Lady Liu (劉氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Liu was a Siege Defender.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 386 to AD 534 魏世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Liu Shuzong (劉叔宗)
elder sister 姊 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 183
Parent of Qingzhen (慶珍)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 196
Spouse of Gou Jinlong (苟金龍)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 1, 182

Kinship Role other sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 196

Works and attributed material

Exhortation and communal appeal to Heaven · Speaker · Mode narrative-attribution Source Person Id Lady Liu (劉氏)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 191

Events and relationships

Executed Gao Jing and his fellow conspirators
Military · With Gao Jing (高景)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 188
Organized the townspeople, repaired weapons, and led a defense lasting over one hundred days
Military · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 186-187
Shared clothing and rations and preserved morale during the water crisis
Leadership
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 189-193

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 7 passages

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崔覽妻封氏封卓妻劉氏魏溥妻房氏胡長命妻張氏平原女子孫氏房愛親妻崔氏涇州貞女兕先氏[1] 姚氏婦楊氏張洪初妻劉氏[2] 董景起妻張氏陽尼妻高氏史映周妻耿氏任城國太妃孟氏苟金龍妻劉氏盧元禮妻李氏河東孝女姚氏刁思遵妻魯氏 Lady Feng, consort of Cui Lan; Lady Liu, consort of Feng Zhuo; Lady Fang, consort of Wei Pu; Lady Zhang, consort of Hu Changming; Sun Nanyu of Pingyuan; Lady Cui, consort of Fang Aiqin; the chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture; Lady Yang of the Yao household; Lady Liu, consort of Zhang Hongchu; Lady Zhang, consort of Dong Jingqi; Lady Gao, consort of Yang Ni; Lady Geng, consort of Shi Yingzhou; Grand Consort Meng of Rencheng; Lady Liu, consort of Gou Jinlong; Lady Li, consort of Lu Yuanli; the filial daughter Yao of Hedong; Lady Lu, consort of Diao Sizun.

苟金龍妻劉氏，平原人也。 Lady Liu, consort of Gou Jinlong, was a native of Pingyuan.

劉遂率厲城民，修理戰具，一夜悉成。 Liu rallied the townspeople, repaired the weapons of war, and finished everything in a single night.

戍副高景陰圖叛逆，劉斬之，及其黨與數十人。 Deputy commander Gao Jing secretly plotted treason; Liu beheaded him and several dozen of his followers.

劉乃集諸長幼，喻以忠節，遂相率告訴於天，俱時號叫，俄而澍雨。 Liu gathered young and old, taught them loyalty and integrity, and led them in crying out to Heaven together; shortly afterward a soaking rain fell.

劉命出公私布絹及至衣服，懸之城中，絞而取水，所有雜器悉儲之。 Liu ordered cloth, silk, and even clothing brought out, hung within the city, and wrung for water; every vessel was put to use.

按北史卷九一此傳首稱「梓潼太守苟金龍妻劉氏」，下云「金龍為郡，帶關城戍主」。 Note: juan 91 of the History of the Northern Dynasties opens this biography with "Lady Liu, consort of Gou Jinlong, Administrator of Zitong," and below reads "Jinlong held office in the commandery as garrison commander at Guancheng."