Qin and Han · Hejian imperial kinsman and remonstrant

Liu Fu 劉輔

Attested BC 16

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Fu was a Hejian imperial kinsman and remonstrant.

Life and dates

Death

died at home
Directly stated · Book of Han 88, passage 117

Attested activity

BC 16 成帝欲立趙婕妤為皇后
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 88, passages 93, 96, 104, 116

Career and standing

Magistrate of Xiangben; Grandee Remonstrant
Directly stated · Book of Han 88, passage 94

Places and affiliations

Hejian imperial house
Directly stated · Book of Han 88, passage 93

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 9 passages

卷七十七蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毋將何傳第四十七 Volume 77: Biographies of Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang, and He—the forty-seventh series.

劉輔，河間宗室也。 Liu Fu belonged to the Hejian royal lineage.

輔上書言：「臣聞天之所與，必先賜以符瑞； Fu submitted a memorial saying, "I have heard that what Heaven favors it first endows with talismanic omens;

書奏，上使侍御史收縛輔，系掖庭秘獄，群臣莫知其故。 Chengdi jailed him in the harem's secret jail without telling the ministers why.

竊見諫大夫劉輔，前以縣令求見，擢為諫大夫，此其言必有卓詭切至，當聖心者，故得拔至於此。 They said Liu Fu must have touched a nerve to rise so fast from county magistrate.

旬日之間，收下秘獄，臣等愚，以為輔幸得托公族之親，在諫臣之列，新從下土來，未知朝廷體，獨觸忌諱，不足深過。 They pleaded ignorance of court taboo for a newcomer from the provinces.

假令輔不坐直言，所坐不著，天下不可戶曉。 If the charge were murky, rumor would poison trust from gate to gate.

公卿以下見陛下進用輔亟，而折傷之暴，人有懼心，精銳銷耎，莫敢盡節正言，非所以昭有虞之聽，廣德美之風也。 They warned that silencing Liu Fu would teach every official to hold his tongue.

上乃徙繫輔共工獄，減死罪一等，論爲鬼薪。 Chengdi shifted him to a lesser jail and commuted the sentence to convict logging.