為妻胡篤所誣，以罪奪官，絀為「庶耶律」。 Just as Shucheng was coming into high favor, his wife Hu Du slandered him; he was stripped of office for a crime and reduced in clan rank to the humiliating designation "Commoner Yelu."

庶成嘗為林牙，夢善卜者胡呂古卜曰：「官止林牙，因妻得罪。」 While serving as Grand Preceptor, Shucheng dreamed that the skilled diviner Hu Lugu told his fortune: "Your rank will go no higher than Grand Preceptor, and you will fall because of your wife."

論曰：庶成定法令，治民者不容高下其手。 The appraisal says: By fixing the statutes, Shucheng ensured that those who governed the people could not manipulate penalties at will.

History of Liao, Chapter 91Volume 91 Biographies 21: Yelu Hanba, Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Paizhe, Yelu Jue, Yelu Pulidu · 1 passage

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乞勒其父屋質功於石，帝命耶律庶成制文，勒石上京崇孝寺。 He asked that his father Wuzhi's achievements be carved on stone; the emperor ordered Yelu Shucheng to compose the text, which was inscribed at Chongxiao Temple in Shangjing.

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 1 passage

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詔與林牙耶律庶成修《律令》，改契丹行宮都部署，賜宮戶十有五。 An edict ordered him and Linya Yelu Shucheng to compile the Statutes and Ordinances. He was transferred to Garrison Commander of the Khitan Traveling Palace and granted fifteen palace households.

History of Liao, Chapter 103Volume 103 Biographies 33: Literature 1 · 2 passages

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詔與耶律庶成錄遙輦可汗至重熙以來事跡，集為二十卷，進之。 He was ordered with Yelu Shucheng to compile events from the Yaolian khans through the Chongxi era into twenty scrolls and present them to the throne.

卿可與庶成酌古準今，制為禮典。 You and Shucheng should weigh antiquity against the present and draft a ritual canon.

History of Liao, Chapter 104Volume 104 Biographies 34: Literature 2 · 1 passage

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奉詔與林牙耶律庶成、蕭韓家奴編遼國上世事跡及諸帝《實錄》，未成而卒，年九十。 By imperial order he joined Linya Yelü Shucheng and Xiao Hanjianu in compiling the deeds of earlier Liao affairs and the Veritable Records of the various emperors; he died before the work was finished, at the age of ninety.