Liu Dangke (劉當可) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Dangke was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1230 紹定三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 197-198
AD 1230 to AD 1234 大元兵破蜀
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 199, 201

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Shi (王氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 197
Spouse of Du Shi (杜氏)
wife 婦
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 202

Kinship Role maidservants of the household who perished · Count 5
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 202

Career and standing

Clerk of the Ever-Normal Granary Commission of Lizhou Circuit 利州路提舉常平司幹辦公事
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 197

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 197

Events and relationships

Ordered to the mobile headquarters
Official summons · Summoned · With Pang Shou (龐授)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 199-200
Recovered his mother's body from the riverbank
Recovery · Son
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 203

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 5 passages

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王氏，利州路提舉常平司幹辦公事劉當可之母也。 Wang Shi was the mother of Liu Dangke, Clerk of the Ever-Normal Granary Commission of Lizhou Circuit.

大元兵破蜀，提刑龐授檄當可詣行司議事。 When the Yuan army conquered Shu, Judicial Commissioner Pang Shou dispatched Liu Dangke to the mobile headquarters for consultation.

當可捧檄白母，王氏毅然勉之曰：“汝食君祿，豈可辭難。” Dangke received the dispatch and told his mother; Wang Shi resolutely urged him: 'You draw the ruler's salary—how can you shrink from hardship?'

當可行，大元軍屠興元，王氏義不辱，大罵投江而死。 Dangke set out; the Yuan army massacred Xingyuan. Wang Shi, choosing death over disgrace, cursed them and threw herself into the river.

當可聞變，奔赴江滸，得母喪以歸。 Hearing of the disaster, Dangke rushed to the riverbank, recovered his mother's body, and brought it home.