Yelu Yinji (耶律引吉)

Overview

Yelu Yinji was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Akuo	阿括	Ākuò

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 55

Attested activity

AD 1075 大康元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 97, passage 53

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Shuanggu (雙古)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 45

Career and standing

Commissioner of Herds 群牧林牙
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 52
Military Commissioner of Huaide Army 懷德軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 55
Palace Attendant of the Northern Military Affairs Commission 北樞密院侍御
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 47
Vice Military Governor of the Eastern Capital 東京副留守
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 47
Grand Guardian of the Huashui Horse Herds in the far north 漠北猾水馬群太保
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 55
Reception Commissioner 客省使
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 44
At Pin tribe 品部 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 44

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛) · Summary opposed granting pasture lands
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 53

Events and relationships

Registered hidden households
Administrative · Envoy · At Three Capitals 三京 · Outcome Obtained more than several thousand households
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 50
Relation Instructor of · Person Yelü Jun (浚)
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 51

Assessments and attributes

Assessment maintained rectitude amid Xiao Ge's corruption · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 83
Assessment stood by the straight path amid corrupt flatterers · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 97, passage 48

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 9 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

耶律引吉，字阿括，品部人。 Yelu Yinji, whose style name was Akuo, was a man of the Pin tribe.

引吉寅畏好義。 Yinji was cautious and respectful and loved righteousness.

時蕭革、蕭圖古辭等以佞見任，鬻爵納賄，引吉以直道處其間，無所阿唯。 At the time Xiao Ge, Xiao Tuguci, and others were employed for their flattery, selling offices and accepting bribes; Yinji stood among them on the straight path and would not fawn or agree to anything.

時朝廷遣使括三京隱戶不得，以引吉代之，得數千餘戶。 At the time the court had sent envoys to register hidden households in the Three Capitals without success; Yinji replaced them and obtained more than several thousand households.

時昭懷太子知北南院事，選引吉為輔導。 At the time Crown Prince Zhaohuai oversaw the affairs of the Northern and Southern Administrations and selected Yinji as his instructor.

樞密使乙辛將傾太子，惡引吉在側，奏出之，為群牧林牙。 Commissioner of Military Affairs Yixin was about to bring down the crown prince and hated having Yinji at his side; he memorialized to have him sent out and appointed him Commissioner of Herds.

大康元年，乙辛請賜牧地，引吉奏曰：「今牧地褊狹，畜不蕃息，豈可分賜臣下。」 In the first year of Dakang, Yixin requested that pasture lands be granted; Yinji memorialized, saying, "At present the pasture lands are narrow and cramped and livestock do not multiply—how can they be divided and granted to subordinates?"

論曰：孩裏、引吉之為臣也，當乙辛擅權、蕭革貪黷之日，雖與同官，而能以正自處，不少阿唯，其過人遠矣。 The commentary says: As ministers, Hai Li and Yinji lived in the days when Yixin monopolized power and Xiao Ge was greedy and corrupt; though they served alongside such men, they were able to maintain themselves by rectitude and would not fawn or agree—how far they surpassed others.