Yelü Yange (耶律燕哥)

Overview

Yelü Yange was a Treacherous Minister and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shaning	善寧	Shànníng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1095 壽隆初
Cause illness 疾
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 91

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康初
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 80
AD 1075 大康間太子之獄
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 89
AD 1087 大安三年
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 90
AD 1077 大康三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 23, passages 135, 155; History of Liao 62, passages 62, 69
AD 1079 五年夏
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 89
AD 1075 to AD 1084 大康
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 111, passage 75

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AD 1075 to AD 1084 大康初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 105, passages 153-154
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧間
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 79
AD 1079 五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 9
AD 1082 八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 84
AD 1095 壽隆初
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 91
AD 916 to AD 1125 遼皇族表
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 66, passage 327

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Duowen (鐸穩)
fourth-generation ancestor 四世祖 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 76
Descendant of Dezu (德祖)
descended from 係出 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 355
Child of Huolisi (豁里斯)
son 子
father 父
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 66, passages 326-327; History of Liao 110, passage 77

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Liao imperial clan 遼皇族
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 327
Lineage Lesser Father House 季父房
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 75

Career and standing

Northern Palace Secretary 北面林牙
AD 1075 大康初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 80
Military Governor of the Western Capital 西京留守
AD 1087 大安三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 90
Chancellor of the Southern Commission 南府宰相
AD 1079 五年夏 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 89
Left Guards Commissioner 左護衛太保
AD 1055 to AD 1064 清寧間 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 79
Khitan mobile palace deployment director 契丹行宮都部署
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 155
Left Yilibi 左夷離畢
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 82

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Overall Deployer of the Khitan Traveling Palace 契丹行宮都部署
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 88
Southern Court chancellor 南府宰相
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 9
tiyin 惕隱
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 84
Tiyin 惕隱
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 89
Khitan mobile palace deployment director 契丹行宮都部署
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 9
Left yilibi 左夷離畢
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 155
Tiyin 惕隱
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 66, passage 327
Retired
Retired
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 90

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Active in
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 69
Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 66, passage 327
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 89; History of Liao 105, passage 154; History of Liao 110, passage 75
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 111, passage 75

Events and relationships

Falsified confession
Judicial · Interrogator · With Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passages 86-87, 108-109
Forged crown prince confession
Political · Forger · With Yelü Jun (浚)
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 69
Interrogated
Legal · Investigator
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 135
Investigated crown prince case
Legal · Investigator · With Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · History of Liao 105, passage 154
Twisted confession
Legal · Investigator · With Yelü Jun (浚)
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passages 89, 92
Relation Client of · Person Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 81

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Relation Inner circle of · Person Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 111, passage 75
Relation Partisan of · Person Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛)
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 69; History of Liao 72, passage 92

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cunning, fawning, and quick-witted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 110, passage 78

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 23Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3 · 2 passages

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即命乙辛及耶律仲禧、蕭餘里也、耶律孝傑、楊遵勖、燕哥、抄只、蕭十三等鞫治，杖皇太子，囚之宮中。 Yixin and Yelü Zhongxi, Xiao Yuliye, Yelü Xiaojie, Yang Zunxu, Yange, Chaozhi, Xiao Shisan, and others were immediately ordered to investigate; the crown prince was beaten and imprisoned in the palace.

閏十二月戊午，以北府宰相遼西郡王蕭餘里也知北院樞密使事，左夷離畢耶律燕哥為契丹行宮都部署。 In the intercalary twelfth month, on wuwu day Northern Court chancellor Prince of Liaoxi Xiao Yuliye was made to administer Northern Court privy affairs; Left yilibi Yelü Yange was made Khitan mobile palace deployment director.

History of Liao, Chapter 24Volume 24 Annals 24: Daozong 4 · 2 passages

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以契丹行宮都部署耶律燕哥為南府宰相，北面林牙耶律永寧為夷離畢，同知南院樞密使事蕭撻不也及殿前副點檢、駙馬都尉蕭酬斡並封蘭陵郡王。 Khitan mobile palace deployment director Yelü Yange was made Southern Court chancellor; Northern linya Yelü Yongning was made yilibi; associate Southern Court privy commissioner Xiao Tabuye and Palace Front deputy commander and imperial son-in-law Xiao Chouwo were all enfeoffed Prince of Lanling Commandery.

壬申，以耶律頗德為南府宰相兼知北院樞密使，燕哥為惕隱，蕭撻不也兼知契丹行宮都部署事。 On renshen day Yelü Pode was made Southern Court chancellor and also administrator of Northern Court privy affairs; Yange tiyin; Xiao Tabuye also administrator of Khitan mobile palace deployment affairs.

History of Liao, Chapter 62Volume 62 Treatises 32: Punishment and Law 2 · 1 passage

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燕哥等詐為太子爰書以聞，上大怒，廢太子，徙上京，乙辛尋遣人弒於囚所。 Yange and others forged the crown prince's confession; the emperor deposed him and sent him to Shangjing, where Yixin soon had him murdered in prison.

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

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惕隱燕哥。 Yange, tiyin.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 2 passages

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帝信之，幽太子於別室，以耶律燕哥鞫案。 The emperor believed them, confined the crown prince in a separate room, and put Yelü Yange in charge of the investigation.

燕哥乃乙辛之黨，易其言為款伏。 Yange was Yixin's man and twisted his words into a confession.

History of Liao, Chapter 105Volume 105 Biographies 35: Capable Officials · 1 passage

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耶律乙辛誣皇太子，詔遵勖與燕哥按其事，遵勖不敢正言，時議短之。 Yelü Yixin framed the crown prince, and an edict ordered Zunxu and Yange to investigate. Zunxu did not dare speak plainly, and contemporary opinion faulted him for it.

History of Liao, Chapter 110Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 · 12 passages

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奸臣上 ○耶律乙辛張孝傑耶律燕哥蕭十三 Treacherous Ministers, Part 1 ○ Yelü Yixin, Zhang Xiaojie, Yelü Yangge, and Xiao Shisan

乙辛黨耶律燕哥獨奏當入八議，得減死論，擊以鐵骨朵，幽於來州。 Yixin's ally Yelü Yangge alone argued that the Eight Deliberations should apply; the sentence was reduced from death, Yixin was beaten with the iron mace, and imprisoned at Laizhou.

耶律燕哥，字善寧，季父房之後。 Yelü Yangge, whose courtesy name was Shaning, was descended from the Lesser Father House.

燕哥狡佞而敏。 Yangge was cunning, fawning, and quick-witted.