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- Li Yan (died c. October 234), courtesy name Zhengfang, also known as Li Ping, was a military general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
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It was said that Liu Yan, while serving as military governor, frequently invited members of the intelligentsia who had fled from the Central Plain to serve on his staff, and often made them prefects of the circuit's prefectures, so among the prefects there were no military officers. [12]
Feb 15, 2024 · Liu Yan 劉琰 (d. 234), courtesy name Weishuo 威碩, was a military commander of the state of Shu-Han 蜀漢 (221-263), one of the Three Empires 三國 (220~280 CE). As a man from the princedom of Lu 魯國 (today's Qufu 曲阜, Shandong), he served Liu Bei 劉備 (161-222) when the latter dominated the province of Yuzhou 豫州.
Liu Yan (traditional Chinese: 劉 龑; simplified Chinese: 刘 䶮; pinyin: Liú Yǎn; 889 [3] – 10 June 942 [4] [1]), né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) (from c. 896 to 911) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of the Chinese ...
Despite holding important ranks, Liu Yan was not actively involved in state and military affairs while showing little aptitude for it. With only a thousand troops under his command, the Chancellor Zhuge Liang derided him as a spectating commentator. [11] . Outside the workplace, he led an extravagant and pretentious lifestyle.
After Liu Yin became the commander of the army of the circuit (which had been renamed Qinghai (清海)) by that point under the military governor Li Zhirou the Prince of Xue in 896, Liu Yan was also given the title of military advisor to Li Zhirou as the Prince of Xue, and his name was changed from Liu Yan to Liu Zhi.
Liu Yan enlisted the help of powerful local families to raise an army and put down the rebellion. Once firmly in control of the region, he plotted to gain independence from the central Han government.
Mar 8, 2011 · Liu assembled a large army and participated in the campaigns suppressing the last adherents of the warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 who had forced the young emperor to move the capital from Luoyang 洛陽 to Chang'an 長安 (modern Xi'an).
