Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Liu Jingsu 劉景素

Attested AD 420 - AD 479

Passages: 16
Chapters: 4
Histories: 3

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Jingsu as an administrator, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 16 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 Jingsu	劉景素	Liu Jingsu
Personal name	Jingsu	景素	Jingsu
Personal	Jingsu	景素	Jingsu
Personal name	Jingsu	景素	Jǐngsù
Personal name	Liu Jingsu	劉景素
Title	Prince of Jianping	建平王
Title	Prince of Jianping Jingsu	建平王景素
Title	Song's Prince of Jianping Jingsu	宋建平王景素
Personal name		景素	Jǐngsù

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0053, songshu:086:s0061
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:031:s0024

Roles

Administrator
Rebel
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元徽末 · Western Year: AD 476
Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0032
Source Date: Text: 太宗即位後 · Western Year: AD 466
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0061
Source Date: Text: 宋建平王景素 · Western Interval: Start: AD 472 · End: AD 477
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0006
Source Date: Text: 宋時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0053

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 8 passages

宋建平王景素好士，淹隨景素在南兗州。 Jingsu, Prince of Jianping under Song, prized men of letters; Yan served him in Southern Yanzhou.

景素覽書，卽日出之。 Jingsu read the letter and freed him the same day.

景素爲荊州，淹從之鎮。 When Jingsu took Jing province, Yan went with him to the command.

景素專據上流，咸勸因此舉事。 Jingsu held the upper river country alone; many urged him to strike while he could.

景素不納。 Jingsu would not listen.

景素與腹心日夜謀議，淹知禍機將發，乃贈詩十五首以諷焉。 Jingsu and his inner circle schemed night and day; Yan saw disaster near and offered fifteen poems as warning.

會南東海太守陸澄丁艱，淹自謂郡丞應行郡事，景素用司馬柳世隆。 When Southern Donghai prefect Lu Cheng began mourning, Yan assumed the aide should run the commandery; Jingsu gave the post to staff officer Liu Shilong.

淹固求之，景素大怒，言於選部，黜爲建安吳興令。 Yan insisted; Jingsu raged, spoke to personnel, and demoted him to Jian'an magistrate in Wu-xing.

Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 2 passages

宋建平王景素爲荊州刺史，辟爲主簿。 Song's Prince of Jianping, inspector of Jingzhou, made him chief clerk.

景素爲南徐州，復爲征北刑獄參軍，遷龍陽相。 When Jingsu held southern Xuzhou, Ai served on the northern punitive staff, then became Longyang magistrate.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 12: Jiang Mi, Xun Boyu · 4 passages

出爲建平王景素冠軍長史、長沙內史，行湘州事。 He went out as chief clerk to Prince of Jianping Jingsu under the general who commands champions, interior administrator of Changsha, and acting head of Xiang affairs.

元徽末，朝野咸屬意建平王景素，謐深自委結，景素事敗，僅得免禍。 Late in the Yuanhui era court and countryside alike looked to Prince of Jianping Jingsu; Mi threw himself into a deep bond with him. When Jingsu's affair failed he barely escaped ruin.

以劉景素親屬望重，物應樂推，獻誠薦子，窺窬非望。 When Liu Jingsu, Prince Jingsu of Jianping, stood high in kinship and men were ready to lift him, Mi offered his loyalty, pushed forward his son, and eyed what was not his to take.

建平王景素聞而招之，伯玉不往。 Prince Jingsu of Jianping heard of him and called him in; Boyu would not go.

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 2 passages

江州刺史晉安王子勛為逆，四方回應，勔以本官領建平王景素輔國司馬，進據梁山。 Jiang Province governor Prince Jin'an Zixun rebelled and the four quarters rose in response. Mian, retaining his existing office, served as adjutant on the pacification staff of Prince Jianping Jingsu and advanced to hold Liang Mountain.

上曰：「巴陵、建平二王，並有獨往之志。 The emperor said, "The two princes of Baling and Jianping both have a will to go their own way.