Yujiulü Cheluhui Explained

Yujiulü Cheluhui
郁久閭車鹿會
Tribal chief
Reign:4th century
Predecessor:Yujiulü Mugulü
Issue:
  • Yujiulü Tunugui
Regent:Yujiulü Tunugui
Successor:Yujiulü Tunugui
Death Date:4th century
Full Name:Yujiulü Cheluhui
House:Yujiulü clan
Father:Yujiulü Mugulü
Occupation:Xianbei soldier, warrior
Consort:unknown
Succession:Tribal chief of the Rouran tribe
C:郁久閭車鹿會
P:Yùjiǔlǘ Chēlùhuì
Also Known As:Yujiulü Cheluhui

Yujiulü Cheluhui was ruler and tribal chief of the Rourans, succeeded Mùgǔlǘ (Mugului) and was the son of the same,[1] his year of birth is unknown. He was a rough man and his government was marked by nomadism and peace.

Government

Migration and peace

He gathered his Rouran subordinates. During their reign, the Rourans did not fight, they wandered peacefully, crossing the Gobi Desert like nomads in the winter and moved south and returned north in the summer to live. Rouran was a nomadic country. Although they established the tribe, they still belonged to Tuoba Wei and Xianbei and contributed to them with skins and horses.[2]

Heroism and the "tribal meeting"

After Mugulü's death, his son Cheluhui, noted for being heroic and vigorous, gather the multitude into a tribal confederation, whose self-name was "Rouran", later derisively changed to "Ruru" ~ "Ruanruan" by Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, who considered them ignorant and worm-like in appearance. The Yujiulü family began to have a group of people, self-commanding and self-proclaimed Rouran. Later, he would be succeeded by his son, Tunugui, son of Cheluhui and grandson of Mugulü.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Grousset (1970), pp. 61, 585, n. 91.
  2. Weishu, vol. 103 "車鹿會既為部帥,歲貢馬畜、貂豽皮,冬則徙度漠南,夏則還居漠北。"Cheluhui, since made tribal chief, every year tributed domesticated horses and skins of martens and seals. In winter, they [Rourans] moved southwards across desert; in summer they returned to dwell north of the desert."
  3. Weishu, vol. 103 "車鹿會死,子吐奴傀立"