Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Tribal Leader

Liu Bao 劉豹

First attested AD 195; died AD 279 to AD 280

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Bao was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Death

AD 279 to AD 280 會豹卒
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 107

Attested activity

AD 195 to AD 279 以於扶羅子豹為左賢王
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 101, passage 59

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Yuanhai (劉元海)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 59
Child of Yufuluo (於扶羅)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 59
Spouse of Lady Huyan (呼延氏)
wife 妻
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Jin 101, passage 63

Career and standing

Left-section commander 左部帥
AD 216 to AD 220 魏武分其眾為五部 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 60
Left Worthy King 左賢王
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 59

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 101Volume 101 Records 1: Liu Yuanhai and Liu Xuan · 5 passages

於扶羅死，弟呼廚泉立，以於扶羅子豹為左賢王，即元海之父也。 Yuluoji's brother Huchuquan succeeded and named Yuluoji's son Liu Bao left worthy king—Liu Yuan's father.

魏武分其眾為五部，以豹為左部帥，其餘部帥皆以劉氏為之。 Cao Cao split the horde into five sections with Liu Bao heading the left; every other section chief was also a Liu.

豹妻呼延氏，魏嘉平中祈子于龍門，俄而有一大魚，頂有二角，軒鬐躍鱗而至祭所，久之乃去。 Lady Huyan prayed at Longmen during Wei Jiaping; a huge horned fish with towering fins flopped up to the altar and then swam away.

寤而告豹，豹曰：「吉徵也。 She woke and told Liu Bao, who said, "Heaven favours us.

會豹卒，以元海代為左部帥。 When Liu Bao died Liu Yuan succeeded him as left-section chief.