Liu Renzhi (劉仁之) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Renzhi as an administrator, calligrapher, historian, and official. This record brings together 13 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Renzhi	劉仁之	Liu Renzhi
Posthumous	Jing	敬	Jing
Surname	Liu	劉	Liu
Title	Liu of Western Yanzhou	劉西兗
Given	Renzhi	仁之	Renzhi
Courtesy	Shanjing	山靜	Shanjing
Given		仁之	Renzhi
Surname		劉	Liu
Title		長史

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:046:s0091
Sex: male
Explicit · weishu:086:s0077

Roles

Administrator
Calligrapher
Historian
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武定二年 · Western Year: AD 544
Explicit · weishu:086:s0085

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 出帝初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 532 · End: AD 534
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0083
Source Date: Text: 前廢帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 531 · End: AD 532
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0082
Source Date: Text: 武定二年 · Western Year: AD 544
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0085
Source Date: Text: 長史劉仁之 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 547
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:046:s0091

Family

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Child of Liu Er'tou (劉爾頭)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Label: northerners of Dai who moved to Luoyang / 代人徙于洛
Explicit · weishu:086:s0078

Career and standing

Label: compilation gentleman / 著作郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 出帝初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 532 · End: AD 534
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0083
Label: censor / 御史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:086:s0081
Label: director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:046:s0092
Label: general of the guard / 衞將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:086:s0084
Label: governor of Western Yan Province / 西兗州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:086:s0084
Label: governor of Yanzhou / 兗州 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:046:s0102
Label: gentleman of the yellow gate / 黃門侍郎 · Action: held · Concurrent: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 前廢帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 531 · End: AD 532
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0082
Label: director of the secretariat / 中書令 · Action: held · Concurrent: true
Explicit · weishu:086:s0083
Label: Chief Administrator / 長史 · Action: held
Explicit · beiqishu:046:s0091
Label: posthumous grand general of the guard / 贈衞大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · weishu:086:s0085
Label: posthumous title Jing / 諡曰敬 · Action: granted
Explicit · weishu:086:s0085

Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · weishu:086:s0082
Place: Luoyang in Henan / 河南洛陽
Explicit · weishu:086:s0077

Learning and skills

Skill: regular and cursive script / 真草書 · Level: skilled
Explicit · weishu:086:s0080

Events and relationships

Kind: personal · Role: patron · Action: cared-for-Feng-Yuanxing-household · Other Person Id: Feng Yuanxing (馮元興)
Explicit · weishu:086:s0094
Kind: legal · Role: punisher · Action: flogged-Pei-Yuan-and-Wang-Chuo · Other Person Id: Pei Yuan (裴瑗) · Place: Jinyang / 晉陽
Explicit · weishu:086:s0091
Relation: trusted-by · Person Id: Erzhu Shilong (爾朱世隆)
Explicit · weishu:086:s0082
Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Feng Yuanxing (馮元興)
Explicit · weishu:086:s0094

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: inwardly deceitful but steadfast in friendship · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:086:s0113
Assessment: outwardly elder-like, inwardly deceitful; cruel; reputation exceeded reality · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:086:s0086, weishu:086:s0090, weishu:086:s0091