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遼道宗洪基。加號聖文神武全功大略聰仁孝惠天祐皇帝。壽昌二年。大國舅帳蕭解里四郎君善騎射。豪傑不羈。常養亡命數十人。從行往來遊獵於遼。至東西郡間。其飲食用度。強取辦於富民。一日獲罪。遼國捕之甚峻。即嘯聚為盜。未旬日有眾二千餘人。攻陷乾顯等數州。諸道發兵捕討。潛率眾奔生女真界（女真之種有生熟之分。居混同江之南者謂之熟女真。阿骨打所居。乃江之北謂之生女真。亦臣于遼國）。就結楊割大師謀叛。諸軍追襲至境上不敢進。乃具以聞北樞密院。尋降宣劄子付楊割一面圖之。楊割遷延數月。獨斬解里首級。遣長子阿骨打獻遼。餘悉不遣紿云已誅絕矣。遼不得有二進楊割父子官爵。自是楊割父子內恃有功於遼。陰懷異志。吞併旁近部族以金珠良馬。時常賂遺權貴以通情好（契丹國志）。

Daozong of Liao, Hongji, had his title augmented to Emperor Shengwen Shenwu Quangong Daluo Congren Xiaohui Tianyou. In the second year of the Shouchang era, Fourth Gentleman Xiao Xieli of the Senior Uncle's Tent was skilled in riding and archery, heroic and unrestrained, and constantly maintained dozens of outlaws who accompanied him back and forth hunting across Liao. In the regions between the Eastern and Western Commanderies, he forcibly demanded and procured his provisions and supplies from wealthy people. One day he committed an offense, and the Liao court pursued him with great urgency. He immediately rallied a band of bandits, and in less than ten days gathered more than two thousand men, attacking and capturing several prefectures such as Qian and Xian. Various circuits dispatched troops to pursue and chastise them. He secretly led his followers and fled into the territory of the Wild Jurchen. (The Jurchen people are divided into Wild and Cultivated: those who dwell south of the Hundong River are called Cultivated Jurchen; the place where Aguda dwelt, north of the river, is called Wild Jurchen; they were also subjects of the Liao state.) There he allied with Grand Preceptor Yangge to plot rebellion. When the Liao armies pursued them to the border, they did not dare advance, so they reported all this to the Northern Bureau of Military Affairs. Soon an imperial directive was issued and delivered to Yangge to deal with it on his own. Yangge delayed for several months, decapitated only Xieli, and sent his eldest son Aguda to present the head to Liao. He did not send any of the others, deceitfully saying they had all been executed. Having no alternative, Liao promoted the official titles and ranks of Yangge and his son. From this time on, Yangge and his son internally relied upon their merit toward Liao and secretly harbored treacherous ambitions, annexing neighboring tribes and constantly bribing the powerful and noble with gold, pearls, and fine horses to cultivate good relations (Qidan guo zhi).