Ancient China · Named Individual

Liu Lei 劉累

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Liu Lei was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 246

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2 Annals of Xia 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 2 Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 1 passage

Career and standing

Shiwei succession 豕韋之後
Received
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 247

Places and affiliations

Organization Dragon-keepers 豢龍氏 · Relation Learned from
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 246

Learning and skills

Skill taming dragons 擾龍 · Level learned
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 246

Events and relationships

Served dragon flesh then fled
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passages 248-249
Relation Served · Person Kong Jia (孔甲)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 246

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 2
Value legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 2, passage 367
To Dragon-tamer 御龍氏
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 247

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 1 passage

贊曰：春秋晉史蔡墨有言，陶唐氏既衰，其後有劉累，學擾龍，事孔甲，范氏其後也。 The appraisal says: Cai Mo, the Jin historian of the Spring and Autumn period, once said that after the House of Taotang declined, there was Liu Lei, who studied dragon-taming and served Kong Jia, and that the House of Fan descended from him.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 2 passages

陶唐既衰，其后有劉累，學擾龍于豢龍氏，以事孔甲。 When the house of Taotang waned, a man named Liu Lei learned dragon-tending from the Dragon-keepers and served Kongjia.

孔甲賜之姓曰御龍氏，受豕韋之後。 Kongjia gave him the clan name Dragon-tamer and granted him the fief of the Shiwei line.