Five Dynasties · Warlord and Ruler

Liu Yin 隱

Yin

Attested AD 905 - AD 911

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Yin was a warlord and Ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Accomplished Emperor	襄皇帝

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 36

Attested activity

AD 905 to AD 911 隱鎮南海至卒
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 35-36

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Liu Anren (安仁)
ancestor 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 51
Sibling of Liu Yan (龑)
elder brother 兄 · Paternal half siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 36
Child of Liu Qian (謙)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 51

Career and standing

marching army marshal 行軍司馬
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 34
Accomplished Emperor 襄皇帝
Posthumously honored
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 51

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Acknowledged
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 49
At Southern Sea / Nanhai 南海 · Relation Governed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 35

Events and relationships

Attacked
Military · Commander · At Shaozhou 韶州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 44
defeated attacking Shaozhou; then entrusted military affairs to Yan
Military · Commander · Defeated
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 45

Assessments and attributes

Assessment from Yin's time Lingnan rulers also acted independently · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 40

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 9 passages

隱為行軍司馬，龑亦辟薛王府諮議參軍。 While Yin served as marching army marshal, Yan was also appointed staff adviser to the Prince of Xue’s household.

隱鎮南海，龑為副使。 When Yin governed the Southern Sea, Yan served as his deputy.

隱卒，龑代立。 When Yin died, Yan succeeded him.

末帝即位，悉以隱官爵授龑，襲封南海王。 When the Last Emperor took the throne, he transferred all of Yin’s offices and titles to Yan, who inherited the enfeoffment as Prince of Nanhai.

唐末，南海最後亂，僖宗以後，大臣出鎮者，天下皆亂，無所之，惟除南海而已，自隱始亦自立。 In the closing years of the Tang, the Southern Sea was the last region to descend into chaos. After Emperor Xizong, when great ministers were posted to govern circuits, the whole realm was in turmoil and there was nowhere safe to go — only the Southern Sea still received such appointments — and from Yin’s time onward they also ruled in their own right.

隱攻韶州，龑曰：「韶州所賴者光稠，擊之，虔人必應，應則首尾受敵，此不宜直攻而可以計取。」 When Yin attacked Shaozhou, Yan said, "Shaozhou depends on Guangchou. Strike it and the men of Qian will surely come to his aid; if they do we shall be caught between two fires. This is no place for a frontal assault — it must be taken by stratagem."

隱不聽，果敗而歸，因盡以兵事付龑。 Yin would not listen, was defeated as Yan had warned, and withdrew; he then entrusted all military affairs to Yan.

隱、龑自梁初受封爵，稟正朔而已。 From the beginning of the Liang, Yin and Yan accepted enfeoffments and acknowledged only the court calendar.

追尊安仁文皇帝，謙聖武皇帝，隱襄皇帝，立三廟。 He posthumously honored Anren as Literary Emperor, Qian as Sagely Martial Emperor, and Yin as Accomplished Emperor, and established three ancestral temples.