Liu Anren (劉安仁) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Anren was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 820 to AD 880 仕唐為潮州刺史
Strongly inferred · History of Song 481, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Liu Chang (劉鋹)
great-great-grandfather 高祖 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2
Parent of Liu Qian (劉謙)
begat 生
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 3

Career and standing

prefect of Chaozhou 潮州刺史
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2
At Shangcai in Cai Prefecture 蔡州上蔡 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2
At Lingnan 嶺表 · Relation Settled at
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 2

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 2 passages

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南漢劉鋹，其先蔡州上蔡人，高祖安仁，仕唐為潮州刺史，因家嶺表。 Liu Chang of Southern Han came from a line originally of Shangcai in Cai Prefecture. His great-grandfather Anren had served the Tang as prefect of Chaozhou and settled his family in Lingnan.

安仁生謙，為廣州牙校，累遷封州刺史、賀水鎮遏使。 Anren's son Qian served as a military aide at Guangzhou and rose through successive appointments to prefect of Feng and commissioner at Hesui.