Yelu Wola (耶律斡臘)

Overview

Yelu Wola was a general and Guard Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Sining	斯寧	Sīníng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1012 to AD 1021 開泰中
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 25

Attested activity

AD 995 統和十三年秋
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 13
AD 969 保寧初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 94, passage 4
AD 1012 to AD 1021 開泰中
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 25

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Xi 奚
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 2

Career and standing

associate director of the Directorate for State Affairs 同政事門下平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 24
chief overseer of the field army 行軍都監
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 統和十三年秋 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 13 · Season: autumn · Western Year: AD 995
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 13
garrison commander of the Eastern Capital 東京留守
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 24
imperial guard 護衛
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 保寧初 · Western Year: AD 969
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 94, passage 4
Senior Commissioner of the Imperial Guard 護衛太保
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 11
spared because of earlier counsel 以前議得免
Spared from dismissal · Pardoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 23

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 4
At Xi Diela tribe 奚叠剌部
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 2
At Eastern Capital 東京 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 24
Organization Xi Diela tribe 奚叠剌部 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 2

Learning and skills

Skill mounted archery 騎射 · Level renowned
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 3

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Xiao Hengde (蕭恒德)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 20
Speech · Addressee
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 10

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Wuzhaodu
Military · Overseer · With Heshuonu (和朔奴)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 13-18
Defeated Yang Ye
Military · Subordinate · With Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫) · At Shanxi 山西
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 12
Killed charging boar
Personal · Protector · At Jieshan Mountain 頡山
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 5-6
Shielded emperor from stag
Personal · Protector · At Red Mountain 赤山
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 8-9
Southeast raid return via Goryeo
Military · Participant
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passages 21-22
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yelü Xiezhen (耶律斜軫)
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 12

Assessments and attributes

Assessment warned-against-deep-penetration · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 76
nimble and strong
Physical description
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 3

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 94Volume 94 Biographies 24: Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, Yelu Shiliang · 7 passages

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耶律化哥耶律斡臘耶律速撒蕭阿魯帶耶律那也耶律何魯掃古耶律世良 Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, and Yelu Shiliang.

耶律斡臘，字斯寧，奚叠剌部人。 Yelu Wola, whose courtesy name was Sining, came from the Xi Diela tribe.

禦者托滿舍轡而避，廄人鶴骨翼之，斡臘復射而斃。 The charioteer Tuoman dropped the reins to swerve aside, the groom Hegu threw himself in protection, and Wola loosed another shot that brought the boar down.

斡臘以身當之，鹿觸而顛。 Wola threw himself in its path; the stag struck him and knocked him to the ground.

斡臘曰：「深入，恐所得不償所損。」 Wola replied, "If we push deep inland, I fear what we gain will not repay what we lose."

詔奪諸將官，惟斡臘以前議得免。 An edict stripped the commanders of rank; only Wola was spared because he had argued against the raid.

若斡臘之戒深入，速撒之務安集，亦鐵中之錚錚者邪？ Yet are not Wola, who warned against pushing too deep, and Susa, who labored to settle the tribes, the true steel among iron?