Yelü Xiuge

Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Given name: Xiūgē (休哥); Courtesy name: Xùnníng (遜寧)

Yelü Xiuge
Yelü Xiuge
Born	unknown
Died	998
Names
Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Given name: Xiūgē (休哥); Courtesy name: Xùnníng (遜寧)
Father	Yelü Wansi (耶律綰思)

Yelü Xiuge (耶律休哥) (died 998) was an important 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 in Song Dynasty would yell "Here comes Yuyue (于越; Yelü Xiuge's title)!" to stop children from crying.

Yelü Xiuge's tomb was discovered in 2002 in Fuxin, Liaoning Province of China.^[1]

In popular culture

Portrayed by Ruan Shengwen in the 2020 Chinese TV series The Legend of Xiao Chuo.

References

^ (in Chinese) 辽宁发现辽代名将古墓群考古专家列举三大悬念

(in Chinese) Toqto'a et al., History of Liao, vol. 83 (Yelü Xiuge)

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[1] (in Chinese) 辽宁发现辽代名将古墓群考古专家列举三大悬念

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