Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Xu as an envoy, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 7 passages from 7 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liu Xu | 劉煦 | Liu Xu |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | Liú |
| Personal | Liu Xu | 劉煦 | |
| Personal name | Liu Xu | 劉煦 | Liu Xu |
| Personal name | Liu Xu | 劉煦 | Liú Xù |
| Personal name | Liu Xu | 劉昫 | Liu Xu |
| Personal | Liu Xu | 劉昫 | Liú Xù |
| Personal name | Liu Xu | 刘昫 | Liu Xu |
| Given | Xu | 煦 | |
| Given name | Xu | 煦 | Xù |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0132
- Value: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0093
Roles
- Envoy
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福十二年夏 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0049
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天福十二年夏；薨 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 太宗會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:058:s0065, liaoshi:058:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 契丹犯京师 · Western Year: AD 946Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:029:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 晉高祖使馮道、劉煦冊應天太后、太宗皇帝 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 紀年語境（天福3年） · Western Year: AD 938Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0132
Career and standing
- Label: Hall of Bright Comprehension academician while retaining Hanlin academician and Vice Minister of War / 端明殿學士、翰林學士、兵部侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0132
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
- Polity: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:058:s0064, liaoshi:058:s0065
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: Khitan investiture envoy · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0093
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: invested-empress-dowager-and-emperor · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨)Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0072
- Kind: ritual · Role: official · Action: prepared-rites-for-emperor-honorific-title · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨)Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0065
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: presented-regalia · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
References in the histories
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