Yuan · Scholar and Teacher

Liu Yin 劉因

c. AD 1249 - AD 1293

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29
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Liu Yin was a scholar and Teacher.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Mengji 夢吉 Mengji
Posthumous name Wenjing 文靖 Wenjing
Alternate name Yin Yin

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Key source chapters

  1. History of Yuan, Chapter 171 Volume 171 Biographies 58: Liu Yin, Wu Cheng 26 passages
  2. History of Yuan, Chapter 115 Volume 115 Biographies 2: Ruizong, Yuzong, Xianzong, Shunzong 3 passages

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29 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 2: Ruizong, Yuzong, Xianzong, Shunzong · 3 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 171Volume 171 Biographies 58: Liu Yin, Wu Cheng · 26 passages
世為儒家,五世祖琮生敦武校尉、臨洮府錄事判官昉,昉生奉議大夫、中山府錄事俁,俁生秉善,金貞祐中南徙。 The family had been Confucian scholars for generations. Liu Yin's fifth-generation ancestor Cong had a son Fang, who served as Dunwu Company Commander and Assistant Administrative Officer of Lintao Prefecture; Fang's son You held the rank of Grand Master for Discussion of Governance and was record keeper of Zhongshan Prefecture; You's son Bingshan moved the family south during the Jin dynasty's Zhenyou period.
因生四十三年,未嘗效尺寸之力,以報國家養育生成之德,而恩命連至,因尚敢偃蹇不出,貪高尚之名以自媚,以負我國家知遇之恩,而得罪於聖門中庸之教也哉! I have lived forty-three years without rendering even the smallest service to repay the state's grace in nourishing and sustaining my life. Yet favor after favor has arrived, and I still dare hold back and refuse to serve, cherishing a reputation for lofty withdrawal to flatter myself—thus failing the state's kindness and offending against the doctrine of the Mean taught by the sages!
至二十一日,使者持恩命至,因初聞之,惶怖無地,不知所措,徐而思之,竊謂供職雖未能扶病而行,而恩命則不敢不扶病而拜。 On the twenty-first day the envoy arrived bearing the imperial appointment. When I first heard it I was terrified beyond measure and did not know what to do. Slowly considering the matter, I thought that although I could not travel to my post while ill, I dared not fail to rise and bow to the imperial favor despite my illness.