Liu Shoujie (劉守節)

Overview

Liu Shoujie was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Sanzhu	三豬	Sanzhu

Life and dates

Age

6
AD 991 淳化二年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 137

Attested activity

AD 991 to AD 992 AD 991-992
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 136

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Jiyuan (劉繼元)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 136

Source notes

AD 991 淳化二年
From Sanzhu 三豬 · To Shoujie 守節
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 137

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 482Volume 482 Biographies 241, Hereditary Houses 5: Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Liu Family (Father: Liu Jun; Elder Brother: Liu Ji'en; Appended: Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) · 2 passages

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淳化二年，繼元疾，遣中使護醫診視，及卒，遺奏以其子三豬為托，太宗惻然哀之，贈中書令，追封彭城郡王，賵賻加等，葬事官給。 In the second year of Chunhua Jiyuan fell ill, and palace envoys were sent with physicians to attend him. When he died, his final memorial entrusted his son Sanzhu to the emperor's care. Taizong was deeply moved and mourned him, posthumously made him chief minister of the Secretariat and Prince of Pengcheng commandery, granted enhanced funeral gifts, and had the burial expenses paid by the state.

時三豬六歲，賜名守節，授西京作坊副使，家居賜祿。 Sanzhu was then six years old. He was granted the name Shoujie, appointed vice commissioner of the Western Capital Workshops, and given a salary while living at home.