Liu Liufu (劉六符) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Liufu was a Liao envoy and official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Cause Illness
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 77

Attested activity

AD 1042 十一年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 38-39, 50, 57
AD 1043 十二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 68, 99
AD 1041 十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 19, passages 2, 9, 34
AD 1032 重熙初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 86, passage 60
AD 1042 重熙十一年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 86, passage 61; History of Liao 96, passages 12-13

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Liu Jing (劉景)
2 generations
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 42
Child of Liu Shenxing (劉慎行)
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passages 43, 48
Sibling of Liu Yide (劉一德)
Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 48

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Career and standing

Administrative Drafting Attendant 政事舍人
AD 1032 重熙初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 60
Associate Chief Councilor of the Secretariat-Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 69
birthday congratulatory envoy to Song 賀宋生辰使副
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 9
Changning Army military commissioner 長寧軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 99
Commissioner of the Three Bureaus 三司使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 70
Deputy Commissioner of the Han Palaces 漢人行宮副部署
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 62

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Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 60
Military Commissioner of Changning 長寧軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 71
Han traveling palace deputy deployment director 漢人行宮副部署
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 50
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 39
Three Departments commissioner 三司使
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 99
Commissioner of the Three Bureaus 三司使
Recalled
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 71
Alleged to have accepted Song bribes
Accused · Authority Du Fang (杜防)
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 71

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 9; History of Liao 86, passage 60; History of Liao 96, passage 13

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 52

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passages 64-67, 73-75

Events and relationships

Demanded ten counties from Song
AD 1042 重熙十一年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Xiao Teme (蕭特末)
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 61
Fixed tribute presentation term
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Yelü Renxian (耶律仁先)
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 63
Diplomatic mission · Liao envoy to Song · Destination Label: Song 宋
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 34
Diplomatic mission · Liao territorial envoy to Song
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 39
Diplomatic mission · Peace negotiator to Song
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 50
Diplomatic mission · Returned from Song with the oath document
Directly stated · History of Liao 19, passage 57

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Relation Rival of · Person Du Fang (杜防)
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 71

Assessments and attributes

Assessment stirred strife to win merit—not to the state advantage · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 186
had resolve and integrity; could write
Character
Directly stated · History of Liao 86, passage 59

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 6 passages

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六月戊寅朔，以蕭寧、耶律坦、崔禹稱、馬世良、耶律仁先、劉六符充賀宋生辰使副； On the wuyin new moon of the sixth month Xiao Ning, Yelü Tan, Cui Yucheng, Ma Shiliang, Yelü Renxian, and Liu Liufu were appointed chief and deputy envoys to congratulate Song on birthdays;

上聞宋設關河，治壕塹，恐為邊患，與南、北樞密吳國王蕭孝穆、趙國王蕭貫寧謀取宋舊割關南十縣地，遂遣蕭英、劉六符使宋。 The Emperor heard that Song had fortified the passes and rivers and dug moats and feared it would become a border threat; with Southern and Northern Privy Commissioners Prince of Wu Xiao Xiaomu and Prince of Zhao Xiao Guanning he plotted to recover the ten Song counties south of the passes ceded in former times, and thereupon dispatched Xiao Ying and Liu Liufu as envoys to Song.

庚戌，遣南院宣徽使蕭特末、翰林學士劉六符使宋，取晉陽及瓦橋以南十縣地； On gengxu day Southern Court commissioner of the palace secretariat Xiao Teme and Hanlin Academician Liu Liufu were dispatched as envoys to Song to recover the ten counties south of Jinyang and Waqiao;

九月壬寅，遣北院樞密副使耶律仁先、漢人行宮副部署劉六符使宋約和。 On renyin day of the ninth month Northern Privy Vice Commissioner Yelü Renxian and Han traveling palace deputy deployment director Liu Liufu were dispatched as envoys to Song to negotiate peace.

辛卯，仁先、劉六符還，進宋國誓書。 On xinmao day Renxian and Liu Liufu returned and presented the Song State oath document.

辛亥，參知政事韓紹芳為廣德軍節度使，三司使劉六符長寧軍節度使。 On xinhai day Associate Councilor Han Shaofang was appointed Guangde Army military commissioner, and Three Departments commissioner Liu Liufu was appointed Changning Army military commissioner.

History of Liao, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 16: Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Ye Luniaolu, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, Xiao Heshang, Yelu Helizhi, Yelu Pode · 14 passages

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耶律合住劉景劉六符耶律甗履牛溫舒杜防蕭和尚 Yelu Hezhu, Liu Jing, Liu Liufu, Yelu Lü, Niu Wenshu, Du Fang, and Xiao Heshang

子慎行，孫一德、二玄、三嘏、四端、五常、六符，皆具六符傳。 His son was Shenxing; his grandsons Yide, Erxuan, Sangu, Siduan, Wuchang, and Liufu are all covered in the following account of Liu Liufu.

劉六符，父慎行，由膳部員外郎累遷至北府宰相、監修國史。 Liu Liufu was the son of Shenxing, who had risen from vice director of the Board of Foodstuffs to grand councilor of the Northern Chancellery and supervisor of the national history.

子六人：一德、二玄、三嘏、四端、五常、六符。 He had six sons: Yide, Erxuan, Sangu, Siduan, Wuchang, and Liufu.

嘏、端、符皆第進士。 Sangu, Siduan, and Liufu all passed the jinshi examination.

六符有誌操，能文。 Liufu was a man of principle and an able writer.

六符曰：「本朝兵強將勇，海內共知，人人願從事於宋。 Liufu said, "Our dynasty's armies are strong and its generals brave—the whole world knows it, and every soldier would gladly march against Song.

六符還，加同中書門下平章事。 On his return Liufu was made associate chief councilor of the Secretariat-Chancellery.

及宋幣至，命六符為三司使以受之。 When the Song payments arrived, he was appointed commissioner of the Three Bureaus to receive them.

六符與參知政事杜防有隙，防以六符嘗受宋賂，白其事，出為長寧軍節度使，俄召為三司使。 Liufu and Vice Director Du Fang were at odds; Fang reported that Liufu had once taken bribes from Song. He was sent out as military commissioner of Changning, but was soon recalled as commissioner of the Three Bureaus.

六符曰：「不然。 Liufu said, "That will not do.

韓紹芳、劉六符忌之，防待以誠。 Han Shaofang and Liu Liufu were jealous of him, yet Fang treated them with sincerity.

明年，與劉六符使宋，索十縣故地，宋請增銀、絹十萬兩、匹以易之。 The following year he went with Liu Liufu to Song to demand the return of ten former counties; Song offered to increase the annual payments of silver and silk by one hundred thousand taels and bolts in exchange.

六符啟釁邀功，豈國家之利哉？ Liufu stirred up conflict to win credit—what advantage was that to the state?

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 1 passage

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時宋請增歲幣銀絹以償十縣地產，仁先與劉六符使宋，仍議書「貢」。 At that time the Song court asked to increase the annual payments in silver and silk to compensate for the produce of ten counties. Renxian went on embassy to Song with Liu Liufu, and still pressed that the written agreement use the term "tribute."