Liu Gou (劉句) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Gou as an envoy, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Gou	劉句	Liu Gou
Given	Gou	句
Surname	Liu	劉
Personal name	Liu Gou	劉句	Liú Jù
Personal name	Liu Gou	劉句	Liu Gou

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:037:s0106, jiuwudaishi:127:s0038
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0137, xinwudaishi:007:s0065

Roles

Envoy
Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 冬十月戊寅 · Western Year: AD 934
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0065
Source Date: Text: 天成元年 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:037:s0106
Source Date: Text: 晉天福三年 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0137
Source Date: Text: 清泰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 934 · End: AD 936
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0038

Career and standing

Label: Secretariat drafting officer / 中書舍人 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:037:s0106
Label: Left Vice Director / Pushe / 僕射 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0038

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: returned-with-court-entertainers · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉天福三年 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0137

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage

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己未，以翰林學士、尚書、戶部郎中、知制誥劉句為中書舍人充職。 On jiwei Liu Gou—Hanlin academician, Master of Writing, Revenue director, and edict drafter—became Secretariat drafting officer at rank.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 3 passages

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劉句為僕射，性剛，群情嫉之，乃共贊右常侍孔昭序論行香次第，言：「常侍侍從之臣，行立合在僕射之前。」 Liu Gou served as left vice director; his stiffness bred resentment. Courtiers backed Right Regular Attendant Kong Zhaoxu's memorial on incense order, arguing that "a regular attendant attends the sovereign and should walk before a vice director."

裔孫以群情不悅劉句、馮道，欲微抑之，乃責臺司，須檢則例，而臺吏言：「舊不見例，據南北班位，即常侍在前。」 Because the court disliked Liu Gou and Feng Dao, Yisun wished to humble them slightly. He rebuked the Censorate to find precedent; clerks replied, "No old case exists; by north-south court order the regular attendant precedes."

劉句怒，揮袂而退。 Liu Gou flung his sleeve and left in anger.

History of Liao, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 24: Music · 1 passage

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晉天福三年，遣劉句以伶官來歸，遼有散樂，蓋由此矣。 In the third year of Tianfu, Jin sent Liu Gou back with court entertainers; the Liao acquired miscellaneous music, presumably from this event.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 1 passage

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冬十月戊寅，李愚、劉句罷。 On wuyin of the tenth month, in winter, Li Yu and Liu Gou left office.