Liu Shouwen (劉守文)

Overview

Liu Shouwen was a Late Tang warlord and military governor based at Cangzhou.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 around Liang founding campaigns
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 21
AD 900 光化三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 122
AD 899 劉守文
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 170
AD 907 唐末梁初
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 60
AD 899 威嗣世之明年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 178
AD 907 梁開平初
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 33

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AD 909 開平三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 81

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Liu Shouguang (劉守光)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 81
Child of Liu Rengong (劉仁恭)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 61

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Career and standing

Cangzhou commissioner 滄州節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 21
Entered
Captivity · Authority Liu Shouguang (劉守光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 178

Events and relationships

Attacked Bian at Neihuang
Military · Attacker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 178
Defied orders
Rebellion · Rebel
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 21
Seized Cangzhou then fled
Military · Rebel · With Wang Rong (王鎔)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passages 61-62

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 1 passage

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燕將劉守文、單可及攻汴軍於內黃。 The Yan generals Liu Shouwen and Shan Keji attacked the Bian army at Neihuang.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 1 passage

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劉守光上言，於薊州西與兄守文戰，擒守文。 Liu Shouguang reported that west of Jizhou he fought his brother Shouwen and took him prisoner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 1 passage

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三年，大舉，與葛從周連統諸軍攻浮陽，樹數十柵，圍劉守文累月。 In year 3 he joined Ge Congzhou in a major siege of Fuyang, building dozens of camps around Liu Shouwen for months.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 1 passage

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滄州節度使劉守文拒命，太祖引兵十餘萬圍之，久而未下，乃召珽草檄。 When Cangzhou commissioner Liu Shouwen rebelled the Founder besieged him with more than a hundred thousand men; the city held for long months, and he called on Ting to draft the assault proclamation.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

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及從劉守文之滄州，委將偏師。 When he followed Liu Shouwen to Cangzhou, he was given command of a detached force.

守文省父燕薊，據城為亂。 Shouwen went up to Yan and Ji to visit his father, then seized the city and rebelled.

History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 1 passage

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梁開平初，滄州節度使劉守文陷蓚，其稗將趙德鈞獲延壽，養以為子。 Early in the Liang Kaiping era, when Cangzhou military governor Liu Shouwen seized Shuo, his lieutenant Zhao Dejun captured Yanshou and adopted him as a son.