Yelü Xiuge

Yelü Xiuge
Bornunknown
Died998
Names
Chinese
Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律)
Given name: Xiūgē (休哥)
Courtesy name: Xùnníng (遜寧)
Khitan
Second name: *Suniń (𘰷𘳕𘰕) ⟨s.un.ń⟩
Given name: *Xiuge (𘱥𘬛 𘱚𘱮) ⟨x.iu g.e⟩
FatherYelü Wansi (耶律綰思)

Yelü Xiuge (耶律休哥) (died 998) was a Khitan general and politician in imperial China's Liao dynasty. He commanded a disciplined army and fought the Song forces for several decades, taking care to not harm any innocent individual. The History of Liao records that adults during the Song Dynasty would yell "Here comes Yuyue (于越)!" to stop children from crying. Yuyue was Yelü Xiuge's title.

Yelü Xiuge's tomb was discovered in 2002 in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China.

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