Sui and Tang · Eunuch

Liu Guangqi 劉光琦

Attested AD 805 - AD 807

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Guangqi was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 805 to AD 807 劉光琦用事
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 96

Career and standing

eunuch 中人
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 96

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 96

Events and relationships

Relation Associate of · Person Hua Huan (滑渙)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 96

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 96

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's · 1 passage

中書史滑渙素厚中人劉光琦，凡宰相議為光琦持異者，使渙請，常得如素，宦人傳詔，或不至中書，召渙於延英承旨，迎附群意，即為文書，宰相至有不及知者。 Hua Huan, a clerk of the Secretariat, had long been close to the eunuch Liu Guangqi; whenever the chancellor's decision differed from what Guangqi wanted, Huan was sent to petition and usually got his way. Eunuchs sometimes delivered edicts without going through the Secretariat; Huan was summoned to Yan Ying to receive instructions, align with factional interests, and draft documents on the spot—chancellors sometimes learned of decisions only afterward.