Lady Liu (劉氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Liu was a consort and Family Member.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 880 to AD 912 廣明 to 太祖四鎮
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 169, 177

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Lady Liu (劉氏之父)
father 父
daughter 女
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 169
Spouse of Jing Xiang (敬翔)
wife 妻
husband 夫
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 169

Career and standing

State Lady 國夫人
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 177

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 172

Assessments and attributes

Assessment unmatched female political influence · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 178-179

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 169

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 6 passages

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翔妻劉氏，父為藍田令。 Xiang's wife, Lady Liu, was daughter of the magistrate of Lantian.

廣明之亂，劉為巢將尚讓所得，巢敗，讓攜劉降於時溥，及讓誅，時溥納劉於妓室。 In the Guangming disorders she was seized by Huang Chao's general Shang Rang; after Chao's fall Rang surrendered her to Shi Pu, and when Rang was killed Pu kept her among his entertainers.

太祖平徐，得劉氏嬖之，屬翔喪妻，因以劉氏賜之。 When the Founder took Xuzhou he favored Lady Liu; Xiang was widowed, and the Founder gave her to him.

及翔漸貴，劉猶出入太祖臥內，翔情禮稍薄，劉於曲室讓翔曰：「卿鄙餘曾失身於賊耶，以成敗言之，尚讓巢之宰輔，時溥國之忠臣，論卿門第，辱我何甚，請從此辭！」 As Xiang rose, Liu still visited the Founder's bedchamber; Xiang's affection cooled. In private she reproached him: "Do you scorn me for having served rebels? Shang Rang was Huang Chao's chancellor and Shi Pu a loyal minister of the state—and by your own birth, how deeply you insult me! I will leave you!"

劉恃太祖之勢， Lady Liu relied on the Founder's favor,

太祖四鎮時，劉已得「國夫人」之號。 While the Founder held four commands she already bore the title "State Lady."