Five Dynasties · Ruler

Liu Fen 劉玢

First attested AD 942; died AD 943

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Fen was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Bin	玢

Life and dates

Death

AD 943 在位一年
Assassinated
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 246

Attested activity

AD 942 to AD 943 AD 942-943
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 186

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Zhi (劉陟)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 186, 242
Sibling of Liu Sheng (劉晟)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 189, 246

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 6 passages

子玢嗣。 His son Bin succeeded him.

玢，陟長子也。 Bin was Zhi's eldest son.

初封賓王，又封秦王。 He was first made Prince of Bin, then Prince of Qin.

玢性庸昧，僭位之後，大恣荒淫。 Dull and ignorant by nature, after usurping the throne Bin gave himself over to debauchery.

尋為其弟晟等所弒，在位一年，偽謚為殤帝。 Soon his younger brother Sheng and others assassinated him. He reigned one year and received the false posthumous title Emperor Shang.

玢之立也，多行淫虐，人皆患之，晟因與其弟偽越王昌等同謀弒玢，自立為帝，改元為應乾，又改為乾和。 When Bin succeeded he debauched and tyrannized until all resented him. Sheng joined his brother the false Prince of Yue Chang to murder Bin, made himself emperor, adopted Responding to Qian, then Qianhe.