Overview
Liu Wensou was a Later Zhou rites official and examiner.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 944 六月戊辰Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 222
- AD 930 to AD 933 長興中Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 73
- AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中Dated from the passage context · History of Song 98, passage 185
- AD 955 顯德二年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 52
- AD 959 顯德六年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 71
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Liu Yue (劉嶽)son 子
father 父Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 70, 73 - Child of Mother of Liu Wensoumother 母Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 72
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68 Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan 4 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115 Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 2 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 82 Volume 82 Book of Later Jin 8: Emperor Shao 2 1 passage
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120 Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals 1 passage
- History of Song, Chapter 98 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 1 passage
Career and standing
- Bureau Director of the Capital Officials 都官郎中Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 222
- Hanlin Academician 翰林學士Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 222
- Hanlin Academician 翰林學士AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 73
- Bureau Director in the Ministry of Justice 刑部郎中Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 222
- Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 98, passage 185
- Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 70
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- appointed Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent 授太子詹事AD 955Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 57
- Vice Minister of Rites responsible for candidate selection 禮部侍郎主選士AD 955Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 52
- pardoned despite fault in selecting examination candidates 選士有失而特赦其罪AD 955Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 52
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 82, passage 222
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 98, passage 185
Works and attributed material
- Collected Exegesis of the Comprehensive Rites 通禮義纂AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中 · Relation CompilerStrongly inferred · History of Song 98, passages 185-186
- Kaibao Comprehensive Rites 開寶通禮AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中 · Relation CompilerDirectly stated · History of Song 98, passage 185
- Speech · Addressee · With Mother of Liu Wensou · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 73-74
Events and relationships
- compiled the Collected Exegesis of the Comprehensive Rites in one hundred juan 定《通禮義纂》一百卷AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中 · Scholarly · Compiler · CompiledStrongly inferred · History of Song 98, passage 186
- compiled the Kaibao Comprehensive Rites in two hundred juan 撰《開寶通禮》二百卷AD 968 to AD 976 開寶中 · Scholarly · Compiler · CompiledDirectly stated · History of Song 98, passage 185
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment upright and principled · Mode named-source-report Source Work Statesmen's Garden of Talk 國老談苑Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 71
References in the histories
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