Qin and Han · Eastern Han Prince

Liu Yan 劉縯

Attested AD 9 - AD 25

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Liu Yan was an Eastern Han Prince.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Bosheng	伯升	Bosheng
Alternate name	Liu Bosheng	劉伯升	Liu Bosheng

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 22 to AD 25 東漢受命
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 63
AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 91, passage 90
AD 23 王莽末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 37, passage 16

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Xuan (劉玄)
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 90

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Suffered
AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時絕 · Line extinguished
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 90

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 1 passage

子縯嗣，王莽時絕。 His son Yan inherited the title; the line ended under Wang Mang.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 37Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi · 4 passages

王莽末，義兵起，劉伯升與族兄賜俱將兵攻湖陽，城守不下。 Late in Wang Mang's reign, Liu Yan (Bosheng) and his cousin Liu Ci besieged Huyang without taking it.

賜女弟為宏妻，湖陽由是收系宏妻子，令出譬伯升，宏因留不反。 Liu Ci's sister was Fan Hong's wife, so Huyang jailed Hong's family and ordered him to persuade Liu Yan to lift the siege. Hong stayed with the rebels instead.

及劉伯升起義兵，識時遊學長安，聞之，委業而歸，率子弟、宗族、賓客千餘人往詣伯升。 When Liu Yan raised troops, Yin Shi was studying in Chang'an; he rushed home with more than a thousand kinsmen and retainers to join Liu Yan.

伯升乃以識為校尉。 Liu Yan named him a colonel.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

開平初，有司上言曰：「東漢受命，伯升預其始謀； Early in Kaiping the authorities reported: "When the Eastern Han received Heaven's mandate, Bo Sheng shared in the founding design;