Shilu was a chieftain of the
Wanyan
The Wanyan (; Manchu: ''Wanggiyan''; Jurchen script: ), alternatively rendered as Wanggiya, was a clan of the Heishui Mohe tribe living in the drainage region of the Heilong River during the time of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. Of the Heis ...
tribe, the most dominant among the
Jurchen tribes which later founded the
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty (, ), officially known as the Great Jin (), was a Jurchen people, Jurchen-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the ...
. He was the eldest son of
Suike
Suike was a chieftain of the Wanyan clan, the most dominant among the Jurchen tribes which later founded the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). He was the eldest of Bahai's five sons. Under Suike, the clan moved to the banks of the Anchuhu River, nea ...
. He was appointed chieftain of the Wanyan tribe by the
Khitan-led
Liao dynasty, which ruled northern China between the 10th and 11th centuries.
Shilu was posthumously honoured with the
temple name
Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynas ...
Zhaozu (昭祖) by his descendant,
Emperor Xizong.
Family
* Father:
Suike
Suike was a chieftain of the Wanyan clan, the most dominant among the Jurchen tribes which later founded the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). He was the eldest of Bahai's five sons. Under Suike, the clan moved to the banks of the Anchuhu River, nea ...
* Mother: Suike's primary consort, posthumously honoured as Empress Gongjing (恭靖皇后)
* Spouse: Lady Tushan (徒單氏), posthumously honoured as Empress Weishun (威順皇后), bore Wugunai and Wuguchu
* Concubines:
** Dahumo (達胡末) of the Wusazha (烏薩扎) tribe, bore Bahei, Pulihei and Woli'an
** Concubine of unknown name, from
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...
, bore Hushida
* Sons:
**
Wugunai
Wugunai (c. 1021–1074) was a chieftain of the Wanyan tribe, the most dominant among the Jurchen tribes which later founded the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). He was the eldest son of Shilu. Like his father, Wugunai was appointed chieftain of the ...
, posthumously honoured as Emperor Jingzu
** Wuguchu (烏古出)
** Bahei (跋黑)
** Pulihei (仆里黑)
** Woli'an (斡里安)
** Hushida (胡失答)
References
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Jurchen chieftains
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