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Overview Liu Xun was a historian and Scholar.
Identity Historical · Male
Life and dates Attested activity AD 712 to AD 754 友…劉迅
AD 713 to AD 756 開元、天寶間
Places and affiliations Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedWorks and attributed material Assessments and attributes Assessment harmonize hearts with Six Classics; stirred when anything out of place; subtlety as minister's aide; flaw was cherishing possessions · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Li Hua (李華) References in the histories
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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129 Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 194 Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 6 passages
李華兄事德秀，而友蕭穎士、劉迅。
Li Hua honored Dexiu as an elder brother and befriended Xiao Yingshi and Liu Xun.
或問所長，華曰：「德秀誌當以道紀天下，迅當以《六經》諧人心，穎士當以中古易今世。
When asked what each excelled at, Hua said: "Dexiu aimed to order the empire by the Way; Xun aimed to harmonize men's hearts with the Six Classics; Yingshi aimed to replace the present age with the middle antiquity.
德秀欲齊愚智，迅感一物不得其正，穎士呼吸折節而獲重祿，不易一刻之安易，於孔子之門，皆達者歟！
Dexiu wished to level the foolish and the wise; Xun was stirred whenever a single thing fell short of its proper place; Yingshi would bend and bow with every breath to win heavy rewards, unwilling to trade a moment's ease—yet are all of these adept men within Confucius's gate?
迅被卿佐服，居賓友，謀治亂根源，參乎元精，乃見其妙。
Let Xun wear the robes of a chief minister's aide, dwell among guests and friends, and deliberate the roots of order and chaos while communing with the primordial essence—then you see his subtlety.
迅世史官，述《禮》、《易》、《書》、《春秋》、《詩》為《古五說》，條貫源流，備古今之變。
Xun, a historian of his age, set forth the Ritual, Changes, Documents, Annals, and Odes in "The Ancient Five Expositions," threading origins and developments and encompassing change from antiquity to the present.
然各有病，元病酒，劉病賞物，蕭病貶惡太亟、獎能太重。
Yet each had a flaw: Yuan's was wine; Liu's was cherishing possessions; Xiao's was condemning evil too harshly and praising talent too lavishly.