Liu Mian (劉沔) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Mian was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 841 to AD 846 會昌初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 138, passages 46-47

Events and relationships

Defeated Uyghurs
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 138, passage 47

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 138Volume 138: Foreign States Biographies 2: Tubo, Huihu, Goryeo, Bohai Tungusic Tribes, Heishui Tungusic Tribes, Silla, Tangut, Kunming Tribes, Yutian, Champa, Zangkeman · 1 passage

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時爲石雄、劉沔所襲，破之，復爲幽州節度使張仲武所攻，餘衆西奔，歸於吐蕃，吐蕃處之甘州，由是族帳微弱。 Shi Xiong and Liu Mian then struck and broke them, and Zhang Zhongwu, military governor of Youzhou, attacked them again. The survivors fled west and submitted to Tubo, which resettled them in Gan Prefecture. From that point their tribal power waned.