Yesun Temür (也孫鐵木兒)

Overview

Yesun Temür was a ruler.

PeriodYuan

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Taiding	泰定皇帝	Tàidìng
Temple name	Taiding Emperor	泰定帝

Life and dates

Death

AD 1328 歲戊辰七月庚午
At Shangdu 上都
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 22

Attested activity

AD 1328 戊辰七月庚午
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 22
AD 1323 to AD 1328 泰定
Directly stated · History of Yuan 106, passage 27
AD 1324 泰定元年，冊為皇后
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 292
AD 1324 泰定元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 651, 657-658; History of Yuan 116, passage 126
AD 1324 泰定元年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 171, passages 97, 107
AD 1327 泰定四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 651, 672-673

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AD 1323 to AD 1328 泰定皇帝
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 109, passage 38
AD 1323 至治三年八月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 18

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Puyan Qilimishi (普顏怯里迷失)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 125
Spouse of Bihan (必罕)
consort 妃 · Secondary marriage
empress 皇后
Sources vary in certainty · History of Yuan 114, passage 150; History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Sugedali (速哥答思里)
consort 妃 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 150
Sibling of Shouning (壽寧)
elder paternal aunt/sister 伯姊 · paternal line
paternal aunt / elder sister 伯姊 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Yuan 109, passage 38
Sibling of Princess Shouning (壽寧公主)
younger sibling 妹 · Uncertain siblings
elder sister 姊 · Uncertain siblings
Sources vary in certainty · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Buyan Qilimishi (卜顏怯里迷失)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Babuhan (八不罕)
empress 皇后
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 106, passage 31; History of Yuan 114, passages 291-292
Spouse of Shilie Tiemuer (失烈帖木兒)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Sugedali (速哥答里)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Tieni (鐵你)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Hula (忽剌)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Yesu (也速)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Yilianzhen Bala (亦憐真八剌)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Spouse of Sadabala (撒答八剌)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 31
Parent of Son of Emperor Taiding (泰定皇帝子)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 32

Kinship Role consorts · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 150

Key source chapters

Career and standing

AD 1323 至治三年八月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 18

Places and affiliations

Yuan 元
Relation Ruled or served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 18
Polity Id yuan · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 109, passage 38
Polity Id yuan · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 125
Polity Id yuan · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 27
Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 110, passage 651

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 109, passage 38

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 31Volume 31 Annals 31: Mingzong · 2 passages

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至治三年八月癸亥，御史大夫鐵失等弒英宗，晉王也孫鐵木兒自立為皇帝，改元泰定。 Third year of Zhizhi, eighth month, on guihai day, Censor-in-Chief Tieshi and others assassinated Shidebala; Prince of Jin Yesun Temür installed himself as emperor and changed the reign title to Taiding.

歲戊辰七月庚午，泰定皇帝崩於上都，倒剌沙專權自用，逾月不立君，朝野疑懼。 Year wuchen, seventh month, on gengwu day, Emperor Taiding died at Shangdu; Doresh monopolized power and acted on his own authority; for more than a month no ruler was installed, and court and countryside were anxious and fearful.

History of Yuan, Chapter 106Volume 106 Tables 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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泰定 Taiding (Yesün Temür)

History of Yuan, Chapter 109Volume 109 Tables 4: Princesses · 1 passage

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完者台公主，適永寧王卯澤。英壽大長公主妥（安）妥輝，世祖孫女也。壽寧大長公主，顯宗女，泰定皇帝伯姊也。明慧貞懿大長公主不答昔你，明宗之女。 □□公主，適合納那顏孫奔忒古兒駙馬。買買公主。阿剌歹公主。木答里公主。雪雪的斤公主。阿失禿公主。失憐答里公主。 Princess Wanzhetai married Maozhe, King of Yongning. Grand Princess Yingshou Tuohui was also a granddaughter of Kublai. Grand Princess Shouning, daughter of Manggala, was the paternal aunt of Emperor Taiding. Grand Princess Minghui Zhenyi Budaxini was a daughter of Qoshila. A princess name unreadable in source married Henanayan's grandson Consort Benteguer. Princess Maimai. Princess Aladai. Princess Mudali. Princess Xuexuedejin. Princess Ashitu. Princess Shiliandali.

History of Yuan, Chapter 110Volume 110 Tables 5: Three Ducal Ministers 1 · 1 passage

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泰定皇帝 Emperor Taiding

History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 1 passage

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泰定帝八不罕皇后，弘吉剌氏，按陳孫斡留察兒之女。 Taiding Emperor's Empress Babuhan, of the Kongirat clan, was the daughter of Anchün's grandson Woluchu'er.

History of Yuan, Chapter 116Volume 116 Biographies 3: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 1 passage

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顯宗居晉邸，納為元妃，生泰定帝。 When Xianzong resided at the Jin residence, she was taken in as primary consort and bore Yesün Temür, who became Emperor Taiding.

History of Yuan, Chapter 171Volume 171 Biographies 58: Liu Yin, Wu Cheng · 1 passage

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中書聞之，遣官驛追，不及而還，言於帝曰：「吳澄，國之名儒，朝之舊德，今請老而歸，不忍重勞之，宜有所褒異。」 The Secretariat heard of this and sent an official by relay post to pursue him, but could not overtake him. The official returned and said to the Emperor, "Wu Cheng is a famous Confucian of the realm and an old worthy of the court. Now he asks to retire—I cannot bear to burden him further, and he should receive some special honor."