Overview
Liu Shouguang was a ruler and Warlord.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 911 天祐八年三月己丑
AD 911 天祐八年八月甲子
AD 911 天祐八年十月
Career and standing
Minister Director and August Father 尚書令、尚父
Advanced to
Lulong and Henghai military commissioner, honorary Grand Marshal, Grand Councilor, Prince of Yan 盧龍橫海等軍節度、檢校太尉、中書令、燕王
Held
emperor of Great Yan 大燕皇帝
AD 911 天祐八年八月甲子 · Era Yingtian 應天
Places and affiliations
- Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Ruled
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment violent, lewd, tyrannical, self-exalting · Mode named-source-report Source Work Veritable Record of Zhuangzong 莊宗實錄
References in the histories
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 8 passages
三月己丑，鎮、定州各遣使言幽州劉守光凶僭之狀，請推為尚父，以稔其惡。
On jichou in the third month Zhen and Ding reported Liu Shouguang's tyranny and asked that he be made August Father to ripen his crimes.
乙未，帝至晉陽宮，召監軍張承業諸將等議幽州之事，乃遣牙將戴漢超齎墨製並六鎮書，推劉守光為尚書令、尚父；
On yiwei he reached Jinyang, called Zhang Chengye and his generals to discuss Yan, and sent Dai Hanchao with an ink edict and letters from six circuits making Liu Shouguang Minister Director and August Father;
守光由是凶熾日甚，遂邀六鎮奉冊。
Shouguang grew bolder daily and then demanded a formal investiture from the six circuits.
〈（《通鑒考異》引《莊宗實錄》云：三月己丑，鎮州遣押衙劉光業至，言劉守光凶淫縱毒，欲自尊大，請稔其惡以咎之，推為尚父。
(The 《Zizhi Tongjian》 “Examination of Variants” cites the 《Veritable Record of Zhuangzong》: On jichou in the third month Zhen sent Liu Guangye to say Shouguang was brutal and lustful, sought to exalt himself, and asked that he be made August Father to ripen his guilt.
上令押衙戴漢超持墨製及六鎮書如幽州，其辭曰：「天祐八年三月二十七日，天德軍節度使宋瑤、振武節度使周德威、昭義節度使李嗣昭、易定節度使王處直、鎮州節度使王鎔、河東節度使尚書令晉王謹奉冊進盧龍橫海等軍節度、檢校大尉、中書令、燕王為尚書令、尚父。」
He ordered Dai Hanchao to Youzhou with the ink edict and six-circuit letters reading: "On the twenty-seventh day of the third month of Tianyou 8, Song Yao of Tiande, Zhou Dewei of Zhenwu, Li Sizhao of Zhaoyi, Wang Chuzhi of Yiding, Wang Rong of Zhen, and the Jin Prince, Minister Director and military commissioner of Hedong, reverently advance Liu Shouguang, commissioner of the Lulong and Henghai armies, honorary Grand Marshal, Grand Councilor, and Prince of Yan, to Minister Director and August Father."
六月，守光令有司定尚父、采訪使議。）〉
In the sixth month Shouguang ordered the relevant offices to fix the protocol for Sire Father and the investigative commissioner.）〉
八月甲子，幽州劉守光僭稱大燕皇帝，年號應天。
On jiazi in the eighth month Liu Shouguang of Youzhou declared himself emperor of Great Yan and took the era name Yingtian.
十月，幽州劉守光殺帝之行人李承勳，忿其不行朝禮也。
In the tenth month Liu Shouguang of Youzhou killed the emperor's envoy Li Chengxun, furious that he would not observe court ceremony.