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624:, was said to have been a virtuous woman who would persuade him to be a good leader and to purge corrupt officials. However, Daozong was not interested in ruling the empire and did not take her advice seriously. Xiao Guanyin would stay in her chambers and write poetry to pass the time. A corrupt official by the name of Yelü Yixin (耶律乙辛) feared the influence she had on the emperor and plotted to have her removed. Yelü Yixin conspired with a palace maiden into tricking the empress into writing a love poem. When Xiao Guanyin had finished writing the poem, Yelü Yixin presented the poem to Emperor Daozong, and insisted that the poem contained hidden messages that the empress was having an affair with another man. Emperor Daozong believed Yelü Yixin, and executed the empress in 1075. Yelü Yixin then went on to execute the crown prince and any other officials he did not like. Eventually, Emperor Daozong caught on, and began to take away Yelü Yixin's privileges one by one. Yelü Yixin then attempted to defect to Song, but was caught in the process; he was finally executed in 1083 AD, but the damage he had done to the empire was already done. 1079: 628: 22: 573: 617:, ambushed the emperor while he was on a hunting trip. Emperor Daozong survived the attack and the rebels were executed. However, in order to reassert his legitimacy as emperor, he was forced to perform a traditional "rebirth" ceremony. In 1070, he restructured the Liao legal system to reflect the differences in Han and Khitan customs. 635:
Emperor Daozong's reign was fraught with corruption. He spent lavishly on his palaces and his Buddhist worship. Many people under his rule were angered by the high taxes and began to rebel against the Liao dynasty, most notably the
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in 947. Other noteworthy achievements made during his reign include the completion of a Liao edition of the Buddhist
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Grand Consort Dowager Feng, of the Xiao clan (太皇太妃 蕭氏, d. 1181), personal name Tansi (坦思) – No issue.
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Emperor Daozong faced a number of assassination attempts throughout his life. In 1063, a group of
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Imperial Princess Liang of Song (梁宋國大長公主), personal name Teli (特里), 3rd daughter
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Yelü Jun, Crown Prince Zhaohuai (耶律濬 昭懷太子, 1058 – 1077), 1st son. Father of
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Princess of Zhao (趙國公主, d. 1089), personal name Jiuli (糾里), 2nd daughter
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Lady, of the Xiao clan (蕭氏), personal name Wotelan (斡特懶) – No issue.
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Princess of Wei (魏國公主), personal name Sagezhi (撒葛只), 1st daughter
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Epitaph for Empress Xuanyi, the consort of Emperor Daozong
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Younger sister of Xiao Xiamo (蕭霞抹); she was actually an
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