Song, Liao, and Jin · Named Individual

Liu You 劉祐

Liú Yòu

Attested AD 1183

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu You was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1183 大定二十三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 45, passage 114

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Liu You (劉祐之父)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 115
Child of Mother of Liu You (劉祐之母)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 115

no adult son to support them 家無侍丁
Kinship Role adult-sons-to-support-parents · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 115

Career and standing

Confirmed
Capital sentence
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 116

Events and relationships

Criminal · Killer · With Fan De (範德)
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 114

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 26: Punishment · 3 passages

二十三年，尚書省奏：「益都民範德年七十六，為劉祐毆殺。 In the twenty-third year, the Department of State Affairs reported: 'Fan De, a seventy-six-year-old commoner of Yidu, was beaten to death by Liu You.

祐法當死，以祐父母年俱七十餘，家無侍丁，上請。」 You merited death under the law, but because both his parents were over seventy and the household had no adult son to support them, a petition for clemency was submitted.'

上曰：「范德與祐父母年相若，自當如父母相待，至毆殺之，難議末減，其論如法。」 The emperor said: 'Fan De was about the same age as You's parents; You ought to have treated him with the deference owed to parents, yet You beat him to death—mitigation is difficult; adjudicate strictly according to law.'