Five Dynasties · Military Officer and Rebel

Liu Zhihuan 劉知浣

Attested AD 908 - AD 908

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhihuan was a Military Officer and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 908 六月庚戌
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 194
AD 908 辛亥
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197

Family

Sibling of Liu Zhijun (劉知俊)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197

Career and standing

inner-palace commander of the Right Victorious Guard 內直右保勝指揮使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197
Held
Rebel
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 198
Captured and sent to traveling court
At traveling court 行在
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197
At Luoyang 洛 · Relation Fled from
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197
At Tong Pass 潼關 · Relation Captured at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197

Events and relationships

Captured
Capture · Captive · With Zhang Wen (張溫) · At Tong Pass 潼關
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passages 197, 201, 204
Fled
Flight · Fugitive · At Tong Pass 潼關 · From Luoyang 洛
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment foremost horn of the rebel party · Mode edict Speaker Emperor (帝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 198

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 4Volume 4 Book of Later Liang 4: Taizu Annals 4 · 5 passages

如活捉得劉知浣者，賞錢一千貫文，便與除刺史，有官者超轉三階，無官者特授兵部尚書； whoever took Liu Zhihuan alive would receive one thousand strings, a prefecture, three ranks of promotion if in office, or extraordinary appointment as minister of war if not;

劉知俊弟內直右保勝指揮使知浣自洛奔至潼關，右龍虎軍十將張溫以上二十二人於潼關擒獲劉知浣，送至行在。 Zhihuan, Liu Zhijun's brother and inner-palace commander of the Right Victorious Guard, fled from Luoyang to Tong Pass; Zhang Wen of the Right Dragon-Tiger Army and twenty-two officers captured him at Tong Pass and sent him to the traveling court.

敕：「劉知浣，逆黨之中最為頭角； An edict declared: "Liu Zhihuan was the sharpest horn of the rebel party;

尋則擒獲知浣，最上立功。 Soon after they captured Zhihuan—the highest merit of all.

但昨捉獲劉知浣是張溫等二十二人，一時向前，共立功效，其賞錢一千貫文數內，一百貫文與最先打倒劉知浣衙官李稠，四十三貫文與十將張溫，二十人各與錢四十二貫八百五十文。 But Liu Zhihuan had been taken by Zhang Wen and twenty-one others acting together; of the one thousand strings promised, one hundred went to Li Chou, the officer who first struck him down; forty-three to chief Zhang Wen; and the other twenty received forty-two strings eight hundred fifty cash each.