Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liu Song literary scholar and one of Emperor Shun's Four Friends

Liu Hou 劉俁

Attested AD 477 - AD 479

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Liu Hou was a Liu Song literary scholar and one of Emperor Shun's Four Friends.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 477 昇明元年
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 142
AD 477 昇明初
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 123
AD 477 to AD 479 齊高帝為驃騎將軍輔政
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 15, passage 18

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

At Pengcheng 彭城
Directly stated · Book of Liang 15, passage 18
AD 477 昇明初
Organization Four Friends 四友 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 123

Events and relationships

Entered palace offices to advise on literary matters
AD 477 昇明元年 · Administrative · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 142
Literary Scholar 文學
Relation Served · Person Prince of Wuling Zan (武陵王贊)
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 142

Source notes

Received Name Liu Hou 劉候 · Identified Name Liu Yu 劉俁 · Parallel biographies identify this member of the Four Friends as Liu Yu.
Textual variant · Book of Song 10, passage 142
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 123

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 15Volume 15: Xie Fei; Xie Lan · 1 passage

齊高帝爲驃騎將軍輔政，選朏爲長史，勑與河南褚炫、濟陽江斅、彭城劉俁俱入侍宋帝，時號爲天子四友。 Qi Emperor Gao, as regent rapid-cavalry general, made Fei his chief of staff and sent him with Chu Xuan of Henan, Jiang Jiao of Jiyang, and Liu Hou of Pengcheng to attend the Song emperor—men called them the Son of Heaven's Four Friends.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies 13: Wang Kun, Zhang Dai, Chu Xuan, He Ji, Wang Yanzhi, Ruan Tao · 1 passage

昇明初，炫以清尚，與劉俁、謝朏、江效入殿侍文義，號爲「四友」。 At the opening of Shengming, Xuan's purity won him a place with Liu Yu, Xie Fei, and Jiang Xiao in the hall for literary discourse—they were called the "Four Friends."

Book of Song, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor Shun · 1 passage

庚午，司空長史謝朏、衞軍長史江斅、中書侍郎褚炫、武陵王文學劉候入直殿省，參侍文義。 On the gengwu day Xie Fei, chief clerk to the Minister of Works; Jiang Xiao, chief clerk of the Guards Army; Chu Xuan, Gentleman Attendant of the Palace Secretariat; and Liu Yu (the received text has Liu Hou), Literary Scholar to the Prince of Wuling, entered duty in the palace offices to advise on literary matters.