Sui and Tang · Warlord and Ruler

Liu 镠

Attested AD 902 - AD 903

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu was a warlord and Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 902 to AD 903 頵围镠及叛行密事
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuan Guan (元瓘)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passages 147, 150

Places and affiliations

Polity Hangzhou / Qian domain 錢塘 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passages 147, 150

Events and relationships

Rewarded army with cash
Military · Payer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 150

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 147

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 189Volume 189 Biographies 114: Gao, Zhao, Tian, Zhu · 3 passages

先是，行密欲女镠子，镠急，乃遣元迎女，且告行密曰：「頵得誌，為患必大，請以子為質，願召還頵。」 Earlier Xingmi had sought a marriage alliance with Liu’s son. In desperation Liu sent Yuan Guan to fetch the bride and told Xingmi, “If Yun succeeds the damage will be grave. Take my son as hostage and recall Yun.”

镠輸錢二百萬緡犒軍，頵又請镠子元瓘出質，乃與綰引兵還。 Liu paid two million strings of cash to reward the army. Yun also demanded that Liu’s son Yuan Guan be left as hostage. Only then did he withdraw with Xu Wan.

然內怨行密與镠，因移書曰：「侯王守方以奉天子，譬百川不朝於海，雖狂奔澶漫，終為涸土，不若順流無窮也。 Yet he nursed resentment against Xingmi and Liu and wrote: “Princes hold their domains in service to the Son of Heaven. It is like the hundred streams not paying court to the sea—however wildly they rush and spread, they end as dry earth; better to follow the current without end.