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

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forces for several decades, taking care to not harm any innocent individual. The ''

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'' 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

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In popular culture

*Portrayed by Ruan Shengwen in the 2020 Chinese TV series ''

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References

* Toqto'a et al., ''

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