Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Liu Zhilin 劉之遴

Liú Zhīlín

Attested AD 502 - AD 549

Passages: 7
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Liu Zhilin was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 526 普通七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 30, passage 52
AD 520 to AD 549 梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 14-15
AD 502 to AD 549 梁世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 52
AD 546 梁代
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 5
AD 502 梁臺建
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 36, passage 12

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Liu Zhiheng (劉之亨)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 18, passage 56
Parent of Liu Zhongwei (劉仲威)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 52
Child of Liu Qiu (劉虯)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 18, passage 51

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Aide in the secretariat of Jing province 荊州治中從事史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 52
Discipline Commissioner 都官尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14

Places and affiliations

At Nanyang 南陽
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14; Book of Liang 36, passage 12

Works and attributed material

Poem · Author · With Jiang Zong (江總) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passages 15-20

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 1 passage

父之遴，荊州治中從事史。 His father Zhi-lin was an aide in the secretariat of Jing province.

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 2 passages

尚書僕射范陽張纘，度支尚書琅邪王筠，都官尚書南陽劉之遴，並高才碩學，總時年少有名，纘等雅相推重，為忘年友會。 Vice director of the masters of writing Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, revenue commissioner Wang Yun of Langya, and discipline commissioner Liu Zhilin of Nanyang were all men of eminent talent and great learning. Zong at the time was young and already famed; Zuan and the rest warmly esteemed him, and they formed friendships across the generations.

之遴嘗酬總詩，其略曰：「上位居崇禮，寺署鄰栖息。 Liu Zhilin's poem in reply to Zong, in summary: "You occupy a lofty rank and receive honored ritual; your office adjoins where I dwell.

Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 1 passage

少好學，博通經史，諮梁武帝左氏疑義三十餘條，尚書僕射范陽張纘、太常卿南陽劉之遴並與濟討論，纘等莫能抗對。 From boyhood he loved books and mastered the classics and histories. He put more than thirty questions on the Zuo Commentary before Liang's Emperor Wu; Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, vice director of the masters of writing, and Liu Zhiliao of Nanyang, minister of ceremonies, debated them with him—and could not hold their ground.

Book of Liang, Chapter 30Volume 30: Pei Ziye; Gu Xie; Xu Chi; Bao Quan · 2 passages

子野與沛國劉顯、南陽劉之遴、陳郡殷芸、陳留阮孝緒、吳郡顧協、京兆韋棱，皆博極羣書，深相賞好，顯尤推重之。 Ziye, together with Liu Xian of Peiguo, Liu Zhilin of Nanyang, Yin Yun of Chen commandery, Ruan Xiaoxu of Chenliu, Gu Xie of Wu commandery, and Wei Leng of Jingzhao, had all read exhaustively and were close friends; Xian especially esteemed him.

普通七年，王師北伐，敕子野爲喻魏文，受詔立成，高祖以其事體大，召尚書僕射徐勉、太子詹事周捨、鴻臚卿劉之遴、中書侍郎朱异，集壽光殿以觀之，時並嘆服。 In the seventh year of Putong, the imperial army marched north, and Ziye was ordered to compose a letter admonishing Wei. He received the edict and finished it at once. Because the matter was weighty, Emperor Wu summoned Vice Director of the Secretariat Xu Mian, Supervisor of the Heir Apparent Zhou She, Minister of Ceremonies Liu Zhilin, and Vice Director of the Secretariat Zhu Yi to gather in the Shouguang Hall to read it; all marveled at it.

Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 1 passage

梁臺建，與南陽劉之遴同爲太學博士，當時以爲美選。 When the Liang regime was founded, he and Nanyang's Liu Zhilin were both appointed Masters of the Imperial Academy—an appointment everyone envied.