Liu Bi (劉比) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Bi was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 880 to AD 920 為令錄誨子
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 141

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Zan (劉讚)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 141

Career and standing

county recorder 令錄
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 141

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Zan (劉讚) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 142-143

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 2 passages

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父比，為令錄，誨以詩書，夏月令服青襦單衫。 His father Bi was a county recorder who taught him the classics and, in summer, made him wear only a plain blue jacket and single-layer shirt.

比每肉食，別置蔬食以飯讚，謂之曰：「肉食，君之祿也。 Whenever Bi ate meat he set vegetables before Zan and said, "Meat is an official's perquisite.