Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Liu Zhong 劉中

Liú Zhōng

Attested AD 1230 - AD 1237

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1237 丁酉
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 146, passages 135, 139
AD 1237 九年丁酉秋八月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 2, passage 122
AD 1230 二年庚寅冬十一月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 2, passage 13

Key source chapters

History of Yuan, Chapter 2 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong 2 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 146 Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong 1 passage

Career and standing

circuit tax-collection commissioner 徵收課稅使
AD 1230 二年庚寅冬十一月 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 2, passage 13
tax commissioner of Xuande 宣德州宣課使
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 139

Places and affiliations

Polity Mongol Empire 蒙古 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 139
At Xuande 宣德 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 139

Events and relationships

Conducted commandery examinations in three fields
AD 1237 丁酉 · Educational · Examiner
Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passages 139-140
Relation Appointed by · Person Ögedei (帝)
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 146, passage 139

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 139

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong · 2 passages

冬十一月，始置十路徵收課稅使，以陳時可、趙昉使燕京，劉中、劉桓使宣德，周立和、王貞使西京，呂振、劉子振使太原，楊簡、高廷英使平陽，王晉、賈從使真定，張瑜、王銳使東平，王德亨、侯顯使北京，夾谷永、程泰使平州，田木西、李天翼使濟南。 In the eleventh month of winter, tax-collection commissioners were first appointed for ten circuits: Chen Shike and Zhao Fang for Yanjing; Liu Zhong and Liu Huan for Xuande; Zhou Lihe and Wang Zhen for Xijing; Lü Zhen and Liu Zizhen for Taiyuan; Yang Jian and Gao Tingying for Pingyang; Wang Jin and Jia Cong for Zhending; Zhang Yu and Wang Rui for Dongping; Wang Deheng and Hou Xian for Beiping; Jiagu Yong and Cheng Tai for Pingzhou; and Tianmuxi and Li Tianyi for Jinan.

秋八月，命術虎乃、劉中試諸路儒士，中選者除本貫議事官，得四千三十人。 In the eighth autumn month Shihu Nai and Liu Zhong were ordered to test Confucian scholars on every circuit. Four thousand and thirty who passed were made deliberative officers in their home districts.

History of Yuan, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong · 1 passage

乃命宣德州宣課使劉中隨郡考試，以經義、詞賦、論分為三科，儒人被俘為奴者，亦令就試，其主匿弗遣者死。 He ordered Liu Zhong, tax commissioner of Xuande, to hold examinations in every commandery in three fields—classics, rhapsodies, and policy essays. Captured scholars enslaved were also to sit the exam; masters who hid them were put to death.