Liu Shi 劉寔

Other names

Family

• Parent of Liu Xia (劉夏)
  fathered a son 生子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 283, 318
• Parent of Liu Ji (劉躋)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 281, 318
• Spouse of Wife of Liu Shi of the Lu clan (劉寔妻盧氏)
  wife 妻 · Primary marriage · Ended
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 281
• Spouse of Hua-clan wife of Liu Shi (劉寔華氏妻)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 281, 283
• Sibling of Liu Zhi (劉智)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 282

• Kinship Role sons · Count 2
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 288, 318

Career and standing

• army director on the southern pacification staff 鎮南軍司
  AD 279 to AD 280 杜預之伐吳 · Acting
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 280
• grand master of the right of splendid carriage 右光祿大夫
  AD 291 元康初 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 294
• palace attendant 侍中
  AD 291 元康初 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 294
• minister of works 司空
  AD 299 九年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passages 294-295
• junior tutor to the heir apparent 太子太保
  AD 291 元康初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 294
• minister of ceremonies 太常
  AD 275 to AD 280 咸甯中 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 278

Places and affiliations

• Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 277, 294, 365
• AD 291 元康初
  At Ji Province 冀州 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 294
• AD 303 長沙成都之相攻
  At home village 鄉里 · Relation Fled to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 297
• At home district 州里 · Relation Returned to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 286-287

Learning and skills

• studied tirelessly from youth to old age; never laid down his books even in office
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 315
• Skill the three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn 三傳 · Level mastered
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Works and attributed material

• Spring and Autumn Precedents and Principles 春秋條例
  Compiler
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 317
• Spring and Autumn Precedents and Principles in twenty fascicles 春秋條例二十卷
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 317
• Gongyang tradition 公羊
  Relation Commentator
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316
• repeated open memorials of refusal
  Memorial · Author · With Emperor Huai (懷帝) · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 374
• Scholarly judgment · Author · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316
• Speech · Speaker · With Shi Chong (石崇) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 307, 309

Events and relationships

• Attended imperial mausoleum
  AD 307 惠帝崩 · Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 364
• Came to court despite age
  AD 307 to AD 309 年逾九十 · Ritual · Minister
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 372
• Declined office
  AD 307 懷帝即位 · Political · Appointee
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 366
• Married
  Personal · Groom · With Hua-clan wife of Liu Shi (劉寔華氏妻)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 283
• Mistook lavatory for inner rooms
  Personal · Visitor · With Shi Chong (石崇)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 306-310
• Observed hut and staff mourning and took no concubine until mourning ended
  Ritual · Widower
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 313

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment embodies pure simple conduct and unwavering integrity; a venerable pillar of the state · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Liu Tan (劉坦)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 370-371
• Assessment even at the height of rank clung to frugality and scorned display · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 305
• Assessment his reply was judged sound · Mode named-source-report Source Work people of the time 世
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 291
• Assessment kept his own conduct upright while public morals slackened · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 312
• Assessment paid no heed when frivolous men mocked his mourning · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 314
• AD 309 三年
  Item folding-stool and staff exempting from court 几杖不朝 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 301

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 277
• resigned on grounds of age and illness
  AD 302 太安初 · Field health
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 296
• though high in favor he owned no grand mansion; spent salary supporting kinsmen and old friends
  Field residence
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 311
• in youth destitute; traveled on foot with a staff and supplied his own firewood and water without burdening hosts
  Field youth-poverty
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 304