耶律楚材(公元1190年—1244年),字晋卿,号湛然居士,是一个接受了较多汉文化的契丹人。据传,其父60岁时老来得此子,专卜一卦,算出他将来“当为异国用”(《新元史》),因此,选“楚材”二字为名,含“楚材晋用”之意。耶律楚材其后一生风风雨雨的经历,也恰恰验证了这一谶语。身为辽国皇族宗室的他,前后在元太祖成吉思汗和元太宗窝阔台可汗帐下为臣20余载,官至中书令,权倾朝野。他终生积极推行儒家治 Yelu Chu material (AD 1190 - 1244), the word Jin Qing, No. Zhan Ran layman, is a Khitan who accepted more Han culture. It is said that when his father was 60 years old, he had to get this son, a special dig, a calculation of his future “as a foreign country” (“history of the New Yuan Dynasty”), therefore, Jin use "meaning. Yelv Chu wood afterlife experience, but also just verify this mantra. As a royal imperial clan of Liao Dynasty, he was before and after Yuan Taizu Genghis Khan and Yuan Taizong Wokuo Khan account under the minister for more than 20 years, officials to book orders, the right to rule the opposition. He actively promoted Confucian governance throughout his life