Liu Zhizhang (劉知章)

Overview

Liu Zhizhang was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 933 明宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 10

Career and standing

Suffered
Shackled and nearly executed · Authority Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 11

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 3 passages

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明宗遣回鶻侯三馳傳至其國，侯三至醴泉縣，地素僻，無驛馬，縣令劉知章出獵，不時給馬，侯三遽以聞。 Mingzong sent the Uighur envoy Hou San post-haste to his homeland. At remote Liquan County there were no relay mounts; the magistrate Liu Zhizhang was out hunting and failed to provide horses promptly, and Hou San reported the delay at once.

明宗大怒，械知章至京師，將殺之； Mingzong flew into a rage, had Zhizhang shackled and sent to the capital, and meant to put him to death;

重誨從容為言，乃得不死。 Chonghui pleaded for him calmly, and Zhizhang was spared.