Liu Shilong (柳世隆)

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Shilong as an administrator, military officer, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Shilong	柳世隆	Liu Shilong
Title	Duke of Zhenyang	貞陽公	Zhēnyáng gōng
Personal name	Liu Shilong	柳世隆	Liu Shilong
Personal name	Liu Shilong	柳世隆	Liǔ Shìlóng
Personal	Liu Shilong	柳世隆	Liǔ Shìlóng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0009, nanqishu:053:s0111
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:002:s0039

Roles

Administrator
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: Huaiwei's two-year Qi commandery tenure before 永明初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 483
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0111
Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0039
Source Date: Text: 柳世隆 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 477
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0062
Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0009

Career and standing

Label: Inspector of South Yanzhou / 南兖州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元三年正月丙子 · Western Year: AD 481
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0126
Label: Inspector of South Yuzhou / 南豫州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0039
Action: held · Appointments: Inspector of Yanzhou / 兖州刺史
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0111

Works and attributed material

Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Liu Huaiwei (劉懷慰) · Statement: Huaiwei's present achievement surpassed famed ancient governance in Jiaodong and Yingchuan.
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0111
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Wang Zhenguo (王珍國) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0009

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

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會南東海太守陸澄丁艱，淹自謂郡丞應行郡事，景素用司馬柳世隆。 When Southern Donghai prefect Lu Cheng began mourning, Yan assumed the aide should run the commandery; Jingsu gave the post to staff officer Liu Shilong.

Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 1 passage

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罷任還都，路經江州，刺史柳世隆臨渚餞別，見珍國還裝輕素，乃歎曰：「此真可謂良二千石也！」 When his term ended he returned to court; passing Jiangzhou, Inspector Liu Shilong came to the ford to see him off, saw his baggage light and plain, and sighed, "This is a true two-thousand-dan official!"

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 2 passages

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以司空褚淵爲司徒，吳郡太守柳世隆爲南豫州刺史。 Chu Yuan, minister of works, became grand minister; Liu Shilong, administrator of Wu, became inspector of South Yuzhou.

丙子，以平北將軍陳顯達爲益州刺史，貞陽公柳世隆爲南兖州刺史，皇子鋒爲江夏王。 On day bingzi, Chen Xianda, pacifying north, took Yi; Liu Shilong, duke of Zhenyang, took South Yanzhou; the prince Feng was enfeoffed as prince of Jiangxia.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 1 passage

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兖州刺史柳世隆與懷慰書曰：「膠東淵化，潁川致美，以今方古，曾何足云。」 Yanzhou inspector Liu Shilong wrote to Huaiwei, "Jiaodong's deep transformation and Yingchuan's bringing of beauty—set against your work today, what are those old examples even worth mentioning?"