Qin and Han · Ruler

Liu Zhang 劉璋

Attested AD 194 - AD 219

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 194 to AD 219 劉璋
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 4

Works and attributed material

Shu Annals 蜀記
Relation Opening subject
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 4

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 117Volume 117 Book of Later Zhou 19: Shizong Annals 4 · 1 passage

伏以撰《漢書》者先為項籍，編《蜀記》首序劉璋，貴神器之傳授有因，歷數之推遷得序。 It is customary, as when the Book of Han began with Xiang Yu and the Shu Annals opened with Liu Zhang, to show that the transfer of the Mandate has its logic and that dynastic succession follows a proper sequence.