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Overview Liu Jiyuan was a ruler.
Identity Historical · Male
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Career and standing AD 968 襲位改元廣運
Polity Northern Han 北漢
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History of Song, Chapter 482 Volume 482 Biographies 241, Hereditary Houses 5: Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Liu Family (Father: Liu Jun; Elder Brother: Liu Ji'en; Appended: Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) · 13 passages
繼元本姓何。
Jiyuan had originally borne the surname He.
初，薛釗死，崇以女再妻何氏，生繼元。
After Xue Zhao's death, Chong gave his daughter in marriage again to a man of the He clan, and Jiyuan was born.
何死，鈞亦養繼元為子。
When the He father died, Jun adopted Jiyuan as his son as well.
繼元既襲位，改元廣運，復結契丹為援。
After Jiyuan took the throne he proclaimed the Guangyun era and renewed the Khitan alliance.
以繼元太穀令梁文陟為太子洗馬，祁令張續為右讚善大夫。
Jiyuan named his Taigu magistrate Liang Wenzhi groom of the heir apparent and his Qi magistrate Zhang Xu right aide to the heir.
太祖將至，繼勳敗繼元兵於城下，其憲州推官史昭文以州來降，升本州刺史。
As Taizu approached, Jixun routed Jiyuan's army below the walls. Jiyuan's Xianzhou registrar Shi Zhaowen surrendered the prefecture and was made its prefect.
繼元方恃契丹為援，守陴者揚言旦夕契丹至。
Jiyuan still counted on Khitan help, and the men on the walls shouted that the Khitans would arrive any day now.
太祖命以所獲首級、鎧甲示於城下，城中由是喪氣，知嵐州趙文度遂來降。
Taizu had the captured heads and armor displayed below the walls. Morale in the city collapsed, and Jiyuan learned that his Lanzhou commander Zhao Wendu had defected.
登望樓者見繼元殺其相郭無為，城中紛擾。
Men on the watchtower saw Jiyuan kill his chancellor Guo Wuwei, and the city erupted in turmoil.
夜半，傳呼壁外繼元降，太祖令衛士擐甲，將開壁門，八作使趙遂曰：“受降如受敵，詎可中夜輕出？”
At midnight voices outside the ramparts shouted that Jiyuan was surrendering. Taizu ordered his guards to arm and was about to open the gate when Works commissioner Zhao Sui said, "Taking a surrender is like taking an enemy—how can you go out lightly in the dead of night?"
時繼元諜者趙訓為晉州所捕，械送於朝，太祖命釋之，給服裝放歸。
At that time Jiyuan's spy Zhao Xun was captured in Jin Prefecture, sent to court in chains, and Taizu ordered him released, clothed, and sent home.
九月，黨進敗繼元兵數千，獲馬千餘。
In the ninth month Dang Jin routed several thousand of Jiyuan's troops and captured more than a thousand horses.
黨進又敗繼元兵千餘於城下。
Dang Jin again routed more than a thousand of Jiyuan's men below the walls.