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Liu Lijian 劉季連

Liu Jilian

Died AD 505

Passages
42
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Lijian as an administrator, general, and official. This record brings together 42 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Lijian 劉季連 Liu Jilian
Courtesy Huixu 惠續 Huixu
Given Lijian 季連 Jilian
Surname Liu Liu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Wang Hui (王會)
    Kinship Term: clan nephew / 族甥 · Subject Role: clan-nephew · Object Role: clan-uncle
    Kinship Term: clan nephew / 族甥 · Subject Role: clan-uncle · Object Role: clan-nephew
  • Child of Liu Sikao (劉思考)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Sibling of Liu Ziyuan (劉子淵)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Label: Supporting-the-State General and Yizhou inspector / 輔國將軍、益州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 497
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0017
  • Label: Left Director in the Masters of Writing / 尚書左丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0007
  • Label: interior governor of Jiangxia / 江夏內史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明初 · Western Year: AD 483
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0008
  • Label: Right Guard General / 右衛將軍 · Action: summoned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元元年 · Western Year: AD 499
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0022
  • Status: pardoned-commoner · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0086
  • Status: execution · Action: ordered · Other Person Id: Zhu Shilve (朱士略) · Note: executed Shilve's three sons
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0067

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: besieged-in-Chengdu · Other Person Id: Deng Yuanqi (鄧元起) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元元年九月 · Western Year: AD 499
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0025
  • Kind: political · Role: surrenderer · Action: surrendered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年正月 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0076

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: jealous, narrow, harsh and cruel · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0024
  • Assessment: literary official who could not preserve himself · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0211

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 20Volume 20: Liu Lijian; Chen Bozhi · 42 passages