Author: Yelü, Chucai
Alternate names: 耶律楚材; Yelü Chucai; Chucai Yelü; Chucai YeLü; 吾圖撒合里; Jinqing; 晉卿; Chʻu-tsʻai Yeh-lü
Born: 1190
Died: 1244
Bio: Khitan statesman from the imperial clan of the Liao dynasty, who became a vigorous adviser and administrator of the early Mongol Empire in the Confucian tradition.