Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Bei as a ruler and warlord. This record brings together 27 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liu Bei | 劉備 | Liu Bei |
| Title | First Lord | 先主 | Xiānzhǔ |
| Title | late emperor | 大行皇帝 | |
| Personal name | Liu Bei | 劉備 | Liú Bèi |
| Personal name | Liu Bei | 劉備 | Liu Bei |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Ruler
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0008, sanguozhi:034:s0013
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三國時期 · Western Interval: Start: AD 221 · End: AD 223Explicit · liangshu:020:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 三國蜀漢 · Western Year: AD 221Explicit · liangshu:020:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 劉備下白帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 221 · End: AD 222Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 壬辰歲 · Western Year: AD 212Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:063:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 歲在甲午 · Western Year: AD 214Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0014, sanguozhi:063:s0017
- Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 章武元年 · Western Year: AD 221Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0076
Family
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- Spouse of Lady Gan (甘皇后)Kinship Term: concubine / 妾 · Union Category: concubinage · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
- Spouse of Mother of Liu Yong (劉永母)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband
- Spouse of Mother of Liu Li (劉理母)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband
- Parent of Liu Shan (劉禪)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Spouse of Lady Sun (孫夫人)Kinship Term: Lady Sun / 孫夫人 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Spouse of Empress Mu (穆皇后)Kinship Term: lady / 夫人 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Parent of Liu Li (劉理)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Liu Yong (劉永)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kinship Role: principal wives · Count: 2 · Note: Source says he repeatedly lost principal wives (plural, exact count unstated; recorded as at least two).Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0004
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Shu Han / 蜀漢 · Relation: affiliated-withExplicit · sanguozhi:034:s0076
- Polity: Shu / 蜀 · Relation: ruledExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0017
- Place: Yizhou / 益州 · Relation: obtainedExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0014, sanguozhi:063:s0017
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: massed-troops-at-Xiling · Place: Xiling / 西陵Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0031
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: settled-YizhouExplicit · sanguozhi:034:s0067
References in the histories
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