Liu Xun (劉訓) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Xun was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zunfan	遵範	Zunfan

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 140

Attested activity

AD 926 四年四月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 128
AD 883 to AD 908 事武皇
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 122, 124
AD 923 同光初至四年四月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 126
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中討高季興
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 129
AD 927 明年討高季興
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 183
AD 927 to AD 928 討高季興
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 60

Career and standing

military commissioner of Xiang 襄州節度使
AD 925 三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 127
great general of the Left Guard 左監衛大將軍
AD 923 同光初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 126
southern campaign commander for Jingnan 南面行營招討使
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 129
military commissioner of Jianxiong 建雄軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 139
prefect of Tan 檀州刺史
Demoted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 139
cavalry captain 馬軍隊長
AD 883 to AD 908 初事武皇 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 122

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military commissioner of Xiang 襄州節度使
AD 927 明年 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 183
military commissioner of Xiang 襄帥
AD 927 to AD 928 討高季興 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 60
defense commander of Xi 隰州防禦都將
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 124
prefect of Ying 瀛州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 125
Dragon Martial great general 龍武大將軍
Restored
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 139
Grand Commandant 太尉
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 140
Confined · At Puzhou 濮州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 139
Killed
AD 926 四年四月 · Object Person Id Hu Zhuang (胡裝) · Reason private grudge, and exterminated Hu's household
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 122
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 60, 126
At Yonghe in Xi 隰州永和
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 121
At Yanping 延平 · Relation Transferred to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 139

Events and relationships

Dallied and delayed the campaign schedule against Gao Jixing and was replaced by Yuanxin
AD 927 to AD 928 討高季興 · Military · Commander · With An Yuanxin (安元信)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 60
Followed Shi Yan in attacking Shanzhou during the Hezhong Wang brothers' civil war
AD 890 to AD 895 河中王氏尋戈 · Military · Officer · At Shanzhou 陝州 · With Shi Yan (史儼)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 123
Killed the prefect of Shan and surrendered the commandery to Zhuangzong
Political · Defector · With Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 125
Led a failed Jingnan campaign and was dismissed
AD 927 明年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 183-184
Led a failed Jingnan campaign marked by humidity, flood, supply failure, pestilence, and useless bamboo dragon devices
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中 · Military · Commander · At Jingzhou 荊渚
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 135-138
Led the van when the Martial Emperor campaigned against Wang Xingyu
AD 895 武皇討王行瑜 · Military · Vanguard · With Wang Xingyu (王行瑜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 124

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Relation Served · Person Martial Emperor (武皇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 122

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Had no talent for command; troops suffered under him. The massacre of Hu Zhuang's household was judged unjust. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 128, 136

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 12 passages

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王師之討高季興，襄帥劉訓逗撓軍期，移授元信山南東道節度使以代訓。 During the campaign against Gao Jixing, the Xiang commander Liu Xun dragged his feet; Yuanxin was made commissioner of Shannan East to replace him.

劉訓，字遵範，隰州永和人也。 Liu Xun, whose style was Zunfan, came from Yonghe in Xi prefecture.

屬河中王氏昆仲有尋戈之役，訓從史儼攻陝州。 During the civil war among the Wang brothers of Hezhong, Xun followed Shi Yan in the attack on Shanzhou.

武皇討王行瑜，以訓為前鋒，後隸河中，為隰州防禦都將。 When the Martial Emperor campaigned against Wang Xingyu, Xun led the van; he later entered Hezhong service as defense commander of Xi.

四年四月，洛陽有變，訓以私忿害節度副使胡裝，族其家，聞者冤之。 In the fourth month of the fourth year, when Luoyang was in turmoil, Xun killed his deputy Hu Zhuang in a private grudge and wiped out Hu's family—a deed widely judged unjust.

天成中，荊南高季興叛，詔訓為南面行營招討使，知荊南行府事。 During Tiancheng, when Gao Jixing of Jingnan rebelled, Xun was appointed southern campaign commander with authority over the Jingnan field headquarters.

仍傳意於訓，許助軍儲弓甲之類，久之，略無至者。 Yin still sent assurances of grain, arms, and armor, yet after a long wait almost nothing came.

〈（案《通鑒》：劉訓至荊南，楚王殷遣都指揮使許德勳等將水軍屯岳州。 (Per the 《Zizhi Tongjian》: When Liu Xun reached Jingnan, King Yin of Chu sent Xu Dexun and others with the fleet to encamp at Yue.

訓本無將略，人鹹苦之。 Xun had no talent for command, and the troops suffered under him.

詔訓赴闕，尋責授檀州刺史，續敕濮州安置，未幾，起為龍武大將軍，尋授建雄軍節度使，移鎮延平。 Xun was recalled to court, demoted to prefect of Tan, then confined at Pu; soon he was restored as Dragon Martial great general, made commissioner of Jianxiong, and transferred to Yanping.

明年，荊南高季興叛，明宗遣襄州節度使劉訓等招討，而以東川董璋為西南招討使，乃拜鄴夔州刺史，副璋，以兵出三峽。 The following year, when Gao Jixing of Jingnan rebelled, Mingzong sent Liu Xun of Xiang and others against him and made Dong Zhang of Dongchuan southwestern commander; Ye was made prefect of Qi to assist Zhang and marched through the Three Gorges.

已而訓等無功見黜，諸將皆罷，璋未嘗出兵，惟鄴獨取夔、忠、萬三州，乃以夔州為寧江軍，拜鄴節度使。 Soon Xun and the others were dismissed for failure; the other generals were recalled and Zhang never marched—only Ye captured Qi, Zhong, and Wan, after which Qi was organized as the Ningjiang circuit and Ye was made its commissioner.