Overview
Liu Yun was a Military Commissioner and Imperial Heir Designate.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- At Songzhou 宋州 · Cause Killed · Authority Guo Chong (郭崇)Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 62
- AD 951 赟已死Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 29
- Died in confinementDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 53
- KilledDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 31, 65
Attested activity
- AD 951 是歲；後漢隱帝乾祐三年十一月己丑，奉太后誥迎赟即位Event Liu Yun is formally selected to succeed, pending arrival. Jiuwudaishi 103 s0177-s0183 gives jichou, eleventh-month day 26, equivalent to 951-01-06 Julian / 951-01-11 proleptic Gregorian. This is selection, not completed accession.Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 104, passage 22
- AD 951 廣順元年Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 29
- AD 950 三年Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passages 13-14
- AD 950 乾祐三年冬十一月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 26, 87
- AD 950 乾祐三年十一月Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 42, 46, 57
- AD 949 乾祐二年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 102, passage 123
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- AD 949 乾祐二年Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 35
- AD 948 乾祐元年
- AD 951 周代汉之际Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 163
- AD 951 太祖入立Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 50, passages 5-6
- AD 951 廣順元年Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passages 52-53
- AD 951 求其子赟不得而後自立Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 29-30
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Later Han Gaozu (漢高祖)son 子 · Adoptive parentage
father 父 · Adoptive parentage
took him as his own son 以為己子 · Adoptive parentage - Child of Liu Chong (劉崇)son 子
father 父 - Child of Shizu (世祖)son 子
father 父Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 33 - Child of Chong (崇)son 子Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 24
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 105 Volume 105 Book of Later Jin 7: Biographies 2: Imperial Family 28 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18 Volume 18: The Later Han Imperial Family 25 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70 Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han 6 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu 4 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12 Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong 2 passages
Career and standing
- Kaifu Yitong Sansi, acting Grand Preceptor, supreme pillar of state 開府儀同三司，檢校太師、上柱國AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 52
- military governor of Wuning 武寧軍節度使Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 34
- Military governor of Xuzhou 徐州節度使Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 25
- vice grand councilor 同平章事Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 949Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 35
- Acting Third Rank 開府儀同三司GrantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 64
- honorary Grand Preceptor 檢校太師GrantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 64
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- military governor of Xuzhou 徐州節度使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 21
- Wuning military commissioner 武寧軍節度使HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 57
- Xuzhou military commissioner 徐州節度使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 104, passage 22
- Supreme Pillar of State 上柱國GrantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 64
- Duke of Xiangyin 湘陰公Demoted toDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 28
- Duke of Xiangyin 湘陰公EnfeoffedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 52
- Duke of Xiangyin 湘陰公HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 21, 64
- ImprisonedConfined · At outer lodge 外館Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 59
- demoted and enfeoffed Duke of Xiangyin 降授…封湘陰公DemotedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 64
- Duke of Xiangyin 湘陰公Demotion · DemotedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 52
- AD 950 乾祐三年冬十一月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 31, 64
Places and affiliations
- Later Han 漢Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 21
- At Songzhou 宋州 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 41
- At Xuzhou 徐州 · Relation Posted to
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Feng Dao (馮道)
Events and relationships
- Chosen as heirPolitical · NomineeDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 35
- Deliberated for enthronementPolitical · Proposed emperorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 104, passage 22
- Han edict establishing Yun as heir 漢嘗詔立赟為嗣Political · Object · Established as heirDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 30
- Five colored clouds seenOmen · SubjectDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 22
- Heaven splitting lightOmen · Subject · At Pengcheng 彭城Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 29
- Heavenly dog star fellOmen · Subject · At Xuzhou plain 徐野Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 30
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- Named successorPolitical · Designated heirDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 26, 39
- Phoenix like bird appearedOmen · SubjectDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 23-25
- Relation Patron of · Person Guo Zhongshu (郭忠恕)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 68
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment used as a pawn in Zhou usurpation; not Han principal heir · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 60
References in the histories
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