Liu Bingzhong (劉秉忠)

Overview

Liu Bingzhong was an official and Grand Guardian.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1274 至元十一年七月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 203, passages 28-29

Attested activity

AD 1274 至元十一年七月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 203, passages 28-29
AD 1264 至元元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 319, 322
AD 1273 至元十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 364, 367
AD 1274 至元十一年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 369, 372
AD 1265 至元二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 324, 327
AD 1266 至元三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 329, 332

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AD 1267 至元四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 334, 337
AD 1268 至元五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 339, 342
AD 1269 至元六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 344, 347
AD 1270 至元七年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 349, 352
AD 1271 至元八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 354, 357
AD 1272 至元九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 359, 362
c. AD 1260 to c. AD 1277 世祖時
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 39
AD 1273 先陽責太保劉秉忠
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 114, passage 36
AD 1260 to AD 1274 太保劉秉忠
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 202, passage 293
AD 1270 to AD 1274 忠良识秉忠于微时至荐用
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 203, passages 9-10

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Han Chinese 漢人
Directly stated · History of Yuan 110, passage 2
Han 漢人
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 36

Career and standing

Grand Guardian 太保
AD 1260 to AD 1294 元初 · Held
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passage 2
Grand Guardian 太保
Held · From Source Date: Text: 至元元年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1264 · Until Source Date: Text: 至元十一年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 1274
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 110, passages 297, 319, 322, 327, 332, 337, 342, 347, 352, 357, 362, 367, 369, 372
Grand Guardian 太保
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 202, passage 293
Grand Mentor 太保
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 39
Grand Preceptor 太保
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 9, 29

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 110, passages 2, 292, 322; History of Yuan 203, passage 9
Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 202, passage 293

Learning and skills

Skill arts of suburban sacrifice to the Six Ding 禋祀六丁之術
Directly stated · History of Yuan 202, passage 293

Works and attributed material

Assessment · Speaker · With Tan Cheng (譚澄) · Mode quotation Speaker Liu Bingzhong (劉秉忠)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 39
Memorial · Author · With Tian Zhongliang (田忠良)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 18

Events and relationships

Relation Examiner of · Person Tian Zhongliang (田忠良)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 17-18
Relation Recommender of · Person Tian Zhongliang (田忠良)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 10

Assessments and attributes

Among Han officials only Liu Bingzhong ever held Grand Guardian 漢人則惟劉秉忠嘗為太保
Assessment rare-Han-holder-of-grand-guardian · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Yuan 110, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 9

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 110Volume 110 Tables 5: Three Ducal Ministers 1 · 12 passages

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元初，以太師、太傅、太保為三公，自木華黎國王始為太師，後凡為三公者，皆國之元勳，而漢人則惟劉秉忠嘗為太保，其後鮮有聞矣。 Early in the Yuan dynasty the Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, and Grand Guardian constituted the Three Excellencies. Muqali, enfeoffed as king, was the first Grand Preceptor; thereafter every man raised to these three posts was a founding pillar of the realm. Among Han officials only Liu Bingzhong ever held Grand Guardian — and scarcely anyone among the Han after him.

劉秉忠 Liu Bingzhong

History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 1 passage

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后至帝前，將諫，先陽責太保劉秉忠曰：「汝漢人聰明者，言則帝聽，汝何為不諫？ The empress came before the emperor intending to remonstrate; she first openly rebuked Grand Guardian Liu Bingzhong: "You are a clever Han man, and when you speak the emperor listens — why did you not remonstrate?

History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 1 passage

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世祖嘗與太保劉秉忠論一時牧守，秉忠曰：「若邢之張耕，懷之譚澄，何憂不治哉！」 Kublai once discussed the governors and prefects of the day with Grand Mentor Liu Bingzhong, who said: "With men like Zhang Geng of Xingzhou and Tan Cheng of Huai prefecture, what worry would there be about good governance!"

History of Yuan, Chapter 202Volume 202 Biographies 89: Buddhists and Taoists · 1 passage

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至元十一年，建太一宮於兩京，命居壽居之，領祠事，且禋祀六丁，以繼太保劉秉忠之術。 In the eleventh year of the Zhiyuan era Supreme Unity Palaces were built in both capitals. Jushou was placed in residence to head sacrificial affairs and perform suburban rites to the Six Ding, continuing the arts of Grand Guardian Liu Bingzhong.

History of Yuan, Chapter 203Volume 203 Biographies 90: Medicine and Divination, Arts and Crafts · 5 passages

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嘗識太保劉秉忠於微時。 He had known Grand Preceptor Liu Bingzhong long before Liu rose to power.

秉忠薦於世祖，遣使召至，帝視其狀貌步趨，顧謂侍臣曰：「是雖以陰陽家進，必將為國用。」 Liu Bingzhong recommended him to Kublai Khan, who sent for him. When Zhongliang arrived, the emperor studied his bearing and stride and told his attendants, "He may have come up through the arts of yin and yang, but he will prove indispensable to the realm."

遂遣左侍儀奉御也先乃送忠良司天台，給筆札，令秉忠試星曆、遁甲諸書。 He then had Yexianai, attendant of the Left Ceremonial Office, escort Zhongliang to the Directorate of Astronomy, supplied him with writing materials, and ordered Liu Bingzhong to examine him in astronomy, calendrics, and the dunjia arts.

秉忠奏曰：「所試皆通，司天諸生鮮有及者。」 Liu Bingzhong reported, "He has mastered every subject tested — few students at the Directorate of Astronomy can equal him."

未幾，太保劉秉忠卒。 Soon afterward Grand Preceptor Liu Bingzhong died.