Liu Daochan (劉道產)

Overview

Liu Daochan was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Marquis of Xiang	襄侯

Life and dates

Death

AD 442 十九年卒
In Office true · Cause carbuncle on the back 背癰
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 38, 40

Age

true
Statement still in his prime at death
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 42

Attested activity

AD 424 元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 26
AD 436 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 37
AD 442 十九年卒
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 38
AD 426 元嘉三年
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 30
AD 429 六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 32
AD 430 七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 33

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AD 431 明年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passage 34

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yansun (延孫)
eldest son 長子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 44
Parent of Yanxi (延熙)
son 子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 65, passages 44-45
Sibling of Liu Daoxi (劉道錫)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 47

Career and standing

Administrator of Baxi and Zitong 巴西、梓潼二郡太守
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 424
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 26
Bearer of the Staff, Supervisor of Yong, Liang, Nanqin and six Jing commanderies, Colonel Who Pacifies the Man, Inspector of Yong, Administrator of Xiangyang 持節、督雍、梁、南秦三州、荊州之南陽、竟陵、順陽、襄陽、新野、隨六郡諸軍事、寧蠻校尉、雍州刺史、襄陽太守
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 431
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 34
Central Army Aide on Prince of Pengcheng Liu Yikang Flying Cavalry staff 彭城王義康驃騎中兵參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 29
Colonel of the Western Rong 西戎校尉
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 30
Consulting Aide to the Left General under Prince of Jingling Yixuan 竟陵王義宣左將軍諮議參軍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 明年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 431
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 34
General of Distant Pacification 寧遠將軍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 424
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 26

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General of the Rear Guard 後軍將軍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 430
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 33
Inspector of Liang and Nanqin 梁、南秦二州刺史
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 30
Supervisor of Liang and Nanqin military affairs 督梁、南秦二州諸軍事
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 30
General Who Supports the State 輔國將軍
Promoted · From Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 13 · Western Year: AD 436
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 37
General Who Punishes the Barbarians 征虜將軍
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 38
Marquis of Xiang 襄侯
Posthumously titled
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 38
execution of Gongsheng and twenty other households; pardon of remaining conspirators 誅公生等二十一家，宥其餘黨
Ordered
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 28

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 26, 30
AD 424 元年
At Baxi and Zitong 巴西梓潼 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 26
AD 426 元嘉三年
At Liang and Nanqin 梁南秦二州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 30-31
AD 431 明年
At Yong Province / Xiangyang 雍州襄陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 34-35

Works and attributed material

Xiangyang Songs of Joy 襄陽樂歌
Relation Originator
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 36
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 32

Events and relationships

Established commanderies
AD 429 六年 · Administrative · Petitioner · At Longxi and Songkang 隴西宋康
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 32
Executed households
AD 424 元年 · Legal · Executor · With Huang Gongsheng (黃公生)
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 28
Funeral escorted by tribes
Funeral · Deceased · At mouth of the Han 沔口
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 39
Relation Staff of · Person Liu Yixuan (義宣)
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 34
Relation Staff of · Person Liu Yikang (義康)
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 29

Assessments and attributes

benevolent rule drew many Guanzhong refugees 在州有惠化
Assessment benevolent provincial government · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 31
tribes donned mourning and escorted his funeral to the Han mouth 惠澤被於西土
Assessment kindness spread through the west · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 39
tribes submitted and settled along the Han 善於臨民，在雍部政績尤著
Assessment skilled at governing; especially notable in Yong · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 35
died of a carbuncle on the back
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 40

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 65Volume 65 Biographies 25: Ji Han, Liu Daochan, Du Ji, Shen Tian · 7 passages

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道產誅公生等二十一家，宥其餘黨。 Daochan put Gongsheng and twenty other households to death and pardoned the remaining conspirators.

六年，道產表置隴西、宋康二郡以領之。 In the sixth year (429) Daochan petitioned to establish Longxi and Songkang commanderies to govern these settlers.

百姓樂業，民戶豐贍，由此有《襄陽樂歌》，自道產始也。 The people prospered and households grew wealthy; from this came the "Xiangyang Songs of Joy," a tradition that began with Daochan.

道產惠澤被於西土，及喪還，諸蠻皆備衰絰，號哭追送，至於沔口。 Daochan's kindness had spread through the west; when his funeral procession returned, the tribes all donned mourning, wailed, and escorted him to the mouth of the Han.

荊州刺史衡陽王義季啟太祖曰：「故輔國將軍劉道產患背癰，疾遂不救。 Jing Inspector Prince of Hengyang Liu Yiji reported to the Emperor: "The late General Who Supports the State Liu Daochan developed a carbuncle on his back and could not be saved.

道產自鎮漢南，境接凶寇，政績既著，威懷兼舉。 From his post south of the Han, on a frontier facing fierce enemies, he achieved outstanding administration, combining firm authority with humane governance.

道產弟道錫，巴西、梓潼二郡太守。 Daochan's younger brother Daoxi served as administrator of Baxi and Zitong.