Yelü Xisun (耶律喜孫)

Overview

Yelü Xisun was an official and Courtier.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yinyin	盈隱	Yíngyǐn

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 82

Attested activity

AD 1046 十五年七月乙未
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passage 193
AD 1032 to AD 1055 重熙中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 80

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Niege (涅哥)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 80

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Northeast Route xiangwen 東北路詳穩
AD 1046 十五年七月乙未 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passage 193
Chancellor of the Southern Administration 南府宰相
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 81
Detailed Inspector of the Northeast Route 東北路詳穩
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 82
Southern Chancellor 南府宰相
AD 1046 十五年七月乙未 · Formerly held
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passage 193

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 193; History of Liao 97, passage 76
At Yongxing Palace Division 永興宮分 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 76
Organization Pin tribe 品部 · Relation Attached to
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 81

Events and relationships

Reported treason
Political · Accuser · With Ren'ade (仁德皇后)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 78
Supported accession
Political · Supporter · With Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 81
Relation Instructor of · Person Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 77

Assessments and attributes

Assessment especially favored and trusted by Empress Dowager Qin'ai · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 79

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 1 passage

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乙未，以北院宣徽使旅墳為左夷離畢，前南府宰相耶律喜孫東北路詳穩。 On yiwei day Northern Court palace affairs commissioner Lü Fen was appointed left yilibi, and former Southern Chancellor Yelü Xisun was made Northeast Route xiangwen.

History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 6 passages

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耶律斡特剌孩裏竇景庸耶律引吉楊績趙徽王觀耶律喜孫 Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, and Yelu Xisun

耶律喜孫，字盈隱，永興宮分人。 Yelu Xisun, whose style name was Yinyin, was a man of the Yongxing Palace Division.

興宗在青宮，嘗居左右輔導。 When Xingzong was heir apparent in the Eastern Palace, Xisun had once served at his side as instructor.

聖宗大漸，喜孫與馮家奴告仁德皇后同宰相蕭浞卜等謀逆事。 When Emperor Shengzong was critically ill, Xisun together with Feng Jianu reported that Empress Rende, Chancellor Xiao Pobu, and others were plotting treason.

及欽哀為皇太后稱制，喜孫尤見寵任。 When Empress Dowager Qin'ai assumed regency, Xisun was especially favored and trusted.

帝以喜孫有翼戴功，且悼其子罪死，欲世其官，喜孫無所出之部，因見馬印文有品部號，使隸其部，拜南府宰相。 Because Xisun had merit in supporting the emperor's accession and the emperor also grieved that his son had died for a crime, he wished to make his office hereditary; as Xisun had no division of origin, the emperor saw on a horse-brand the mark of the Pin tribe, had him attached to that tribe, and appointed him Chancellor of the Southern Administration.