Liu Shouguang (劉守光)

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Shouguang as an aristocrat, general, named individual, and rebel. This record brings together 18 passages from 13 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Shouguang	劉守光	Liu Shouguang
Title	King of Yan	燕王
Surname	Liu	劉	Liu
Personal name	Liu Shouguang	劉守光	Liu Shouguang
Personal	Liu Shouguang	劉守光	Liú Shǒuguāng
Personal name	Liu Shouguang	劉守光	Liú Shǒuguāng
Title	Prince of Yan	燕王
Given name	Shouguang	守光	Shouguang
Given	Shouguang	守光	Shouguang
Personal	Shouguang	守光	Shǒuguāng
Personal	Shouguang	守光

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081, jiuwudaishi:065:s0058, jiuwudaishi:070:s0001, jiuwudaishi:071:s0022, liaoshi:060:s0035, liaoshi:074:s0045, xinwudaishi:044:s0049
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021, xinwudaishi:023:s0015
Value: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:070:s0104

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Named Individual
Rebel
Ruler
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · xinwudaishi:070:s0104

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 910-923 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:026:s0105
Source Date: Text: AD 911-913 · Western Year: AD 911
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0058
Source Date: Text: the year before Taizu's murder · Western Year: AD 911
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0015
Source Date: Text: 乞師於晉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 911 · End: AD 913
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0049
Source Date: Text: 劉守光所藏錢 · Western Year: AD 914
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:060:s0035
Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021
Source Date: Text: 天祐九年 · Western Year: AD 912
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:070:s0003
Source Date: Text: 太祖征奚及討劉守光 · Western Interval: Start: AD 911 · End: AD 914
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:073:s0163
Source Date: Text: 守光之死 · Western Year: AD 914
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:070:s0104
Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 914 · Source Date: Text: 守光尚不能容父，能容卿乎！
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:071:s0022
Source Date: Text: 後守光為帥 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0045
Source Date: Text: 從平劉守光 · Western Year: AD 913
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0053
Source Date: Text: 開平三年 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081

Family

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Sibling of Liu Shouwen (劉守文)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Relative Age: elder
Child of Father of Liu Shouguang (劉守光之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Jiyong (繼颙)
Kinship Term: illegitimate son / 孽子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Liu Rengong (劉仁恭)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 諸兄弟 killed by order · Quantity: plural-unspecified
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0002

Career and standing

Title: Prince of Yan / 燕王 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0015, xinwudaishi:070:s0104

Places and affiliations

Polity: Yan · Relation: associated
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0058

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-captured-brother · Place: west of Jizhou / 薊州西 · Other Person Id: Liu Shouwen (劉守文)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081
Kind: military · Role: defeated-ruler · Action: defeated · Place: Youzhou / 幽州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021
Kind: military · Role: defeated-party · Action: pacified-by-Jin
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0053
Kind: diplomatic · Role: petitioner · Action: requested Later Liang aid against Jin
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0015
Relation: successor-as-yan-commander-of · Person Id: Liu Rengong (劉仁恭)
Explicit · liaoshi:074:s0045

Assessments and attributes

Item: coin stored at Da'an Mountain / 大安山所藏錢 · Relation: possessed
Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0035

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:060:s0035

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 1 passage

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劉守光上言，於薊州西與兄守文戰，擒守文。 Liu Shouguang reported that west of Jizhou he fought his brother Shouwen and took him prisoner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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從平劉守光。 He took part in the campaign that brought down Liu Shouguang.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 3 passages

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燕帥劉守光僭逆不道，莊宗令周德威征之，守光大懼，以行珪為武州刺史，令張犄角之勢。 When the Yan warlord Liu Shouguang seized power unlawfully, Zhuangzong sent Zhou Dewei against him. Shouguang in alarm made Xinggui prefect of Wu and set him to brace the frontier.

守光將元行欽在山北，聞行珪有變，即率部下軍眾以攻行珪。 Shouguang's officer Yuan Xingqin was in the northern hills; when he heard Xinggui had turned, he marched at once with his troops to attack him.

會劉守光攻仁恭於大安山，思同以部下兵歸太原，時年十六，武皇命為飛騰指揮使。 When Liu Shouguang besieged Rengong at Mount Da'an, Sitong brought his men over to Taiyuan. He was sixteen; the Martial Emperor made him commander of the Feiteng guard.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 3 passages

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元行欽，本幽州劉守光之愛將。 Yuan Xingqin had begun as a favorite commander of Liu Shouguang of Youzhou.

守光之奪父位也，令行欽攻大恩山，又令殺諸兄弟。 When Shouguang seized his father's throne, he sent Xingqin against Da'en Mountain and ordered him to kill his brothers as well.

天祐九年，周德威攻圍山州，守光困蹙，令行欽於山北募兵，以應契丹。 In the ninth year of Tianyou, Zhou Dewei besieged Shanzhou. Shouguang, cornered, ordered Xingqin to raise troops north of the mountains to link up with the Khitan.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 1 passage

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守光尚不能容父，能容卿乎！ Liu Shouguang could not spare even his own father—do you think he would spare you?!

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 2 passages

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天祐中，幽州劉守光敗，其府掾馮道歸太原，承業辟為本院巡官。 During the Tianyou era, after Liu Shouguang of Youzhou was defeated, his staff officer Feng Dao returned to Taiyuan and Chengye recruited him as inspector of his office.

德威討劉守光，令承業往視賊勢，因請莊宗自行，果成大捷。 When Dewei marched against Liu Shouguang, he sent Chengye to scout the enemy and urged Zhuangzong to take command in person. The result was a great victory.

History of Liao, Chapter 60Volume 60 Treatises 30: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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聖宗鑿大安山，取劉守光所藏錢，散諸五計司，兼鑄太平錢，新舊互用。 Emperor Shengzong opened Da'an Mountain, recovered the treasure Liu Shouguang had buried there, distributed it among the five accounting offices, and cast Taiping coin alongside the old issues.

History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 1 passage

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太祖征奚及討劉守光，敵魯略地海濱，殺獲甚眾。 When Taizu campaigned against the Xi and attacked Liu Shouguang, Dilu overran the seacoast lands and killed and captured a great host.

History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage

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後守光為帥，延徽來聘，太祖怒其不屈，留之。 When Shouguang later became commander, Yanhui came as envoy; Emperor Taizu, angered that he refused to submit, kept him.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 1 passage

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明年少間，而晉軍攻燕，燕王劉守光求援於梁，太祖為之擊趙以牽晉，屯於龍花，遣師厚攻棗強，三月不能下。 The next year, barely recovered, he learned that Jin was attacking Yan and that Prince Liu Shouguang had begged Liang for help. Taizu hit Zhao to pin Jin, camped at Longhua, and sent Shihou against Zaoqiang—which held out three months.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 1 passage

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事劉守光為刺史，後事莊宗為客省使。 He served Liu Shouguang as regional inspector, then Zhuangzong as commissioner of the guest bureau.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 1 passage

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梁軍攻燕滄州，燕王守光乞師於晉，晉人為攻潞州，會乃降晉。 Liang besieged Yan at Cangzhou; Shouguang begged Jin for help; Jin struck Luzhou in answer, and Hui went over to Jin.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han · 1 passage

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繼颙，故燕王劉守光之子，守光之死，以孽子得不殺，削髮為浮圖，後居五臺山，為人多智，善商財利，自旻世頗以賴之。 Jiyong, illegitimate son of Liu Shouguang of Yan, survived his father's fall by taking vows and settling on Wutai—a shrewd trader the Liu house had leaned on since Min's day.