Liu Yan (劉鄩) | 24 Histories

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Liu Yan was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 907 太祖受禪
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 190

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19 Book of Later Liang 19: Biographies 9: Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Wang Zhongshi, Zhu Zhen, Li Si'an, Deng Jiyun, Huang Wenjing, Hu Gui, Li Dang, Li Zhongyin, Fan Jushi · 1 passage

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太祖受禪，除右羽林統軍，尋佐劉鄩統兵收潼關，擒劉知浣獻之，乃以為右龍虎統軍兼侍衛指揮使。 At the Liang founding he was made Right Feathered Forest commander; he soon helped Liu Yan recover Tong Pass, captured Liu Zhihuan and presented him, and was then made Right Dragon-Tiger commander and commander of the palace guard.