Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Liu Qian 劉謙

Attested AD 870 - AD 890

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Qian was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 870 to AD 890 AD 870-890
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Yin (劉隱)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 151
Parent of Liu Zhi (劉陟)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 145, 147
Child of Liu Ren'an (劉仁安)
grandfather of Zhi / father of Qian 祖
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 146
Spouse of Lady Wei (韋氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 148

Career and standing

prefect of Fengzhou 封州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 150

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 5 passages

父謙，素有才識。 His father Qian was gifted and perceptive.

唐咸通中，宰相韋宙出鎮南海，謙時為牙校，職級甚卑，然氣貌殊常，宙以猶女妻之。 During Tang Xiantong, Chief Minister Wei Zhou governed the Southern Sea. Qian was a lowly guards officer, but his bearing was extraordinary; Zhou gave him his youngest daughter in marriage.

謙後果以軍功拜封州刺史兼賀水鎮使，甚有稱譽。 Qian later won military merit and was appointed prefect of Fengzhou and commandant of Hesui Town, earning high praise.

謙之長子曰隱，即韋氏女所生也，幼而奇特。 Qian's eldest son Yin was born of the Wei lady and was remarkable from childhood.

及謙卒，賀水諸將有無賴者，幸變作亂，隱定計誅之。 When Qian died, ruffians among the Hesui generals tried to stir revolt; Yin devised their execution.