Overview
Yelü Yali was a prince of Liang; Usurping Emperor.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal name | Yali | 雅裏 | Yǎlǐ |
| Courtesy name | Saluan | 撒鸞 | Sāluán |
Life and dates
Death
- Cause illness after hunting 因致疾 · Age Value: 30 · Reckoning: Sui · At Chala Mountain 查剌山Directly stated · History of Liao 30, passage 76
- Directly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 92
Age
- 30Reckoning Sui · At Event deathDirectly stated · History of Liao 30, passage 76
Attested activity
- AD 1123 保大三年Directly stated · History of Liao 30, passage 36
- AD 1122 保大二年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 114, passages 71, 91
- AD 1123 天祚播遷Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)second son 第二子Directly stated · History of Liao 30, passage 34
Key source chapters
- History of Liao, Chapter 30 Volume 30 Annals 30: Emperor Tianzuo 4: Ye Luchun, Ye Luyali, Ye Ludashi and Son: Yilie, Yi Lie and Younger Sister: Pu Suwan, Yi Lieci and Son: Zhilugu 16 passages
- History of Liao, Chapter 59 Volume 59 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 1 3 passages
- History of Liao, Chapter 114 Volume 114 Biographies 44: Rebellious Officials 3 2 passages
Origins and identity
- Khitan 契丹Strongly inferred · History of Liao 59, passage 62
Career and standing
- Prince Liang 梁王HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
- Forced installationDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
- emperor 帝UsurpedDirectly stated · History of Liao 114, passage 91
- AD 1123 保大三年後…改元神曆Directly stated · History of Liao 30, passages 47-48
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation Installed as rulerDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
Works and attributed material
- Defended lenient rates as sharing with the peopleSpeech · SpeakerDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passages 66-67
Events and relationships
- Ordered herd households to transport Yanbo granary grainAdministrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
- Set lenient compensation rates for transport lossesAdministrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 64
- Relation Installed by · Person Yelü Dilie (耶律敵烈)Directly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 62
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment generous; hated executions · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 30, passage 49
- Assessment saying-would-have-won-hearts-had-Heaven-not-abandoned-Liao · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 59, passage 68
References in the histories
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