Five Dynasties · Official and General

Yelu Wa 耶律窪

Yēlǜ Wā

Attested AD 927 - AD 947

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelu Wa was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Dirilian	敵輦	Dílǐán

Life and dates

Death

Age 54
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 196

Age

54
Reckoning Stated
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 196

Attested activity

AD 936 to AD 938 天顯末
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 188
AD 927 太宗即位
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 187
AD 947 太宗崩於欒城
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 192
AD 938 to AD 947 會同中
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 189

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Shilu (釋魯)
grandson 孫 · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 184
Child of Wansi (綰思)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 184

Career and standing

great king of the Northern Court 北院大王
AD 938 to AD 947 會同中 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 189
tiyin 惕隱
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 187
yuyue 於越
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 184

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 143-145, 192-193

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 936 to AD 938 天顯末 · Military · Vanguard · With Zhang Jingda (張敬達) · At north of Taiyuan 太原北
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 188
Defeated
Military · Vanguard · With Liang Hanzhang (梁漢璋) · At Yingzhou 瀛州
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 190
Enthroned
AD 947 太宗崩於欒城 · Political · Planner · With Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 152, 192

Assessments and attributes

Assessment with Antuan and Hou, schemed firmly to enthrone Shizong · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 168
Item fifty palace households 宮戶五十 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 195

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 9 passages

耶律安摶耶律窪耶律頹昱耶律撻烈 Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, and Yelu Talie

吼詣北院大王耶律窪議曰：「天位不可一日曠。 Hou went to Yelu Wa, great king of the Northern Court, and said, "The throne cannot stand vacant even for a day.

窪然之。 Wa agreed.

北院大王窪聞而遽起曰：「吾二人方議此事。 Wa, great king of the Northern Court, rose at once and said, "We two were just discussing this very matter.

耶律窪，字敵輦，隋國王釋魯孫，南院夷離堇綰思子。 Yelu Wa, whose courtesy name was Dirilian, was grandson of Prince of Sui Shilu and son of Southern Court yilijin Wansi.

天顯末，帝援河東，窪為先鋒，敗張敬達軍於太原北。 Late in the Tianxian era the emperor marched to aid Hedong; Wa served as vanguard and defeated Zhang Jingda's army north of Taiyuan.

窪與耶律吼定策立世宗，乃令諸將曰：「大行上賓，神器無主，永康王人皇王之嫡長，天人所屬，當立； Wa and Yelu Hou resolved to enthrone Shizong, then told the generals, "The late emperor has departed; the throne stands vacant. Prince Yongkang is the direct eldest son of Emperor Ren and Heaven's chosen heir—he should be enthroned;

世宗即位，賜宮戶五十，拜於越。 When Emperor Shizong took the throne, he granted Wa fifty palace households and invested him as yuyue.

太宗崩，非安摶、吼、窪謀而克斷，策立世宗，非屋質直而能諫，杜太后之私，折李胡之暴，以成橫渡之約，則亂將誰定？ When Taizong died, had Antuan, Hou, and Wa not schemed with firm resolve to enthrone Shizong; had Wuzhi not been upright and able to remonstrate, checking the empress dowager's partiality and breaking Li Hu's violence to complete the peace at the ford crossing—who would have ended the chaos?