Five Dynasties · General and Martyr

Liu Renzhan 劉仁贍

Died AD 957

Passages
21
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Renzhan as an administrator, general, and military officer. This record brings together 21 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Renzhan 劉仁贍 Liu Renzhan
Surname Liu 劉 Liú
Personal name Liu Renzhan 劉仁贍 Liú Rénshàn
Title Prince of Pengcheng 彭城郡王 Péngchéng Jùnwáng
Given Renzhan 仁贍 Rénshàn
Courtesy name Shouhui 守惠 Shǒuhuì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
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Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer

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  • Child of Liu Jin (劉金)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Liu Chongjian (劉崇諫)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Liu Chongzan (劉崇贊)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: commander / 將
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0082
  • Label: Acting Grand Commandant and Concurrent Central Secretariat Director / 檢校太尉兼中書令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0101
  • Label: commander of the personal guard / 掌親軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0084
  • Label: military governor of the Qinghuai Army / 清淮軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Place: Shou Prefecture / 壽州
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0085
  • Label: military governor of the Tianping Army / 天平軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0101
  • Label: military governor of the Wuchang Army / 武昌軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0084
  • Label: Left Gate Guard general / 左監門衛將軍 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0083
  • Label: prefect of Huang and Yuan / 黃袁二州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0083
  • Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0104
  • Title: Prince of Pengcheng / 彭城郡王 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0103

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies of Martyrs to Virtue 12: Wang Yanzhang · 21 passages
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明年正月，世宗復至淮上，盡破紫金山砦，壞其夾道，景兵大敗，諸將往往見擒，而景之守將廣陵馮延魯、光州張紹、舒州周祚、泰州方訥、泗州範再遇等，或走或降，皆不能守，雖景君臣亦皆震懾，奉表稱臣，願割土地、輸貢賦，以效誠款，而仁贍獨堅守，不可下。 First month of the next year Shizong returned to the Huai, smashed the Purple Gold Mountain camps, broke the covered road, and routed Jing’s army. Generals fell one after another; Feng Yanlu of Guangling, Zhang Shao of Guang, Zhou Zuo of Shu, Fang Ne of Tai, Fan Zaiyu of Si—commanders fled or surrendered and could not hold. Jing king and court shook, sent tribute, ceded land, bowed as subjects—Renzhan alone held and would not yield.
世宗使景所遣使者孫晟等至城下示之，仁贍子崇諫幸其父病，謀與諸將出降，仁贍立命斬之，監軍使周廷構哭於中門救之，不得，於是士卒皆感泣，願以死守。 Shizong paraded Jing’s envoy Sun Sheng below the walls. Renzhan’s son Chongjian, seeing his father ill, plotted surrender with the generals. Renzhan ordered him killed on the spot. Supervisor Zhou Tinggou wept at the middle gate in vain; the soldiers wept and swore to die with the city.