Yelü Zhangnu (耶律章奴)

Overview

Yelü Zhangnu was a Liao Official and Deputy Commander.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Temoyan	特末衍	Tèmòyǎn

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Method cut at the waist 腰斬 · At market 市
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 48
seized disguised as envoy; executed at mobile court
Execution
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 80

Attested activity

AD 1114 辛丑
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 27, passage 236
AD 1101 乾統元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 100, passage 55
AD 1106 乾統六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 100, passage 56
AD 1085 to AD 1094 大安中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 100, passage 54
AD 1115
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 30, passage 27
AD 1116
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passages 40-41

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AD 1115 五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 28, passages 22, 37, 48
AD 1115 天慶五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 100, passage 58
AD 1114 天慶四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 100, passage 57
AD 1116 天慶年間章奴之叛
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 101, passages 28, 48

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Consort of Yelü Zhangnu (耶律章奴王妃)
consort 王妃
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 39
Child of Zhala (查剌)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 52

Kinship Role wives and children of the captured nobles · Quantity unspecified many
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 47

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Line Younger Father branch of the imperial clan 季父房之後
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 51

Career and standing

field army deputy commander 行軍副都統
AD 1114 辛丑 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 236
seal-and-signet langjun 牌印郎君
AD 1085 to AD 1094 大安中 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 54
army inspector 都監
AD 1115 天慶五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 59
deputy commander of the Northeast Route army 東北路統軍副使
AD 1114 天慶四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 57
director of palace seal-and-signet night duty 牌印宿直事
AD 1101 乾統元年 · Concurrent
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 55
director of the Inner Guests Office 知內客省事
AD 1106 乾統六年 · Demoted
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 56

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all mobile camp deployment director 諸行營都部署
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 22
associate Southern Court privy commissioner 同知南院樞密使事
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 236
deputy imperial camp commander-in-chief 御營都統副
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 22
right vice censor-in-chief 右中丞
AD 1101 乾統元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 55
associate commissioner of military affairs on the Xianzhou Route 同知咸州路兵馬事
AD 1115 天慶五年 · Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 58
rebel attacking the capital
AD 1116 Tianqing 6
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passage 40
Ended
Rebellion suppressed
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 29
Entered
Rebel
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 37
execution with display of remains 腰斬剖心支解
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 48

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 28
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 236; History of Liao 28, passage 22; History of Liao 100, passage 54

Works and attributed material

Proclamation · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passages 65-72

Events and relationships

Appointed deputy to Yelü Woliduo
Military · Deputy commander · With Yelü Woliduo (耶律斡里朵)
Directly stated · History of Liao 27, passage 236
Attacked mobile palace
Military · Commander · At Guangping Marsh 廣平澱
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 45
Failed to take Upper Capital; fled north
Military · Leader
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 77
Plotted with Dili and Yanliu to enthrone Chun; deserted with 300+
AD 1115 天慶五年 · Plot · Leader · With Yelü Chun (耶律淳)
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 60
Raided Upper Capital; declared at Taizu temple; raised tens of thousands
Rebellion · Leader
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passages 64-65, 74
Rebelled and attacked the capital but withdrew without gain.
AD 1116 Tianqing 6 · Rebellion
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passages 40-41

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Revolted
Rebellion · Rebel leader
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 28
Routed by Ahechan
Defeat · Defeated · With Ahechan (阿鶻產)
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 78
Sought to enthrone
Political · Plotter · With Yelü Chun (耶律淳)
Directly stated · History of Liao 28, passage 37

Assessments and attributes

Assessment plotted deposition for personal gain; committed high treason · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 98
quick-witted and skilled in discourse
Character
Directly stated · History of Liao 100, passage 53

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 27Volume 27 Annals 27: Emperor Tianzuo 1 · 1 passage

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一二：辛丑，以西北路招討使耶律斡里朵為行軍都統，一三：副點檢蕭乙薛、同知南院樞密使事耶律章奴副之。 — [12]: On xinchou day Northwest Route pacification commissioner Yelü Woliduo was made field army commander-in-chief; — [13]: deputy inspector Xiao Yixue and associate Southern Court privy commissioner Yelü Zhangnu were deputies.

History of Liao, Chapter 28Volume 28 Annals 28: Emperor Tianzuo 2 · 6 passages

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蕭奉先充御營都統，諸行營都部署耶律章奴為副，<二>以精兵二萬為先鋒。 Xiao Fengxian served as imperial camp commander-in-chief; all mobile camp deployment director Yelü Zhangnu was deputy; [2] twenty thousand elite troops formed the vanguard.

乙巳，耶律章奴反，奔上京，謀迎立魏國王淳。 On yisi day Yelü Zhangnu rebelled, fled to the Supreme Capital, and plotted to welcome Prince of Wei Chun to the throne.

時章奴先遣王妃親弟蕭諦里以所謀說魏國王。 At that time Zhangnu had first sent the consort's younger brother Xiao Dili to explain the plot to Prince of Wei.

有頃，乙信等寃御劄至，備言章奴等欲廢立事。 Shortly after, Yixin and others' imperial missive arrived, fully stating Zhangnu and others' plot to depose and enthrone.

章奴知魏國王不聽，率麾下掠慶、饒、懷、祖等州，結渤海群盜，眾至數萬，趨廣平澱犯行宮。 Zhangnu, learning Prince of Wei would not listen, led his followers to plunder Qing, Rao, Huai, Zu, and other prefectures, joined Bohai bandits, and when his force reached tens of thousands hastened to Guangping Marsh to attack the mobile palace.

章奴詐為使者，欲奔女直，為邏者所獲，縛送行在，腰斬於市，剖其心以獻祖廟，支解以徇五路。 Zhangnu pretended to be an envoy and wished to flee to the Jurchen; border guards seized him, bound him, and sent him to the imperial camp; he was cut at the waist in the market, his heart cut out and offered at the ancestral temple, and his limbs displayed on the Five Routes.

History of Liao, Chapter 30Volume 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 · 1 passage

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天慶五年，東征，都監章奴濟鴨子河，與淳子阿撒等三百餘人亡歸，先遣敵里等以廢立之謀報淳，淳斬敵里首以獻，進封秦晉國王，拜都元帥，賜金券，免漢拜禮，不名。 In Tianqing year 5, on the eastern campaign, superintendent Zhangnu crossed the Yazi River; with Chun's son Asa and more than three hundred others he fled back, first sending Dili and others to report to Chun the plan to depose and enthrone; Chun beheaded Dili and presented his head, was advanced Prince of Qin-Jin, appointed commander-in-chief, granted the gold warrant, exempted from Han bowing ritual, and not called by name.

History of Liao, Chapter 98Volume 98 Biographies 28: Xiao Wuna, Yelu Yan, Liu Shen, Yelu Hulu · 2 passages

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六年，耶律章奴叛，來攻京城，兀納發府庫以賚士卒，諭以逆順，完城池，以死拒戰。 In the sixth year Yelu Zhangnu rebelled and marched on the capital; Wuna opened the treasury to pay the troops, appealed to them on loyalty and treason, strengthened the walls, and fought to the death.

章奴無所得而去。 Zhangnu withdrew without gain.

History of Liao, Chapter 100Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe · 13 passages

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耶律棠古蕭得裏底蕭酬斡耶律章奴耶律術者 Yelü Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelü Zhangnu, and Yelü Paizhe

耶律章奴，字特末衍，季父房之後。 Yelü Zhangnu, whose courtesy name was Temoyan, came from the Younger Father branch of the imperial clan.

章奴明敏善談論。 Zhangnu was quick-witted and an able debater.

及天祚親征女直，蕭胡篤為先鋒都統，章奴為都監。 When Tianzuo led a personal campaign against the Jurchen, Xiao Hudu was made vanguard supreme commander and Zhangnu army inspector.