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Liu Bi was a scholar and Writer.
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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 2 passages
賾與河南元善、河東柳䛒、太原王劭、吳興姚察、琅琊諸葛潁、信都劉焯、河間劉炫相善,每因休假,清談竟日。
Ze was on good terms with Yuan Shan of Henan, Liu Bi of Hedong, Wang Shao of Taiyuan, Yao Cha of Wuxing, Zhuge Ying of Langya, Liu Zhuo of Xindu, and Liu Xuan of Hejian; on holidays they would converse in pure talk all day.
晉王聞而益異之,賵物千段,遣畫工圖其狀,令柳{巧言}為之贊。
The Prince of Jin, hearing this, was all the more astonished; he sent a thousand bolts of funeral goods, dispatched a painter to depict his likeness, and ordered Liu Bi to compose a eulogy.