Liu Siduan (劉四端) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Siduan as an aristocrat, diplomat, and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Siduan	劉四端	Liu Siduan
Surname	Liu	劉
Personal	Liu Siduan	劉四端
Personal name	Siduan	四端	Sìduān

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:065:s0179
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:086:s0048

Roles

Aristocrat
Diplomat
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 聖宗十四女 · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 1031
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:065:s0179
Source Date: Text: 重熙間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0057

Family

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Descendant of Liu Jing (劉景)
Generation Distance: 2
Spouse of Boshi (擘失)
Kinship Term: given in marriage / 下嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: formed
Spouse of Princess consort of Liu Siduan (劉四端所尚公主)
Kinship Term: married a princess / 尚王 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
Union Category: marriage
Child of Liu Shenxing (劉慎行)
Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Liu Yide (劉一德)
Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Commandant of Escort / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0053
Label: Direct Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs / 樞密直學士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0058
Label: Vice Director of the Court of Imperial Stud / 衛尉少卿 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0057

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: subject-of
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:065:s0179

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0052

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: congratulated Song emperor birthday
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0057

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: men feared his severity for ignoring female musicians · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0057

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:065:s0179

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage

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下嫁劉四端。 She was given in marriage to Liu Siduan.

History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 5 passages

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子慎行，孫一德、二玄、三嘏、四端、五常、六符，皆具六符傳。 His son was Shenxing; his grandsons Yide, Erxuan, Sangu, Siduan, Wuchang, and Liufu are all covered in the following account of Liu Liufu.

子六人：一德、二玄、三嘏、四端、五常、六符。 He had six sons: Yide, Erxuan, Sangu, Siduan, Wuchang, and Liufu.

嘏、端、符皆第進士。 Sangu, Siduan, and Liufu all passed the jinshi examination.

嘏、端俱尚王，為駙馬都尉。 Sangu and Siduan both married imperial princesses and became commandants of escort.

四端以衛尉少卿使宋賀生辰，方宴，大張女樂，竟席不顧，人憚其嚴。 Siduan went to Song as vice director of the Court of Imperial Stud to congratulate the emperor on his birthday. At the banquet the Song court set out a great display of female musicians, but he never once looked their way; all who saw him feared his sternness.