Qin and Han · Official and Scholar

Liu Xin 劉歆

Attested AD 10

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Xin was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 10 國師公劉歆言
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 327-328

Career and standing

State Preceptor 國師公
AD 10 國師公劉歆言 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

Places and affiliations

AD 10 國師公劉歆言
Polity Xin 新 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

Works and attributed material

Changes 易
Relation Quoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

Events and relationships

Cited Zhou office of springs as classical warrant
AD 10 國師公劉歆言 · Policy advice · Advisor · With Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327
Relation Advisor to · Person Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

國師公劉歆言周有泉府之官，收不讎，與欲得，即易所謂「理財正辭，禁民為非」者也。 State Preceptor Liu Xin said that Zhou had an Office of Springs that took in unsold goods and supplied them to those who wanted them; this was what the Changes called 'ordering finances and rectifying terms, forbidding the people to do wrong.'