His personal name was recorded as Yaoluoge Hesa (藥羅葛曷薩) in Chinese sources.
[3] He was a younger brother of Chongde and a son of Baoyi Qaghan.
He was a tegin during his brother's and father's reign and styled as Hesa Teqin (曷薩特勤)[a].
Upon his enthronement, he received 12 chariots as gift and 500,000 pieces of silk as a trade for horses from Emperor Wenzong of Tang.
He was murdered in early 833 by his ministers, who made his nephew Hu Tegin, to succeed him as Zhangxin Qaghan.