Liu Jun (劉鈞) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Jun was a ruler.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Death

AD 968 是月卒
Age Value: 43 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 49

Age

43
AD 968 是月卒 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 49

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 968 李筠敗後至卒
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passages 41, 49

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Ji'en (劉繼恩)
adopted as son 養為子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 61
Parent of Liu Jiyuan (劉繼元)
adoptive father 養 · Adoptive parentage
Strongly inferred · History of Song 482, passages 61, 76

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passages 46, 53, 67

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 482Volume 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) · 10 passages

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初，鈞自李筠敗，狼狽而歸，旦夕懼宋師之至。 After Li Yun's defeat, Jun had fled home in disorder and lived in daily dread of a Song army arriving.

因事誅段常，契丹主遣使責鈞曰：“爾不稟我命，其罪三：擅改年號，一也； On a pretext he had Duan Chang executed. The Khitan ruler sent envoys to rebuke Jun: "You ignored my orders. Your crimes are three: changing the reign title on your own—that is the first;

鈞皇恐曰：“父為子隱，願赦罪。” Jun answered in terror, "A father covers for his son—I beg you to pardon the offense."

初，太祖嚐因界上諜者謂鈞曰：“君家與周氏為世仇，宜其不屈，今我與爾無所間，何為困此一方人也？ Earlier Taizu had once sent a message through a border spy: "Your house and the Zhou were hereditary enemies, so your refusal to submit is understandable. But you and I have no such feud—why make the people of this corner suffer?

鈞遣諜者復命曰：“ 河東土地甲兵不足以當中國，然鈞家世非叛者，區區守此，蓋懼漢氏之不血食也。” Jun sent the spy back with this answer: "Hedong's territory and troops cannot stand against the empire, yet the Liu house has never been rebels. We cling to this corner only because we fear the Han line will have no one left to tend its sacrifices."

太祖哀其言，笑謂諜者曰：“為我語鈞，開爾一生路。” Taizu was touched by the reply and told the spy with a smile, "Tell Jun for me: I am leaving him a way out."

繼恩時尚幼，漢祖令鈞養為子，遂冒姓劉。 Ji'en was still a child; the Han founder had Jun adopt him, and he took the Liu surname.

初，鈞謂郭無為曰：“繼恩庸懦，何堪付後事？” Earlier Jun had told Guo Wuwei, "Ji'en is mediocre and timid—how can the succession be left to him?"

多力善射，走及奔馬，嚐為盜並、汾間，鈞用為散指揮使，戍樂平。 Powerful and a fine archer, he could keep pace with a galloping horse. He had once robbed along the Bing-Fen corridor; Jun made him scattered-guard commander and posted him at Leping.

未幾，復奔太原，鈞署供奉官。 Before long he fled back to Taiyuan, and Jun made him a palace attendant.