Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Courtier

Liu Shizhi 劉師知

Died AD 566

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Shizhi was an official and Courtier.

Life and dates

Death

AD 566 to AD 568 廢帝即位後
Granted death in prison
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 172

Attested activity

AD 566 to AD 568 廢帝即位後
Dated from the passage context · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 163, 172

Career and standing

staff member / palace secretary 舍人
Held
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 163
handed to the Minister of Justice and granted death in prison 付廷尉，其夜於獄賜死
Executed
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 172

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 163

Events and relationships

Forged edict
Political · Actor · With Emperor Xuan (宣帝)
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 165

Assessments and attributes

Assessment jealous of Emperor Xuan's authority · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 165

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

History of the Southern Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 8 passages

時宣帝與僕射到仲舉、舍人劉師知等，並受遺輔政。 At that time Chen Xu, the future Emperor Xuan, shared the regency with vice director of the secretariat Dao Zhongju, staff member Liu Shizhi, and others under the late emperor's will.

師知與仲舉恒居禁中，參決眾事，而宣帝為揚州刺史，與左右三百人，入居尚書省。 Shizhi and Zhongju constantly lived inside the palace and decided every matter, while Emperor Xuan, as governor of Yang, entered the secretariat with three hundred attendants and took up residence there.

師知忌宣帝權重，矯敕令還東府理州務。 Jealous of his power, Shizhi forged an edict sending him back to the eastern headquarters to handle provincial business.

宣帝乃稱疾，召師知留與語，使毛喜先入，言之於后。 Emperor Xuan feigned illness, kept Shizhi talking, and sent Mao Xi ahead to speak with the empress dowager.

喜又言於廢帝，廢帝曰：「此自師知等所為，非朕意也。」 Xi also spoke to the reigning emperor, who said, "This is Shizhi's doing, not mine."

喜出報宣帝，帝因囚師知。 Xi reported back to Emperor Xuan, who at once had Shizhi arrested.

自入見后及帝，極陳師知之短。 He then went in to the empress dowager and the emperor and laid out Shizhi's crimes in full.

仍自草敕請畫，以師知付廷尉，其夜於獄賜死。 He drafted the edict himself and had Shizhi sent to the minister of justice; that night Shizhi was ordered to die in prison.