Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member and Official

Liu Hong 劉宏

Attested AD 453 - AD 460

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Hong was a Royal Family Member and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 453 元嘉末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 71, passages 120-121
AD 457 to AD 460 大明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passages 168-169

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Wen of Song (宋文帝)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 71, passage 120

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister of the Masters of Writing 尚書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 168
Prince of Jianping 建平王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 168

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Member of
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 71, passage 120
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 168

Events and relationships

Ordered impeachment
Political · Authority · With Yang Xi (羊希)
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 168; Book of Song 71, passage 120

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 14: Kong Jigong, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Tanqing · 3 passages

季穆為尚書令建平王宏所親待，屢毀瑀於宏。 Jimu was favored by the Minister of the Masters of Writing, the Prince of Jianping, Hong, and repeatedly slandered Yu to Hong.

會瑀出為益州，奪士人妻為妾，宏使羊希彈之，瑀坐免官，瑀恨希切齒。 When Yu went out as Inspector of Yizhou, he seized a scholar's wife as concubine; Hong had Yang Xi impeach him, and Yu was dismissed from office; Yu hated Xi to the teeth.

瑀即日到宏門奉牋陳謝，云聞之羊希。 Yu at once went to Hong's gate with a petition of apology, saying he had heard it from Yang Xi.

Book of Song, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao · 3 passages

南平王鑠、建平王宏並為上所愛，而鑠妃即湛妹，勸上立之。 Princes Shuo of Nanping and Hong of Jianping were both favored by the emperor; Shuo's consort was Zhanzhi's sister and urged the emperor to name Shuo heir.

元嘉末，征鑠自壽陽入朝，既至，又失旨，欲立宏，嫌其非次，是以議久不決。 Late in Yuanjia, Shuo was summoned from Shouyang to court; once he arrived he again displeased the emperor. The emperor wished to name Hong heir but hesitated over his birth order, and deliberation dragged on.

湛之欲立隨王誕，江湛欲立南平王鑠，太祖欲立建平王宏，議久不決。 Xu Zhanzhi favored Prince Dan of Sui; Jiang Zhan favored Prince Shuo of Nanping; Emperor Wen favored Prince Hong of Jianping; deliberation dragged on without resolution.