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Emperor Taizu of Liao
Founder of the Liao state, who took the imperial title in 916, had the large Khitan script created and destroyed Bohai in 926
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Yelu Abaoji · Yelu Yi · Abaoji · Dasheng Daming Huangdi · Tian Huangdi
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Emperor Taizu of Liao, Yelü Abaoji, Chinese name Yi, of the Khitan Yila tribe, was born in 872. He united the eight Khitan tribes, replaced the Yaonian line as khagan in 907 and in 916 proclaimed himself emperor with the era name Shence. In 920 he ordered the large Khitan script created on the model of Chinese characters, and his brother Yelü Diela later devised the small script. He built the Imperial Capital, later the Supreme Capital at Linhuang, destroyed Bohai in 926 and set up the Dongdan state in its place, and died on the way back that year. The source is the History of Liao.
Life and times
Dates 872 - 926