Suike Explained

Suike
Father:	Bahai
Mother:	Empress Jie
Spouse:	Empress Gongjing
Issue:	Shilu Pudu Abaohan Diku Digunai Salinian Sagezhou
Birth Date:	Unknown
Death Date:	Unknown
Temple Name:	Xianzu (獻祖)
Posthumous Name:	Emperor Chunlie Dingzhao (純烈定昭皇帝)

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, near modern-day Harbin.

Suike was posthumously honoured with the temple name Xianzu (獻祖) by his descendant, Emperor Xizong of Jin.

Family

• Father: Bahai
• Mother: Bahai's primary consort, posthumously honoured as Empress Jie (節皇后)
• Spouse: Name unknown, posthumously honoured as Empress Gongjing (恭靖皇后)
• Sons:
  • Shilu, posthumously honoured as Emperor Zhaozu
  • Pudu (朴都)
  • Abaohan (阿保寒)
  • Diku (敵酷)
  • Digunai (敵古乃)
  • Salinian (撒里輦)
  • Sagezhou (撒葛周)

Bibliography

• Chan . Hok-lam . From Tribal Chieftain to Sinitic Emperor: Leadership Contests and Succession Crises in the Jurchen-Jin State, 1115-1234 . Chan Hok-lam . Journal of Asian History . 1999 . 33 . 2 . 105–141 . JSTOR . 41933140 . 0021-910X.
• Book: Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty)

. History of Jin. Toqto'a. Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty). c. 1343. 1, 32, 63, 65.