Yuan · Courtier

Yilieshiba 亦列失八

Attested AD 1307 - AD 1322

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yilieshiba was a Courtier.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Heilümu	黑驢母

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1307 to AD 1322 大德十一年至至治
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 106, passage 46
AD 1320 延祐七年十二月
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 116, passages 97, 122

Key source chapters

History of Yuan, Chapter 106 Volume 106 Tables 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 passage
History of Yuan, Chapter 116 Volume 116 Biographies 3: Empresses and Consorts 2 1 passage

Career and standing

executed with the favorites 羣倖誅
AD 1320 及英宗立 · Executed · Authority Shidebala (英宗)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 106, passage 46
Executed
AD 1320 延祐七年十二月 · Executed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 123

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 106, passage 46
Polity Id yuan · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 122

Events and relationships

Dominated inner palace affairs
AD 1307 to AD 1322 答己臨朝期間 · Political · Participant
Directly stated · History of Yuan 106, passage 46
Held power and committed wickedness
Political · Favorite · With Daji (答己)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 122
Relation Client of · Person Daji (答己)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 122

References in the histories

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

答己妃子（弘吉列氏。大德十一年尊為皇太后，延祐二年上尊號曰儀天興聖慈仁（明）昭懿壽元（合）全德泰寧福慶皇太后，七年又尊曰太皇太后，加徽文崇祐尊號。至治三年崩，諡曰昭獻元聖皇后。后性聰慧，然不事檢飭，及正位東朝，淫恣益甚，內則黑驢母亦列失八用事，外則幸臣失列門、紐鄰等及時宰迭木帖兒怙寵作非，濁亂朝政。及英宗立，羣倖誅，而後勢燄少熄焉。） Consort Daji (Kongirat; honored as Empress Dowager in 1307; in 1315 given the lengthy honorific Empress Dowager Yitian Xingsheng Ciren Zhaoyi Shouyuan Quande Taining Fuqing; raised to Grand Empress Dowager in 1320 with the added epithet Weiwen Chongyou; died in 1322 and was posthumously titled Empress Zhaoxian Yuansheng). She was clever but unrestrained; once established in the Eastern Palace her excesses deepened. Within the palace the "Black Donkey Mother" Yilieshiba dominated affairs; outside, favorites such as Shiliemen and Niulin, together with chief minister Tiemudier, abused imperial favor and corrupted government. After Gegeen acceded, this whole clique was executed and her influence waned.

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

然不事檢飭，自正位東朝，淫恣益甚，內則黑驢母亦烈失八用事，外則幸臣失烈門、紐鄰及時宰叠木帖兒相率為奸，以至箠辱平章張珪等，濁亂朝政，無所不至。 Yet she did not restrain herself. From establishing her position in the Eastern Court, debauchery grew ever worse. Within, Heilümu and Yilieshiba held power; without, favorites Shiliesmen and Niulin and the chief minister Timur led one another in wickedness, even to beating the Pingzhang Zhang Gui and others — corrupting government affairs without limit.