Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Liu Chang 劉鋹

Attested AD 958 - AD 971

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Chang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 958 to AD 971 AD 958-971
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 197

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Sheng (劉晟)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 197

Career and standing

Marquis of Imperial Grace 恩赦侯
Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 205
AD 958 晟卒襲位
Era Name Dabao 大寶 · Age 17
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 199

Events and relationships

Captured by Song
AD 971 開寶四年二月五日 · Military · Captive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 204

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 4 passages

鋹，晟長子也。 Chang was Sheng's eldest son.

鋹性庸懦，不能治其國，政事鹹委於閹官，復有宮人具冠帶、預職官、理外事者，由是綱紀大壞。 Timid and incompetent, Chang entrusted government to eunuchs; palace women wore official dress, held nominal posts, and handled state affairs until discipline collapsed entirely.

是歲秋，鋹之寢室屢為雷震，識者知其必亡。 That autumn thunder struck Chang's bedchamber again and again; the knowing said he was doomed.

四年二月五日，王師壓廣州，鋹盡焚其府庫，將赴火而死，既而不能引決，尋為王師所擒，舉族遷於京師。 On the fifth of the second month of the fourth year the imperial army reached Guangzhou. Chang burned the treasury and meant to die in the fire but could not; he was seized and his clan was sent to the capital.