Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Liu An 劉黯

Attested c. AD 420 - c. AD 440

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu An was a Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changru	長孺	Chángrú

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 436 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 132
c. AD 420 to c. AD 440 黯及二弟亮、儼並從誅
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 69, passage 92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of He Shangzhi (何尚之女)
married 適 · Marriage
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 132
Child of Liu Tan (劉湛)
son 子 · paternal line
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 132; Book of Song 69, passage 33

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Attending Clerk to the Grand General 大將軍從事中郎
Served as
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 91

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passage 132

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 66Volume 66 Biographies 26: Wang Jinghong, He Shangzhi · 1 passage

女適劉湛子黯，而湛與尚之意好不篤。 His daughter married An, son of Liu Zhan, but Zhan and Shangzhi were not close friends.

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 3 passages

湛負其志氣，常慕汲黯、崔琰為人，故名長子曰黯字長孺，第二子曰琰字季珪。 Proud of his own spirit, Zhan often admired the examples of Ji An and Cui Yan; he therefore named his eldest son An, courtesy name Changru, and his second son Yan, courtesy name Jigui.

子黯，大將軍從事中郎。 His son An served as Attending Clerk to the Grand General.

黯及二弟亮、儼並從誅。 An and his two younger brothers Liang and Yan were all executed with him.