Sui and Tang · Warlord and Ruler

Qian Liu 錢镠

Attested AD 902 - AD 909

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qian Liu was a warlord and Ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name		鏐	Liu

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 904 天祐元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 95
AD 902 天復二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 82
AD 908 開平二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 105
AD 909 開平三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 106
AD 907 梁太祖即位
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 97

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Qian Yuan Liao (錢元璙)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 90
Parent of Qian Yuanguan (錢元瓘)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 94
Parent of Qian Chuanying (錢傳瑛)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 83
Sibling of Qian Biao (錢鏢)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 107
Sibling of Qian Ju (錢鋸)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 107

Kinship Role sons · Quantity several · 諸公子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 89

Career and standing

Acting Director of the Secretariat 守中書令
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 105
Acting Grand Guardian 守太保
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 106
Military Commissioner of Huainan 淮南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 97
King of Yue 越王
At Yue 越 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 82
King of Wu 吳王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 95
King of Wuyue 吳越王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 97

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King of Yue 越王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 82

Places and affiliations

Later Liang 梁
Relation Accepted investiture from
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 97
Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 82

Works and attributed material

Hall of Meritorious Ministers stele 功臣堂碑
Relation Commissioned
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 95
Am I less than Sun Zhongmou?
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 98
I have long wished to marry Qian Yuan Liao into the Yang family.
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 90

Events and relationships

Accepted the Liang investiture as King of Wuyue
Political · Recipient
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 98-99
Agreed with Gu Quanwu's plan
Political · Decision maker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 88
Built the Hall of Meritorious Ministers and a victory stele listing five hundred names
Commemorative · Builder
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 95
Returned from touring Brocade Robed City and was shut out at the North Suburban Gate
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 84
Slipped into the city in disguise and posted Ma Chuo, Wang Rong, and Du Jianhui at the gates
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 86

Assessments and attributes

Item jade belts and imperial polo horses 玉帶、打球御馬 · Relation Bestowed · From Person Id Liang Founder (梁太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 103

Source notes

A Wu-Yue memorial clerk told the Liang Founder that Qian Liu loved jade belts and fine horses.
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 101

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 15 passages

天復二年，封镠越王。 In the second year of Tianfu, Qian Liu was enfeoffed as King of Yue.

镠巡衣錦城，武勇右都指揮使徐綰與左都指揮使許再思叛，焚掠城郭，攻內城，镠子傳瑛及其將馬綽、陳為等閉門拒之。 While Qian Liu was touring Brocade-Robed City, Xu Kuo, Right Commandant of Martial Valour, and Xu Zaisi, Left Commandant, rose in revolt. They burned and looted the outer city and assaulted the inner citadel. Liu's son Chuanying, with the generals Ma Chuo and Chen Wei among others, barred the gates and held them off.

镠歸，至北郭門不得入。 When Qian Liu returned he found himself shut out at the North Suburban Gate.

成及代镠與綰戰，斬首百餘級，綰屯龍興寺。 Cheng Ji fought Kuo in Liu's place, took more than a hundred heads, and Kuo withdrew to Longxing Temple.

镠微服逾城而入，遣馬綽、王榮、杜建徽等分屯諸門，使顧全武備東府，全武曰：「東府不足慮，可慮者淮南爾，綰急，必召淮兵至，患不細矣。 Liu slipped in disguised as a commoner. He posted Ma Chuo, Wang Rong, and Du Jianhui at the various gates and ordered Gu Quanwu to secure the Eastern Capital. Quanwu said: "The Eastern Capital is no great concern—the real worry is Huainan. Once Kuo grows desperate he will call in troops from the Huai, and the trouble will be serious.

鏐以為然。 Qian Liu agreed.

镠曰：「吾嘗欲以元璙婚楊氏。」 Qian Liu replied: "I have long wished to marry Qian Yuan Liao into the Yang family."

頵取镠錢百萬，質镠子元瓘而歸。 Tian Jun took a million strings of Qian Liu's silver, accepted Liu's son Qian Yuanguan as hostage, and marched home.

天祐元年，封镠吳王，镠建功臣堂，立碑紀功，列賓佐將校名氏於碑陰者五百人。 In the first year of Tianyou Qian Liu was enfeoffed as King of Wu. He built the Hall of Meritorious Ministers and raised a victory stele, inscribing on its reverse the names of five hundred advisers, staff officers, and commanders.

梁太祖即位，封镠吳越王兼淮南節度使。 When the Liang Founder took the throne, Qian Liu was enfeoffed as King of Wuyue and concurrently made Military Commissioner of Huainan.

客有勸镠拒梁命者，镠笑曰：「吾豈失為孫仲謀邪！」 When a retainer urged him to defy the Liang investiture, Qian Liu laughed and said: "Am I less than Sun Zhongmou?"

太祖嘗問吳越進奏吏曰：「錢镠平生有所好乎？」 The Founder once asked a Wu-Yue memorial clerk: "Did Qian Liu have any special likes in life?”

江西危全諷等為楊渥所敗，信州危仔倡奔於镠，镠惡其姓，改曰元。 In Jiangxi, Wei Quanfeng and his allies were routed by Yang Wo. Wei Zichang of Xinzhou fled to Qian Liu, who loathed the surname Wei and had it changed to Yuan.

開平二年，加镠守中書令，改臨安縣為安國縣，廣義鄉為衣錦鄉。 In Kaiping 2, Qian Liu was made Acting Director of the Secretariat. Lin'an County became Anguo County, and Guangyi Township became Yijin Township.

楊渥將周本、陳章圍蘇州，镠遣其弟鋸、鏢救之。 Yang Wo's generals Zhou Ben and Chen Zhang laid siege to Suzhou. Qian Liu sent his brothers Qian Ju and Qian Biao to relieve the city.