Liu Shouwen (劉守文)

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Shouwen as a family member, general, military officer, and rebel. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Shouwen	劉守文	Liu Shouwen
Descriptive kinship	his brother Shouwen	兄守文
Personal name	Liu Shouwen	劉守文	Liu Shouwen
Personal name	Liu Shouwen	劉守文
Personal	Shouwen	守文
Given	Shouwen	守文	Shouwen

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081, jiuwudaishi:020:s0122, liaoshi:076:s0033
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0021, jiuwudaishi:062:s0060

Roles

Family Member
General
Military Officer
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: around Liang founding campaigns · Western Year: AD 907
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:024:s0021
Source Date: Text: 光化三年 · Western Year: AD 900
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:020:s0122
Source Date: Text: 唐末梁初 · Western Year: AD 907
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:062:s0060
Source Date: Text: 梁開平初 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0033
Source Date: Text: 開平三年 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081

Family

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Sibling of Liu Shouguang (劉守光)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Relative Age: elder
Child of Liu Rengong (劉仁恭)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Cangzhou commissioner / 滄州節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0021
Status: captivity · Action: entered · Authority Person Id: Liu Shouguang (劉守光)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0081

Events and relationships

Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: defied-orders
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0021
Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: seized-Cangzhou-then-fled · Other Person Id: Wang Rong (王熔)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0061, jiuwudaishi:062:s0062

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 1 passage

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劉守光上言，於薊州西與兄守文戰，擒守文。 Liu Shouguang reported that west of Jizhou he fought his brother Shouwen and took him prisoner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 1 passage

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三年，大舉，與葛從周連統諸軍攻浮陽，樹數十柵，圍劉守文累月。 In year 3 he joined Ge Congzhou in a major siege of Fuyang, building dozens of camps around Liu Shouwen for months.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 1 passage

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滄州節度使劉守文拒命，太祖引兵十餘萬圍之，久而未下，乃召珽草檄。 When Cangzhou commissioner Liu Shouwen rebelled the Founder besieged him with more than a hundred thousand men; the city held for long months, and he called on Ting to draft the assault proclamation.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

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及從劉守文之滄州，委將偏師。 When he followed Liu Shouwen to Cangzhou, he was given command of a detached force.

守文省父燕薊，據城為亂。 Shouwen went up to Yan and Ji to visit his father, then seized the city and rebelled.

History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 1 passage

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梁開平初，滄州節度使劉守文陷蓚，其稗將趙德鈞獲延壽，養以為子。 Early in the Liang Kaiping era, when Cangzhou military governor Liu Shouwen seized Shuo, his lieutenant Zhao Dejun captured Yanshou and adopted him as a son.