Liu Yue (劉嶽) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Yue was a Vice Minister of War.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhaofu	昭輔	Zhaofu

Life and dates

Death

Age Value: 56
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 66
AD 932 長興三年冬十月癸丑
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 150

Age

56
Context at death
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 66

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 930 天成中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 69
AD 926 天成元年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 101
AD 926 天成元年六月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 100
AD 915 梁貞明初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 62
AD 932 長興三年冬十月癸丑
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 150
AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 63

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Liu Zhenghui (劉政會)
eighth-generation ancestor 八代祖 · 8 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 53
Child of Liu Gui (劉珪)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 55
Parent of Liu Wensou (劉溫叟)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 70, 73
Child of Mother of Liu Yue
mother 母
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 64

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Origins and identity

forebears from Xiangping in Liaodong; moved via Dai with Northern Wei
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 52

Career and standing

Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 915 梁貞明初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 62
Minister of Ceremonies; formerly Director of the Secretariat Archives 太常卿、秘書監
AD 931 長興二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 63
Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 101
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 100
Crown Prince Mentor (詹事) 太子詹事
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 100
Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 150

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Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 67
Entered
Orphan
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 61

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 150
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Native
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 52

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 61
Skill witty conversation 談諧 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 63

Works and attributed material

New Book of Ritual 新書儀
AD 926 to AD 930 天成中 · Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 69

Events and relationships

Mourned mother
Ritual · Mourner · With Mother of Liu Yue
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 64

Assessments and attributes

Assessment ritual expertise; model for gentry · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 174

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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以太子詹事劉嶽為兵部侍郎，以太子右庶子王權為戶部侍郎，以太子左庶子任讚為工部侍郎。 Liu Yue, crown prince mentor, became War vice minister; Wang Quan, right vice mentor, Revenue vice minister; Ren Zan, left vice mentor, Works vice minister.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage

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以兵部侍郎劉嶽為吏部侍郎，以戶部侍郎、充端明殿學士馮道為兵部侍郎，以中書舍人、充端明殿學士趙鳳為戶部侍郎，並依前充職。 Liu Yue moved from War to Personnel; Feng Dao from Revenue to War while keeping Duanming Hall; Zhao Feng from drafting to Revenue while keeping Duanming—all at rank.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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丁丑，以秘書監劉嶽為太常卿。 On dingchou Liu Yue became minister of ceremonies.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Book of Later Tang 19: Mingzong Annals 9 · 1 passage

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癸丑，以太常卿劉嶽卒廢朝。 On guichou Liu Yue, director of imperial sacrifices, died and court was suspended.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 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 · 6 passages

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劉岳，字昭輔。 Liu Yue, whose style was Zhaofu.

嶽少孤，亦進士擢第，曆戶部巡官、鄭縣簿、直史館，轉左拾遺、侍御史。 Orphaned young, Yue also earned his jinshi degree and served in succession as a touring official in the Ministry of Revenue, registrar of Zheng County, and direct historian in the History Office, then as left remonstrance official and attending censor.

嶽為文敏速，尤善談諧，在職累遷戶部侍郎，在翰林十二年。 Yue wrote with quick facility and had a gift for witty conversation. He rose to vice minister of revenue and spent twelve years in the Hanlin.

莊宗入汴，隨例貶均州司馬，尋丁母憂，許自貶所奔喪，服闋，授太子詹事。 When Zhuangzong took Bian, Yue was demoted under the usual purge to defender of Junzhou. He soon entered mourning for his mother and was allowed to leave his post of exile for the funeral; when the mourning ended he was appointed grand mentor of the heir apparent.

岳文學之外，通於典禮。 Apart from his literary gifts, Yue was deeply versed in ritual protocol.

如廷珪之文學，崔沂之剛正，劉嶽之典禮，舜卿之掌誥，洎夢徵而下，皆蔚有貞規，無虧懿範，固可以為搢紳之圭表，聳朝廷之羽儀，以之垂名，夫何不韙。 Men such as Tinggui in letters, Yi in integrity, Yue in ritual, Shunqing in edict drafting, and from Mengzheng downward all upheld steadfast standards without blemish on their reputations. They may serve as models for the official class and ornaments of the court. To leave such names to posterity — what could be more fitting?