Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Liu Xuan 劉宣

Attested AD 304

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Xuan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 304 劉宣等竊議
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 101, passage 114

Family

Kin of Liu Yuanhai (劉元海)
granduncle 從祖
grandnephew 從孫
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Jin 101, passage 114

Career and standing

Chancellor 丞相
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 181
northern commandant and Left Worthy King 北部都尉、左賢王
Formerly held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 114

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passages 114-118

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 101Volume 101 Records 1: Liu Yuanhai and Liu Xuan · 5 passages

惠帝失馭，寇盜蜂起，元海從祖故北部都尉、左賢王劉宣等竊議曰：「昔我先人與漢約為兄弟，憂泰同之。 As Emperor Hui lost control, Liu Xuan, former northern commandant and left worthy king, whispered with kinsmen: "Our ancestors swore brotherhood with Han and shared its fate.

乃令攸先歸，告宣等招集五部，引會宜陽諸胡，聲言應穎，實背之也。 Huyan You raced home to rally the five sections and Yiyang Hu, claiming they would help Sima Ying while plotting the opposite.

元海至左國城，劉宣等上大單于之號，二旬之間，眾已五萬，都于離石。 At Zuoguocheng Liu Xuan proclaimed him great Shanyu; inside twenty days fifty thousand men gathered with capital at Lishi.

劉宣等固諫曰：「晉為無道，奴隸禦我，是以右賢王猛不勝其忿。 Liu Xuan blocked him: "Jin treats us like driven slaves—remember how Right Worthy Meng rose in fury.

置百官，以劉宣為丞相，崔游為御史大夫，劉宏為太尉，其餘拜授各有差。 He formed a government: Liu Xuan chancellor, Cui You censor-in-chief, Liu Hong grand commandant, and the rest ranked by merit.