Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Eastern Jin Official

Liu Yi 劉毅

Attested AD 404 - AD 412

Passages: 6
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

Liu Yi was an Eastern Jin Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 404 to AD 412 劉毅後軍參軍時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 118
AD 404 to AD 412 昔劉毅在京口
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 221
AD 412 義熙八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 59
AD 412 高祖西征劉毅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 49

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commander of the Rear Army 後軍
AD 404 to AD 412 劉毅後軍參軍時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 118

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 221
At Jingkou 京口 · Relation Active at
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 221

Events and relationships

At Jingkou shamelessly demanded roast goose
AD 404 to AD 412 昔劉毅在京口 · Anecdote · Protagonist
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 221

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 221

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Wei Langen; Cui Ling · 1 passage

昔劉毅在京口，冒請鵝炙，豈亦異於是乎？ Long ago Liu Yi at Jingkou shamelessly demanded roast goose — is this not much the same?

Book of Song, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, Yu Qiujin · 3 passages

高祖西征劉毅，恩與王鎮惡輕軍襲江陵，事在鎮惡傳。 When the Founding Emperor marched west against Liu Yi, En and Wang Zhen'e led light troops in a surprise attack on Jiangling— the full account appears in Zhen'e's biography.

高祖討劉毅，鍾率軍繼王鎮惡。 When the Founding Emperor marched against Liu Yi, Zhong led an army in support of Wang Zhen'e.

八年，除寧蠻護軍、尋陽太守，領文武二年從征劉毅。 In the eighth year he was made Protector of the Ningman and Administrator of Xunyang; leading two thousand civil and military personnel, he followed the campaign against Liu Yi.

Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 1 passage

義熙八年，混以劉毅黨見誅，妻晉陵公主改適琅邪王練，公主雖執意不行，而詔其與謝氏離絕，公主以混家事委之弘微。 In the eighth year of Yixi, Hun was executed as a partisan of Liu Yi; his wife, Princess Jinling, was ordered to marry Wang Lian of Langya; though she refused, an edict severed her ties to the Xie clan, and she entrusted the household to Hongwei.

Book of Song, Chapter 63Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi · 1 passage

初為劉毅後軍參軍，高祖太尉行參軍。 He began as a staff officer in Liu Yi's rear army, then served as an attendant army officer under Gaozu when he was grand marshal.