佛祖歷代通載 17.75

17.75

（丙子）　晉兵七萬來伐○遼主阿保機稱帝。立國號大。契丹改元天贊。遼之始也（中國簡冊所不載。遠夷草昧無可考。故其年代不可得而詳也。其父斡里。為夷離中。猶中國刺史主。生而拓落。多智雄健。有膽略好騎射。鐵厚一寸而洞之。夜寢則有光。左右莫不驚。諸部畏服之。有宋相安。至天祚為金滅之。治國十一年）。

(Bingzi [916 CE]) Jin troops numbering seventy thousand came to attack. ○ Abaoji, ruler of the Liao, declared himself emperor, founded his state under the name Great Qidan, and changed the reign title to Tianzan. This was the beginning of the Liao. (It is not recorded in the Chinese chronicles; in the untamed wilderness of the distant barbarians there is nothing to verify, so its chronology cannot be detailed. His father Woli was an yilijin, which is like a prefectural governor in China. [Abaoji] was unconventional from birth, highly intelligent, heroic, and robust, possessing boldness and strategy, and fond of horse-riding and archery; his arrows could pierce iron an inch thick. When he slept at night, there was a bright light, and none around him failed to be astonished. The various tribes submitted to him in awe. With the Song, there was mutual peace. In the time of Tianzuo, it was destroyed by the Jin. He governed the state for eleven years.)