Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Warlord and Official

Liu Yi 留異

Attested AD 548 - AD 565

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Yi was a warlord and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 35, passage 110
AD 562 to AD 565 留異又遣第二子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 35, passage 92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Liu Chao (留超)
brother's son / nephew 兄子 · paternal line · Through Elder brother of Liu Yi (留異兄)
uncle's brother's son 侄 · paternal line · Through Elder brother of Liu Yi (留異兄)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 111
Sibling of Elder brother of Liu Yi (留異兄)
elder brother 兄
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 35, passage 111
Parent of Liu Zhongchen (留忠臣)
second son 第二子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 92
Spouse of Wife of Liu Yi (留異妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 116

Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified · 妻子 held as hostages by Hou Jing
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 116

Origins and identity

leading clan of the commandery 郡著姓
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 106

Career and standing

Dongyang administrator under Hou Jing 東陽太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 116
Sima under Xiao Dalian 司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 112
Garrison chief at Xiepu; magistrate of Jin'an and Angu 蟹浦戍主；晉安、安固二縣令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 109

Places and affiliations

At Changshan, Dongyang 東陽長山
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 105

Events and relationships

Pretended to join Liu Shenmao while secretly loyal to Hou Jing
Political · Double dealer
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 117-118
Surrendered to Song Zixian and guided capture of Xiao Dalian
Military · Defector
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 114-115

Assessments and attributes

polished speech; cruel and shortsighted; local magnate who bullied the poor
Character
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 107-108, 113

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 35Volume 35: Xiong Tanlang; Zhou Di; Liu Yi; Chen Baoying · 12 passages

寶應以兵資迪，留異又遣第二子忠臣隨之。 Baoying armed Di with troops and stores; Liu Yi also sent his second son Zhongchen to follow.

留異，東陽長山人也。 Liu Yi came from Changshan in Dongyang.

異善自居處，言語醞藉，為鄉里雄豪。 Yi carried himself well and spoke with polished ease; he was a local magnate.

侯景之亂，還鄉里，召募士卒，東陽郡丞與異有隙，引兵誅之，及其妻子。 When Hou Jing rebelled he went home and raised troops. The Dongyang commandery aide, who hated him, led soldiers to kill Yi and his family.

太守沈巡援臺，讓郡於異，異使兄子超監知郡事，率兵隨巡出都。 Prefect Shen Xun went to relieve the capital and yielded the commandery to Yi. Yi set his nephew Chao to run the commandery and marched with Xun to the capital.

及京城陷，異隨臨城公蕭大連，大連板為司馬，委以軍事。 When the capital fell Yi followed Prince of Lincheng Xiao Dalian, who made him marshal and gave him the army.

異性殘暴，無遠略，督責大連軍主及以左右私樹威福，眾並患之。 Yi was cruel and shortsighted; he squeezed Dalian's commanders and used favorites to build private power, and all hated him.

會景將軍宋子仙濟浙江，異奔還鄉里，尋以其眾降于子仙。 When Hou Jing's general Song Zixian crossed the Zhe, Yi fled home and soon surrendered his troops to him.

是時大連亦趣東陽之信安嶺，欲之鄱陽，異乃為子仙鄉導，令執大連。 Dalian was also hurrying toward Xin'an Ridge in Dongyang, bound for Poyang. Yi guided Zixian and had him seize Dalian.

侯景署異為東陽太守，收其妻子為質。 Hou Jing made Yi Dongyang prefect and held his wife and children hostage.

景行臺劉神茂建義拒景，異外同神茂，而密契於景。 Jing's field secretariat chief Liu Shenmao turned against him. Yi pretended to join Shenmao but secretly kept faith with Jing.

及神茂敗績，為景所誅，異獨獲免。 When Shenmao was beaten Jing killed him; Yi alone was spared.