Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Liang as an aristocrat, general, official, and strategist. This record brings together 18 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Zhou
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liu Liang | 劉亮 | Liu Liang |
| Given | Daode | 道德 | Daode |
| Title | Duke of Changguang | 長廣郡公 | |
| Title | Earl of Raoyang | 饒陽縣伯 | |
| Clan | Houmochen | 侯莫陳 | Houmochen |
| Given | Liang | 亮 | Liang |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | Liu |
| Personal name | Liu Liang | 劉亮 | Liu Liang |
| Title | Viscount of Guangxing | 廣興縣子 | |
| Posthumous name | Xiang | 襄 | Xiang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · zhoushu:017:s0103
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Strategist
Life and dates
Death
- Place: East Yong Province / 東雍州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:017:s0125, zhoushu:017:s0123
Age
- Age: 40 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · zhoushu:017:s0125
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 侯莫陳悅害岳 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0123, zhoushu:017:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 大統元年 · Western Year: AD 535Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0169
- Source Date: Text: 普泰初 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0108
Family
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- Descendant of Liu Youlian (劉祐連)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological
- Child of Liu Chizhen (劉持真)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Mother of Liu LiangKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Liu Chang (劉昶)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Origins and identity
- Statement: granted surname HoumochenExplicit · zhoushu:017:s0122
Career and standing
- Label: posthumous name Xiang / 諡襄 · Action: grantedExplicit · zhoushu:017:s0128
- Status: mourning · Action: left-officeExplicit · zhoushu:017:s0173
Places and affiliations
- Polity Name: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · zhoushu:017:s0108, zhoushu:017:s0169
- Place: Zhongshan / 中山 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · zhoushu:017:s0103
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: addressee · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝) · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0121
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raided Bin and beheaded Sun Ding'er · Other Person Id: Sun Ding'er (孫定兒)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: Yuwen Tai called him his Kongming · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0121
Source notes
- Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0122
References in the histories
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