Yelü Xiuge

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	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⟩

Yelü Xiuge
Yelü Xiuge
Born	unknown
Died	998
Names
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⟩
Father	Yelü 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.^[2] The History of Liao records that adults during the Song Dynasty would yell "Here comes Yuyue (于越)!" to stop children from crying.^[3] Yuyue was Yelü Xiuge's title.

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FatherYelü Wansi (耶律綰思)

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Yelü Xiuge's tomb was discovered in 2002 in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China.^[4]

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