Liu Shouguang (劉守光)

Overview

Liu Shouguang was a warlord and Military Officer.

AD 913 劉守光末年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 21
AD 907 時劉守光戍平州
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 8

garrison commander of Pingzhou 戍平州
Held · At Pingzhou 平州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 8

At Pingzhou 平州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 8

Captured
Military · Commander · With Prince Shili (實裏王子) · At Pingzhou 平州 · Summary Feigned peace, feasted Khitan tribes outside the walls, then sprang hidden troops and seized Prince Shili.
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 8
Provoked desertion
AD 913 劉守光末年 · Political · Ruler · Summary In his last years cruelty drove soldiers to desert and enter the Khitan.
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 21
Refused ransom
Diplomatic · Captor · With Prince Shili (實裏王子) · Summary Refused the tribes' offer of five thousand horses to ransom Prince Shili.
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 9

Assessment harsh and cruel in his last years · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 21

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 137Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1: Khitan · 3 passages