Yelü Yudu (耶律余睹)

Overview

Yelü Yudu was a Liao Prince and Rebel Against Jin.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Yudugu	余都姑	Yudugu

Life and dates

Death

Died after Xia refused asylum
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 99

Attested activity

AD 1121 保大初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passages 80, 86
AD 1122 保大二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passages 23-24, 95-97
AD 1119 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 28, passage 140
AD 1130 余睹
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 68, passage 177
AD 1121 保大元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 190
AD 1116 六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 28, passage 63

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AD 1110 to AD 1125 天祚未年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 62, passages 91, 94

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Prince of Jin (晉王)
nephew 甥 · Through Wife of Yelu Yudu (余睹之妻), Consort Wen (文妃)
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passages 21, 81
Descendant of Prince Ban (王子班)
descendant 苗裔
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 24
Spouse of Younger Sister of Consort Wen (文妃之女弟)
married to 適 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 94
Spouse of Wife of Yelu Yudu (余睹之妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 81

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Origins and identity

Ethnicity Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 62, passage 94
near kinsman of the imperial house 國族之近者
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 78

Career and standing

deputy commander-in-chief 副都統
AD 1121 保大初 · Held
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passage 80
Jurchen supervising commander 女直監軍
AD 1122 保大二年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passages 23, 97
Guida Prefecture defending general 貴德州守將
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 63
Southern Army commander-in-chief 南軍都統
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 190
Southern Route army commander 南面軍帥
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 140

Places and affiliations

Polity Liao / Jin
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 68, passage 177
Polity Id liao · Relation Active in
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 94
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 190; History of Liao 102, passage 78
At Western Xia 西夏 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 97

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passages 98-99

Events and relationships

Captured
Military · Commander · With Zhang Sabo (張撒八)
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 140
Defeated
Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 63
Defected to Jin
Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 190
Fled to Jurchen
Military · Defector
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passages 22, 86
In Tianhui 8, while with the Prince of Qin at Yan, he learned Yudu had rebelled in the northwest. The prince sent him by relay post. He left at dawn for Tiande and arrived before sunset.
Biographical record · Source Text 天會八年，從秦王在燕，聞余睹反于西北，秦王令訛古乃馳驛以往，訛古乃黎明走天德，及至，日未曛也。
Directly stated · History of Jin 68, passage 177
Led attack
AD 1122 保大二年 · Military · Vanguard · With Wanyan Wushi (婁室)
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passage 95

Assessments and attributes

Assessment vacillating and self-ruining · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 106

References in the histories

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History

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History of Jin, Chapter 68Volume 68 Biographies 6: Huandu and His Son Mouyan; Yehe and His Sons Alubu, Gunan, and Egunai; Sanda's Son Pucha · 1 passage

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天會八年，從秦王在燕，聞余睹反于西北，秦王令訛古乃馳驛以往，訛古乃黎明走天德，及至，日未曛也。 In Tianhui 8, while with the Prince of Qin at Yan, he learned Yudu had rebelled in the northwest. The prince sent him by relay post. He left at dawn for Tiande and arrived before sunset.

History of Liao, Chapter 28Volume 28 Annals 28: Emperor Tianzuo 2 · 2 passages

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戊午，貴德州守將耶律余睹以廣州渤海叛附永昌，我師擊敗之。 On wuwu day Guida Prefecture defending general Yelü Yudu, because Guang Prefecture Bohai rebelled and joined Yongchang, our army defeated him.

賊張撒八誘中京射糧軍，僭號，南面軍帥餘睹擒撒八。 Bandit Zhang Sabo induced Central Capital grain-shooting troops to usurp title; Southern Route army commander Yudu captured Sabo.

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

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會文妃之女兄適耶律撻曷裏，女弟適耶律余睹，奉先乃誣告余睹等謀立晉王，尊天祚為太上皇。 Consort Wen's elder sister was married to Yelü Tahieli and her younger sister to Yelü Yudu; Fengxian then falsely accused Yudu and others of plotting to enthrone the Prince of Jin and make Tianzuo Retired Emperor.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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保大元年，南軍都統耶律余睹與其母文妃密謀立之，事覺，余睹降金，文妃伏誅，敖盧斡實不與謀，免。 In Baoda year 1 Southern Army commander-in-chief Yelu Yudu and Aolugan's mother Literary Consort secretly plotted to put him on the throne; when the plot was exposed Yudu defected to Jin, Literary Consort was executed, and Aolugan, who had not joined the plot, was spared.

History of Liao, Chapter 102Volume 102 Biographies 32: Xiao Fengxian, Li Chuwen, Zhang Lin, Yelu Yudu · 16 passages

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蕭奉先李處溫張琳耶律余睹 Xiao Fengxian, Li Chuwen, Zhang Lin, and Yelu Yudu

初，奉先誣耶律余睹結駙馬蕭昱謀立其甥晉王，事覺，殺昱。 Earlier, Fengxian had framed Yelu Yudu for conspiring with the imperial son-in-law Xiao Yu to install his nephew the Prince of Jin as heir. When the plot was exposed, Yu was executed.

余睹在軍中聞之，懼，奔女直。 Yudu, hearing of this while still with the army, was terrified and fled to the Jurchen.

保大二年，余睹為女直監軍，引兵奄至，上憂甚。 In the second year of Baoda, Yudu served as supervising commander for the Jurchen and led an army that appeared without warning. The emperor was deeply alarmed.

奉先曰：「余睹乃王子班之苗裔，此來實無亡遼心，欲立晉王耳。 Fengxian said, "Yudu is of the Prince Ban line. He has come with no real intent to destroy Liao, but only to install the Prince of Jin.

若以社稷計，不惜一子，誅之，可不戰而退。」 If you reckon by the welfare of the state and do not spare a single son, execute him and Yudu will withdraw without a fight."

耶律余睹，一名余都姑，國族之近者也。 Yelu Yudu, also known as Yudugu, was a close kinsman of the imperial house.

奉先恐秦王不得立，深忌余睹，將潛圖之。 Fengxian, fearing the Prince of Qin would not succeed to the throne, deeply resented Yudu and began to plot against him in secret.