Wanyan Xiyin

Wanyan Xiyin
Personal details
Born
Gushen (穀神)
Wushi (兀室/悟室)
Hushe (胡舍)

Unknown
Died1140
Military service
AllegianceJin dynasty (1115–1234)
Wanyan Xiyin
Traditional Chinese完顏希尹
Simplified Chinese完颜希尹
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWányán Xīyǐn
Gushen (Jurchen name)
Traditional Chinese穀神
Simplified Chinese谷神
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔshén
Wushi (Jurchen name)
Chinese兀室/悟室
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWùshì
Hushe (Jurchen name)
Chinese胡舍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúshé

Gushen (died 1140), also known as Wushi or Hushe, and better known by his sinicised name Wanyan Xiyin, was a Jurchen noble and civil minister who lived in the founding and early years of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty (1115–1234), which ruled northern China between the 12th and 13th centuries. He was a chief adviser to Aguda (Emperor Taizu), the founder and first emperor of the Jin dynasty. Described by modern writers as the "Chief Shaman" of the pre-Jin Jurchen state,[1] he became deeply interested in Han Chinese culture, and is particularly known as the creator of the first writing system for the Jurchen language.

  1. ^ Tao (1976), Page 95.