Liu Hun (柳渾) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Hun was an official and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Zai	載	Zai
Courtesy name	Yikuang	夷曠	Yikuang

Life and dates

Death

AD 789 貞元五年二月
Cause Illness · Age 75
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 236

Age

75
AD 789 貞元五年二月 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 236

Attested activity

AD 787 貞元三年正月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 194
AD 777 大歷十二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 187
AD 786 貞元二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 193
AD 787 其夜三更
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 229
AD 787 及渾瑊與吐蕃會盟之日
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 222-224
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 180

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AD 779 大歷十四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
AD 742 to AD 744 天寶初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 174
AD 783 建中四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 189
AD 783 to AD 784 朱泚亂、帝出居奉天
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 176
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 175
AD 784 興元元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 190-192
AD 787 詰旦
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 230
AD 789 貞元五年二月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 236

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Tan (惔)
sixth-generation ancestor 六代祖 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 172
Sibling of Shi (識)
elder maternal brother 母兄 · Uncertain siblings · maternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 238
Child of Qingxiu (慶休)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 173

Kinship Role kin · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 243

Key source chapters

Career and standing

chief minister 丞相
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 242
chief minister 宰相
AD 783 to AD 784 建中四年至興元元年 · Added by rebel
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 191
Associate Grand Councilor 同平章事
AD 787 貞元三年正月 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 194
prefect of Yuanzhou 袁州刺史
AD 777 大歷十二年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 187
vice minister of the Ministry of War 兵部侍郎
AD 786 貞元二年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 193
staff judge 判官
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 180

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promotion-and-demotion commissioner for Zhejiang East and West 浙江東西黜陟使
AD 779 大歷十四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
remonstrance official 諫議大夫
AD 779 大歷十四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
assistant magistrate of Shanfu 單父尉
AD 742 to AD 744 天寶初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 174
Palace Censor 殿中侍御史
AD 758 to AD 762 明年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 179
Chief minister 宰相
AD 783 to AD 784 朱泚亂、帝出居奉天 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 176
military adjutant of Quzhou 衢州司馬
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 175
deputy overall training commissioner 都團練副使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
investigating censor 監察御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 176
left remonstrance official 左補闕
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 178
regular attendant 常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 235
provisional director of the Bureau of Enfeoffments 檢校司封郎中
Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 180
overseeing the Chancellery 判門下省
AD 787 貞元三年正月 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 194
in charge of the Jiangxi Tax and Corvée Office 知江西租庸院事
AD 758 to AD 762 明年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 179
staff judge to the Jiangxi investigation commissioner 江西采訪使判官
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 175
left vice director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞
Promoted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
left regular attendant 左散騎常侍
AD 784 興元元年 · Reassigned
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 190
participant in government 知政事
Relieved
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 235
Baron of Yicheng county 宜城縣伯
AD 786 貞元二年 · Enfeoffed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 193
special honors 禮異
AD 787 詰旦 · Received
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 231
Entered
Dismissed from chief ministry
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 235, 243
Orphaned young
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 171
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 222, 236; New Book of Tang 144, passage 176
At Xiang prefecture 襄州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 171
At borrowed residence 假宅 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 242
At Hedong 河東 · Relation Ancestral origin
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 171
At Yicheng 宜城 · Relation Titled from
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244

Learning and skills

resolved to study while living in poverty
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 173
Earned
AD 742 to AD 744 天寶初 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 174
Belief Confucian learning 文儒 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 230
Skill writing 文 · Level able
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 240

Works and attributed material

collected writings in ten fascicles 文集十卷
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 237
collected writings in ten fascicles 文集十卷
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 237
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Zhang Yanshang (張延賞) · Units s0234
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 234
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Dezong (德宗) · Units s0222, s0223, s0224
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 222-224
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With Bai Zhizhen (白誌貞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 214
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 192, 201-206

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Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Han Huang (韓滉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 210-212
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Emperor Dezong (德宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 198-199
Speech · Addressee · Direct quotation · Units s0232
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 232
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 217-218

Events and relationships

Departed
Political · Departed minister · Outcome Altars of state met calamity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 250
Escorted the progress to Liangzhou
AD 784 興元元年 · Travel · Escort · At Liangzhou 梁州
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 190
Feasted with kin after dismissal
Personal · Host
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 243
Fled in plain clothes through Zhongnan to Fengtian
AD 783 建中四年 · Travel · Fugitive official · At Fengtian 奉天
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 189
Halted the execution edict and obtained a reduced sentence
AD 787 貞元三年正月 · Legal · Minister
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 198-200
Kowtowed
AD 787 及渾瑊與吐蕃會盟之日 · Political · Minister
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 228

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Refused to be silenced
Political · Speaker · With Zhang Yanshang (張延賞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 234
Reported the mute slave's wrongful accusation
Legal · Advocate · With Cui Youfu (崔祐甫) · At Jiangxi 江西
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 183
Requested an outside post
Career · Petitioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 178
Requested leave for illness
Medical · Subject
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 215
Requested retirement; edict refused
Career · Petitioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 216
That year's appointments had none rejected for insufficient qualifications
AD 787 貞元三年 · Administrative · Minister
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 219
Warned against alliance
AD 787 及渾瑊與吐蕃會盟之日 · Political · Adviser
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 222-224
Relation Staff of · Person Wei Shaoyou (魏少遊)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 180
Relation Staff of · Person Huangfu Shen (皇甫侁)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 175
Relation Staff of · Person Lu Sigong (路嗣恭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 186
Relation Introduced by · Person Han Huang (韓滉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 210

Assessments and attributes

Assessment alert in debate, fond of jest and free openness, expansive and hid nothing in dealing with people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 241
Assessment free-natured and unrestrained · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 177
Assessment frugal and did not manage estates · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 242
Assessment hated Han Huang's monopoly of power · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 210
Assessment integrity, conduct, talent, and outspoken bright uprightness sufficient to assist an enlightened ruler · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 245
Assessment known for fairness · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 185

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Assessment upright · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 232
Assessment wrote well but bent to the times and sought achievement, not reaching deep reflection · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 240
Assessment Zhizhen is a petty official and a treacherous man · Mode named-source-report Speaker Liu Hun (柳渾)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 214
Item borrowed residence 假宅 · Relation Used
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 242