Liu Shousu (守素) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Shousu was an official and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 998 to AD 1003 咸平中為侍禁
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 214
AD 1017 to AD 1021 天禧中，又錄為閣門祗候
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 215

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Chang (劉鋹)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Song 481, passage 214

Career and standing

Gate Attendant 閣門祗候
AD 1017 to AD 1021 天禧中 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 215
Palace Attendant 侍禁
AD 998 to AD 1003 咸平中 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 214
Inner Hall Honored Class 內殿崇班
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 215
Noted
Poverty
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 214

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 214

Assessments and attributes

Item one hundred taels of silver 白金百兩 · Relation Bestowed by · Person Emperor Zhenzong (宋真宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 214

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 1 passage

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守素，咸平中為侍禁，亦貧，真宗賜白金百兩，語宰相曰：「諸偽主子孫率多窘迫，蓋僭侈之後不知稼穡艱難所致也。」 Shousu served as a Palace Attendant during the Xianping era and was likewise impoverished. Zhenzong granted him one hundred taels of silver and told the chief ministers, "The descendants of the former usurping rulers are mostly in want — bred to extravagance, they never learned the labor that fills the granary."