Liu Shouguang (劉守光)

Overview

Liu Shouguang was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 911 劉守光之僭號
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 190
AD 912 to AD 913 王師討守光
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 197

Places and affiliations

Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 190

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Li Chengxun (李承勳)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 194

Events and relationships

Declared himself emperor
AD 911 劉守光之僭號 · Political · Usurper
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 190

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Book of Later Tang 31: Biographies 7: Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Shi Jiantang, Li Chengsi, Shi Yan, Gai Yu, Yi Guang, Li Chengxun, Shi Jingrong · 7 passages

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劉守光之僭號也，莊宗遣承勳往使，問其釁端。 When Liu Shouguang declared himself emperor, Emperor Zhuangzong sent Chengxun as envoy to ask the cause of his rebellion.

承勳至幽州，見守光，如藩方聘問之禮。 Chengxun reached Youzhou and met Shouguang with the ceremony due a visiting envoy from a subject state.

謁者曰：「燕王為帝矣，可行朝禮。」 The usher said, "The King of Yan has become emperor. You may perform court ceremony."

承勳曰：「吾大國使人，太原亞尹，是唐帝除授，燕主自可臣其部人，安可臣我哉！」 Chengxun said, "I am an envoy of a great power, vice prefect of Taiyuan, appointed by the Tang emperor. The Yan ruler may command his own subjects, but he cannot command me!"

守光聞之不悅，拘留於獄，數日而出，詰之曰：「臣我乎？」 Shouguang was displeased, threw him into prison, and after several days released him and demanded, "Will you submit to me?"

承勳曰：「燕君能臣我王，則我臣之； Chengxun said, "If the Yan ruler will submit to my prince, then I will submit to him.

會王師討守光，承勳竟歿於燕。 When the imperial army marched against Shouguang, Chengxun died in Yan.