#shi yi chang'an

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Memory of Chang’an | 拾忆长安·明月几时有 | Qiang & Mingyue

#Memory of Chang'an #Donghua #Qiang Li #Mingyue Li #Qiang x Mingyue #拾忆长安·明月几时有 #Shi Yi Chang An: Mingyue Jishi You #Li Qiang #Li Mingyue #Memory of Changan #Shi Yi Chang An Mingyue Jishi You #Shi Yi Chang An #Spring #Chinese Anime

[nemainofthewater]

Best character surnamed: Cheng

Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*

What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgot anyone, let me know in the notes.

This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here

#poll #winter begonia #love like the galaxy #the disguiser #ascending do not disturb #fox volant #the longest day in chang'an #strong winds return home

[bookofjin]

Administrative geography of Western Han (34,115)

According to Ban Gu's Book of Han.

Places names on the map:

You 幽州

Bohai勃海郡

Yangxin陽信

Dongguang東光

Fucheng阜城

Qiantong千童

Zhonghe重合

Ding定

Gaole高樂

Linle臨樂

Zhongping重平

Tiaoshi脩市

Zhangxiang章鄉

Puling蒲領

Ji冀州

Guangping廣平國

Quzhou曲周

Nanqu南曲

Xindu信都國

Xindu信都

Li歷

Fuliu扶柳

Biyang辟陽

Nangong南宮

Xiabo下博

Wuyi武邑

Guanjin觀津

Gaodi高隄

Guangchuan廣川

Lexiang樂鄉

Pingdi平隄

Tao桃

Xiliang西梁

Changcheng昌成

Dongchang東昌

Xiu脩

Hejian 河間國

Gonggao弓高

Wei魏郡

Guantao館陶

Qingyuan清淵

Wei魏

Yuancheng元城

Yin'an陰安

Ping'en平恩

Julu鉅鹿郡

Nanluan南䜌

Linping臨平

Shi貰

Qiao郻

Xinshi新巿

Tangyang堂陽

Lixiang歷鄉

Lexin樂信

Qinghe清河郡

Qingyang清陽

Dongwucheng東武城

Yimu繹幕

Ling靈

Cuo厝

Shu鄃

Beiqiu貝丘

Xincheng信成

Souti𢘿題

Dongyang東陽

Xinxiang信鄉

Liao繚

Zaoqiang棗彊

Fuyang復陽

Yan 兗州

Dong東郡

Liaocheng聊城

Dunqiu頓丘

Fagan發干

Fan范

Chiping茬平

Dongwuyang東武陽

Boping博平

Li黎

Qing清

Dong'e東阿

Lihu離狐

Linyi臨邑

Xuchang須昌

Shouliang壽良

Lechang樂昌

Yangping陽平

Linqiu廩丘

Chenliu陳留郡

Cheng'an成安

Ningling寧陵

Xiangyi襄邑

Yan傿

Shanyang山陽郡

Changyi昌邑

Nanpingyang南平陽

Chengwu成武

Huling湖陵

Dongmin東緍

Fangyu方與

Tuo橐

Juye鉅野

Shanfu單父

Bo薄

Duguan都關

Chengdu城都

Huang黃

Yuanqi爰戚

Gaocheng郜成

Pingle平樂

Xiaqiu瑕丘

Xiyang西陽

Jiyin濟陰郡

Dingtao定陶

Yuanqu冤句

Lüdu呂都

Jiami葭密

Chengyang成陽

Juancheng鄄城

Gouyang句陽

Du秺

Chengshi乘氏

Chengyang 城陽國

Ju莒

Yangdu陽都

Dong'an東安

Lü慮

Huaiyang淮陽國

Zhe柘

Dongping東平國

Wuyan無鹽

Rencheng任城

Dongpinglu東平陸

Fucheng富城

Zhang章

Kangfu亢父

Fan樊

Taishan泰山郡

Fenggao奉高

Bo博

Chi茬

Lu盧

Feicheng肥成

Yiqiu蛇丘

Gang剛

Chai柴

Gai蓋

Liangfu梁父

Dongpingyang東平陽

Nanwuyang南武陽

Laiwu萊���

Juping鉅平

Ying嬴

Mou牟

Mengyin蒙陰

Hua華

Ningyang寧陽

Shengqiu乘丘

Fuyang富陽

Taoshan桃山

Taoxiang桃鄉

Qing青州

Zichuan甾川國

Ju劇

Dong'anping東安平

Louxiang樓鄉

Jiaodong 膠東國

Jimo即墨

Xiami下密

Zhuangwu壯武

Yuzhi郁秩

Ting挺

Guanyang觀陽

Zoulu鄒盧

Gaomi高密國

Gaomi高密

Chang'an昌安

Shiquan石泉

Yi'an夷安

Chengxiang成鄉

Pingyuan平原郡

Pingyuan平原

Ge鬲

Gaotang高唐

Zhongqiu重丘

Pingchang平昌

Yu羽

Ban般

Leling樂陵

Zhu'e祝阿

Yuan瑗

Eyang阿陽

Tayin漯陰

Li朸

Fuping富平

Ande安悳

Louxu樓虛

Long'e龍頟

An安

Qiancheng千乘郡

Qiancheng千乘

Dongzou東鄒

Shiwo溼沃

Ping'an平安

Bochang博昌

Liaocheng蓼城

Jianxin建信

Di狄

Langhuai琅槐

Le'an樂安

Beiyang被陽

Gaochang高昌

Gaowan高宛

Yanxiang延鄉

Ji'nan濟南郡

Dongpingling東平陵

Zouping鄒平

Tai臺

Liangzou梁鄒

Tugu土鼓

Yuling於陵

Yangqiu陽丘

Panyang般陽

Jian菅

Zhaoyang朝陽

Licheng歷城

You猇

Zhu著

Yicheng宜成

Qi齊郡

Linzi臨淄

Changguo昌國

Li利

Xi'an西安

Juding鉅定

Guang廣

Guangrao廣饒

Linqu臨朐

Taixiang臺鄉

Beihai北海郡

Yingling營陵

Jukui劇魁

Anqiu安丘

Chunyu淳于

Yi益

Pingshou平壽

Ju劇

Duchang都昌

Pingwang平望

Liuquan柳泉

Shouguang壽光

Lewang樂望

Rao饒

Zhen斟

Sangdu桑犢

Pingcheng平城

Mixiang密鄉

Chengxiang成鄉

Jiaoyang膠陽

Donglai東萊郡

Ye掖

Chui腄

Pingdu平度

Huang黃

Linqu臨朐

Qucheng曲成

Mouping牟平

Dongmou東牟

Jian㡉

Yuli育犁

Changyang昌陽

Buye不夜

Dangli當利

Luxiang盧鄉

Yangle陽樂

Yangshi陽石

Xuxiang徐鄉

Yu豫州

Liang梁國

Dang碭

Zi甾

Shuqiu杼秋

Meng蒙

Yishi已氏

Yu虞

Xiayi下邑

Suiyang睢陽

Lu魯國

Lu魯

Bian卞

Wenyang汶陽

Pi蕃

Zou騶

Xue薛

Pei沛郡

Xiao蕭

Guangqi廣戚

Feng豐

Gongqiu公丘

Jingqiu敬丘

Pei沛

Jianping建平

Li栗

Fuyang扶陽

Qixiang祈鄉

Xu 徐州

Chu楚國

Pengcheng彭城

Liu留

Wu梧

Fuyang傅陽

Lü呂

Wuyuan武原

Langye琅邪郡

Dongwu東武

Buji不其

Haiqu海曲

Ganyu贛榆

Zhuxu朱虛

Zhu諸

Wucheng梧成

Lingmen靈門

Gumu姑幕

Linyuan臨原

Langye琅邪

Fei祓

Ju柜

Ping缾

Fu邞

Qianzou黔陬

Jijin計斤

Dao稻

Gaoyu皋虞

Pingchang平昌

Changguang長廣

Heng橫

Dongguan東莞

Weiqi魏其

Chang昌

Zixiang茲鄉

Ji箕

Bi椑

Gaoguang高廣

Gaoxiang高鄉

Li麗

Xinshan新山

Gaoyang高陽

Kunshan昆山

Zhequan折泉

Fangshan房山

Anqiu安丘

Donghai東海郡

Tan郯

Lanling蘭陵

Xiangfei襄賁

Xiapi下邳

Liangcheng良成

Pingqu平曲

Qi戚

Qu朐

Kaiyang開陽

Bi費

Licheng利成

Haiqu海曲

Zeng繒

Nancheng南成

Jiqiu即丘

Zhuqi祝其

Linyi臨沂

Houqiu厚丘

Rongqiu容丘

Dong'an東安

Hexiang合鄉

Zheng承

Jianyang建陽

Quyang曲陽

Siwu司吾

Duyang都陽

Yinping陰平

Wuxiang郚鄉

Xinyang新陽

Jianling建陵

Changlu昌慮

Not located

Dong東郡

Panguan畔觀

Limiao利苗

Shanyang山陽郡

Zhongxiang中鄉

Zheng鄭

Zixiang甾鄉

Lixiang栗鄉

Quxiang曲鄉

Jiaodong 膠東國

Changwu昌武

Pingyuan平原郡

Heyang合陽

Qiancheng千乘郡

Fan'an繁安

Taishan泰山郡

Shi式

Qi齊郡

Zhaonan昭南

Beixiang北鄉

Pingguang平廣

Beihai北海郡

Zhi瓡

Pingdi平的

Yangshi羊石

Ledu樂都

Shixiang石鄉

Shangxiang上鄉

Xincheng新成

Langye琅邪郡

Xushui虛水

Yujia雩假

Yun雲

Rou柔

Jilai即來

Wuxiang武鄉

Yixiang伊鄉

Canfeng參封

Boshi博石

Shenxiang慎鄉

Siwang駟望

Gaoling高陵

Lin'an臨安

Shishan石山

Donghai東海郡

Lanqi蘭祺

Shanxiang山鄉

Jianxiang建鄉

Yuxiang于鄉

Pingqu平曲

Wuyang武陽

Duping都平

County locations and ancient rivers, lakes, and shorelines from The Historical Atlas of China.

I have intentionally stuck to the Hanshu where it differs from the Historical Atlas.

#western han

[zl181]

Comprehensive Biography of Shi Yi

Shi Yi (士壹) was a civil official who served the Han dynasty and his elder brother, Shi Xie. After his surrender to Sun Quan, he was eventually executed.

Ancestry

See the Biography of Shi Xie for it.

Life

Shi Yi was a subordinate to the Inspector of Jia Province; Ding Gong. When Ding Gong was summoned to the capital, Shi Yi waited to see him off in a diligent and respectful manner, and Ding Gong appreciated that. When he was about to leave, he told Shi Yi,

"Should I be appointed as one of the Three Excellencies, I shall recruit you."

Later, Ding Gong served as Excellency over the Masses, and recruited Yi. By the time Shi Yi arrived to the capital from Jiao Province, however, Ding Gong was already replaced by Huang Wan as Excellency over the Masses. Luckily, Huang Wan treated Shi Yi respectfully.[1]

Dong Zhuo seized control of the capital and made enemies with Huang Wan. Shi Yi openly declared his support for Huang Wan, leading a furious Dong Zhuo to issue an order, stating,

"The Excellency over the Masses' Assistant, Shi Yi, must not be appointed [to further office]."

Shi Yi was never promoted for this reason. When Dong Zhuo went into Chang'an, Shi Yi took this opportunity to escape.[2]

When the Inspector of Jiao Province; Zhu Fu was killed, the commanderies fell into disarray. Shi Yi's elder brother, Shi Xie, petitioned for all his brothers to be Grand Administrators of the commanderies. In Shi Yi's case, he became Grand Administrator of Hepu. Shi Yi and his brothers were all heavily honored by its locals.[3]

Around 210, Sun Quan sent Bu Zhi to serve as Inspector of Jiao Province. Shi Xie and his brothers conceded authority to him. In return, Shi Yi's sons that stayed in the south were all made Generals of the Household. Soon, Sun Quan appointed Shi Yi as Lieutenant General and Marquis of a Capital Township.[4]

Every time Shi Yi sent tribute to Sun Quan, it would always be in the form of hundreds of horses. Sun Quan expressed his gratitude and sent gifts to Shi Yi whenever he replied.[5]

Downfall and Death

After Shi Xie's death, Lü Dai received an edict from Sun Quan to execute Shi Hui, quickly gaining their surrender. Soon, he assassinated Shi Hui and his brothers at a banquet. Sun Quan pardoned Shi Yi and his descendants of Shi Hui's crimes. However, some years later, Shi Yi was convicted of unspecified crimes and executed.[6]

References

[1] - 【弟壹，初為郡督郵。刺史丁宮徵還京都，壹侍送勤恪，宮感之，臨別謂曰：「刺史若待罪三事，當相辟也。」後宮為司徒，辟壹。比至，宮已免，黃琬代為司徒，甚禮遇壹。董卓作亂，壹亡歸鄉里。】《三國志•卷四十九》

[2] - 【琬與卓相害，而壹盡心於琬，甚有聲稱。卓惡之，乃署教曰：「司徒掾士壹，不得除用。」故歷年不遷。會卓入關，壹乃亡歸。】《吳書》

[3] - 【交州刺史朱符為夷賊所殺，州郡擾亂。燮乃表壹領合浦太守，次弟徐聞令䵋領九真太守，䵋弟武，領南海太守。...燮兄弟並為列郡，雄長一州，偏在萬里，威尊無上。出入鳴鍾磬，備具威儀，笳簫鼓吹，車騎滿道，胡人夾轂焚燒香者常有數十。妻妾乘輜軿，子弟從兵騎，當時貴重，震服百蠻，尉他不足踰也。】《三國志•卷四十九》

[4] - 【建安十五年，孫權遣步騭為交州刺史。騭到，燮率兄弟奉承節度。而吳巨懷異心，騭斬之。權加燮為左將軍。建安末年，燮遣子廞入質，權以為武昌太守，燮、壹諸子在南者，皆拜中郎將。燮又誘導益州豪姓雍闓等，率郡人民使遙東附，權益嘉之，遷衛將軍，封龍編侯，弟壹偏將軍，都鄉侯。】《三國志•卷四十九》

[5] - 【壹時貢馬凡數百匹。權輒為書，厚加寵賜，以答慰之。燮在郡四十餘歲，黃武五年，年九十卒。】《三國志•卷四十九》

[6] - 【壹、䵋、匡後出，權原其罪，及燮質子廞，皆免為庶人。數歲，壹、䵋坐法誅。廞病卒，無子，妻寡居，詔在所月給俸米，賜錢四十萬。】《三國志•卷四十九》

[movielosophy]

周生如故 - Oh no, he’s in love!

#one and only #cdrama #one and only ep5 #周生如故 #chang'an memories #bai lu #character: cui shi yi #god i love her portraying cute and reserved girl #once in a while it's so cute #wang xing yue #character: liu zi xing #the kid is only 19!

[inahochi]

王你好贱 〖 Memory of Chang’an 〗

#01 A Bloody Crossing

#shi yi chang an #memory of chang'an #allanimanga #fyanimegifs #dailyanime #li qiang #ming yue #lian shiying #shi yi chang an: ming yue ji shi you #;edits #sycaedit #sycagifs

[edensania]

I WILL MISS THEM

Anime : Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You

Season 1 ended but they will come back in future 😭❤

#anime #manga #Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You #prince don't do this #li qian #li mingyue #chinese anime #manhua #manhwa #memory of chang'an

[weeguttersnipe]

But a disappointed heart... starts from a trivial matter such as this.

The Longest Day in Chang’an (Chinese drama, 2019)

#the longest day in chang'an #longest day in chang'an #长安十二时辰 #chang an shi er shi chen #jackson yi #zhao wei #chinese drama #chinese tv #cdrama #c-drama #gif #yi yang qian xi

[dangermousie]

Who is your favorite villian in cdramas?😬

There are so many good ones!

Cdramas don't often give us villain protagonists, but I find Li Chengyin (Goodbye My Princess) and Qin Shi Huang (The King's Woman) break the mold - they are both horrible people, and the dramas make no bones about it, but what breaks them is that they are not monsters enough - they have just enough humanity left to feel terrible when their actions hurt/kill the person(s) they love, but not enough to stop.

Gao Yao in The Myth (the 2010 drama version) is truly memorable. He and Hu Ge's character both end up transported to the Qin Dynasty and both of them are normal nice modern people, but horrific things happen to him one after the other (unlike pretty much every other time travel cdrama out there, The Myth is unique in showing what a true horror show it would be to end in the past) and he finally snaps and starts seeking power as the only thing he can - a lot of the conflict in the drama is his trying to break Hu Ge's character over and over because he wants to justify his own choice to become a monster in response to monstrous things that were done to him and if Hu Ge keeps stubbornly refusing, than it makes his choice not inevitable and therefore keeps him up at night.

Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms 2010 is both a magnetic monster and the protagonist and the villain and I loved him so much even as he cut a swath through my faves.

There are many terrible parents in period cdramas, so many that I'd probably have to type this response until my fingers wore out, but the two lady sect leaders in Handsome Siblings (the Nic Tse version; it's a Hong Kong drama but I am gonna stretch and say it counts; they looked awful in the recent remake but I didn't watch enough to have an opinion) are truly extra terrible because not only do they raise a kid and brainwash him for the express purpose of killing his twin brother as revenge on said kid's long dead father preferring to marry someone else, they just keep gaslighting and abusing him while ranting about how ungrateful he is and how they have no choice, and taking such a delight in it. The father in Royal Nirvana is truly horrifying - so human and you so get why he is the way he is - but somehow that makes him more monstrous. Ling Xiao's mother in Go Ahead is a horrifying, makes me want to scrub my skin off monster, made all the starker because it's not a period cdrama but a modern one and her kind of abuse is so insidious and unstinting and not in your face but utterly wrecking.

If, on the other hand, we are talking about sexy tragic villains I'd love to redeem - Yang Kang as portrayed by Yuan Hong in Legend of Condor Heroes 2008 - they changed the novel arc for his character in a way that probably drove the purists nuts but I adored because it was like Gao Yao's character in The Myth a bit - he tried so hard but finally couldn't any more and then just wanted to take everything down; but unlike GY he did have Mu Nianci's steady love and it brought him out of that dark space eventually, even if he never did get to live to enjoy it. (I wrote oh so many happy fix-it AUs in my head.)

If we are talking "you are a villain and a horrible person and I don't want to redeem you but oh boy I'd love to ride you like a pony provided I can safely leave unmurdered afterwards” otherwise known as "when hormones overrride common sense," Zhou Yi Wei in The Longest Day in Chang'an makes me close my eyes to his villainy and open my legs to his hotness. And Luo Yunxi in Ashes of Love is just YES PLEASE I WILL WORSHIP YOUR DIVINITY even if I think he's a horrible person and a gaslighter and would require more work than an entire car junkyard to be in the vicinity of functional.

#asks #cdrama

[unchecked-too-long]

Recent c-drama watch updates

Sorry I got lazy and took forever to write this but!!! I now have TWO c-dramas to report! Praise me!!! :'D

jk anyway as of recent I've watched "The sword and the brocade" and "The imperial coroner" and it's safe to say I loved one of them a lot more than the other :')

Spoilery (but not really, at least partially because they're so poorly written) reviews ahead:

Starting with tsatb (shortened because I am not writing that title out over and over again):

It was okay. I really, really loved some parts. I also hated some other parts. Quite a bit of it was unfortunately very skippable. bad summary ahead with my very ungathered thoughts:

It's basically about this girl called Shi Yi, a girlboss who is actually a proletariat girl because she's worked as an embroiderer and her bourgeoisie family hate her because of her lower status. Except they can apparently put that aside when they need her to keep up two different relations with other rich families to get her dad a position in court. So yeah stuff happens, her mom dies, she gets married of to the better rishta because her cousin is bad at schemes and also an idiot, except she doesn't care because she only put up with that rishta in order to find out who killed her mom. Also she's 15 when the story starts, 16 when she gets married and 17/18 by the end. Yeah.

her now husband looks constipated, is tired of politics at court, and does not really enjoy coming home to find more politics and arguments and has become very distant as a result. he's like 30 something or 40 with two kids and 5 previous wives (3 concubines, 1 dead wife), all of which were settled more or less without him having an opinion in it.

their age gap, the lady not putting in any effort at home or in her rship, his distance and shit involvement at home obviously causes problems, and i liked how they dealt with it (mostly). also loved the roles the other concubines played, whether as villains or just as characters affected by the leads. did not like the mom. she could've avoided so much trouble so easily for them but noooooooo. lol.

Some people didn't enjoy the Ou family as villains but I'd disagree as they were honestly a very classic set. I just felt bad for the younger son mans did nothing wrong ever and still got the shortest end of the stick.

there's a total of 45 episodes of this ancient chinese saas bahu drama, and i'd like to call it a brainless watch. you'll probably end up rooting for the main couple. the kids are cute too.

7 out of 15 sheep as rating.

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As for "The Imperial Coroner":

It was lots of fun. The romance doesn't really become a heavier theme until the second half, and the no side characters are unreasonably given less time than they deserve to shine on screen, and they honestly all did. "Fun, with lots of healthy relationships, and well wrapped up" is probably the best short description I can think of.

Our leads are Chu Chu, a coroner who comes to Chang'an to work and get a certificate, best girl with the best name, the best family, and heart, and Xiao Jinyu, resident gold fish, handsome judge prince combo, and little brother and baby boy in general. Chu Chu has a classic paindu vibe and I was actually really afraid they were going to keep her simple and stereotyped but thankfully we avoided that. She's smart, understanding, and straightforward. tbh the lead couple started giving me sona chandi vibes at some point ;u; well. Jinyu also follows a similar trend, where his straight forwardness isn't used as an excuse to have him act dumb except a few times, and his reliance on his team to work on his cases is often showed, as is his care and gratitude towards them. He's a good kid.

Prominent side characters include, Jing Yi and Leng Yue, childhood friends to the prince as well as subordinates, Xiao Jinli, a general in the army and the prince's twin, and Wu Jiang who is the princes deputy and also a close friend. The characters families also regularly make appearances and play roles in pulling the story together, especially our leads parents and family, including Princess Xiping and her husband Xiao Heng (accidental cupid), Ministers Jing Zhi, and General Leng Peishan. The entire Chu family too (Chu He is the He Ziqiu of this show bdjsksj).

The story goes from case to case, most of which are connected, to unveil a rebellious conspiracy and a race against time to save the day.

Also I'm pretty convinced the emperor and Jin Bao (young eunuch dude from later half of the show) are smooching.

Anyway the show has 36 episodes, and even with it's shortcomings that i'm still too in love with the show to mention, will hopefully keep anyone watching engaged and rooting for the leads. They're adorable. Also Jing Yi's parents are actually the best couple of the show.

13 out of 15 sheep. (would probably be 15 if i'm being extraaa biased lol. Most of my reviews are entirely personal though so yeah.)

#c drama #brocade heart like jade #the imperial coroner #bibo watches dramas

[bookofjin]

Rise of Sixteen States: 304

This year there were many affairs.

Liu Yuan declares himself King of Han.

Li Xiong declares himself King of Chengdu

22 February 304 – 10 February 305

(Jin's 1st Year of Yongxing)

(Han's 1st Year of Yuanxi)

(Chengdu's 1st Year of Jianxing)

3rd Month, wushen [1 May], used the King of Chengdu, Ying as August Brother-Heir and Commander-in-Chief of All Army Affairs in the Centre and Outside, and Assisting Chancellor.

7th Month, bingshen, New Moon [17 August], the General of the Guards of the Right, Chen Zhen, used a decree summoning the hundred companions to enter within the hall, and following that directed troops to punish the King of Chengdu, Ying.

On jihai [20 August], the Minister over the Masses, Wang Rong, the King of Donghai, Yue, and others served the Emperor on a northern campaign. They arrived at Anyang with a multitude of 100 000. Ying dispatched his general Shi Chao to resist them in battle.

On jiwei [9 September], the Six Armies were defeated at Dangyin. Arrows reached the Driving Carriage, the hundred officials divided and scattered. The Emperor that evening favoured Ying's chariot, the next day he favoured Ye.

8th Month [16 September – 15 October], the General who Calms the North, Wang Jun, dispatched Wuwan cavalry to attack the King of Chengdu at Ye, greatly routing him. Ying drove with the Emperor in a single chariot to flee to Luoyang.

11th Month, yiwei [14 December], Zhang Fang coerced the Emperor to favour Chang'an.

The King of Hejian, Yong, led public officials and 30 000 infantry and cavalry to welcome [the Emperor] at Bashang.

(Liu Yuan)

The King of Chendu, Ying, became August Brother-Heir. He used Yuan as Colonel of Garrison Cavalry to the Brother-Heir. Emperor Hui attacked Ying, and stayed at Dangyin. Ying made use of Yuan as General who Assists the State and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Affairs of the Northern City. When Emperor Hui had been defeated, he used Yuan as General of the Best of the Army, ennobled as Earl of Lunu. Soon after, the Inspector of Bing province, the Duke of Dongying, Teng, and the General who Calms the North and Inspector of You province, Wang Jun, raised troops to attack Ying. Ying's host fought and was defeated. Yuan spoke to Ying, saying:

Now the two garrisons trample on restraint, with a multitude exceeding 100 000. [I] fear we will not be able to manage them with the personal guards and the nearby commanderies' gentlemen and people. Yuan will, Your Highness, return to explain to the Five Sections, assemble and gather a righteous multitude, and thereby hasten to the state's difficulties.

Ying said:

The multitudes of the Five Sections, can they protect and set out already or not? Allowing for you being able to send them out, the Xianbei and Wuhuan are strong and quick like the wind and clouds. How easily can it be done? I wish to serve the Driving Carriage and return to Luoyang, and avoid their spear points, calmly summon Under Heaven to arms, and govern them according to their opposition or loyalty. Lord, what are your thoughts?

Yuan said:

Your Highness is the son of the Martial August Emperor, and has special merits in the royal house. Your power and kindness shine in harmony, the Four Sea's reverent wind. Who would not consider to lose their lives and throw down their bodies for Your Highness? What is the difficulty in sending them out! Wang Jun is an upstart son and Dongying a distant cousin, how could they contend equally with Your Highness?

If Your Highness goes out alone from the Ye palace, and shows weakness to people, is it possible then to arrive in Luoyang? Suppose you reach Luoyang, power and authority will not be restored to Your Highness. A paper calling to arms is a foot-long letter, who will the person be who receives it!

Moreover the Eastern Hu's courage does not exceed the Five Sections. [I] wish Your Highness would encourage and console the multitude soldiers, calming them down and thereby quell them. [I] will, Your Highness, use two sections to destroy Dongying and three sections to put on display Wang Jun. You can point to the day when the heads of the two upstarts will be hanging up.

Ying was pleased and designated Yuan as Northern Chanyu, Assisting the Army Affairs of the Imperial Chancellor. Yuan arrived at Zuoguocheng. Liu Xuan and others elevated him to the title of Great Chanyu. Within twenty days the multitude was soon 50 000. He set his capital at Lishi. He dispatched the Yulu King of the Left, Hong, to lead 5 000 elite cavalry and meet up with Ying's general Wang Cui and resist the Duke of Dongying, Teng. But Cui had already been defeated by Teng, so Hong returned back with nothing done.

Wang Jun sent General Qi Hong to lead Xianbei and attack Ye. Ying was defeated, and held onto the Son of Heaven to run south to Luoyang. Yuan heard Ying had left Ye, he sighed and said:

Ying did not employ my words, on the contrary he is himself running from disaster. He truly has menial talents. However as I and him had words, I cannot but aid him.

Hence he instructed the Yulu King of the Right, Liu Jing, and the Dulu King of the Left, Liu Yannian, and others to lead 20 000 infantry and cavalry, and commanded them to punish the Xianbei. Liu Xuan and others firmly remonstrated, saying:

Jin is without the Way, slaves and lackeys govern us. Therefore the Worthy King of the Right's fierceness does not surpass his anger. Just now Jin's guide ropes are not spread. [If] the great affair is not followed through, the Worthy of the Right will smear [himself] with earth, to the Chanyu's shame.

Now in the Sima clan, father and son, elder and younger brother, are themselves [chopping] each other [like] fish meat, this is Heaven casting aside Jin's virtue and conferring it on us. [If] the Chanyu stores up virtue in his body, and is submitted to by the people of Jin, [he] soon will raise up our nation and tribe and restore the patrimony of Huhanxie. The Xianbei and Wuhuan are of our manners and type, and could be used as helpers, why would [we] resist them and aid [our] foes!

Now Heaven is acting through us and cannot be disobeyed. To disobey Heaven is not auspicious, to go against the multitudes is not helpful. [He who when] Heaven gives does not take, will in turn receive his calamity. [I] wish the Chanyu would not doubt.

Yuan said:

Good. [I] will be raising up the hill to the pinnacle mound, why would I make a hillock! As for Emperors and Kings, when where they regular? Yu the Great was born among the Western Rong, King Wen was born among the eastern Yu. Looking back, they were conferred for virtue, that was all. Now [I] see a multitude of more than 100 000, and anyone of us is a match for ten of the Jin. To strike the march and destroy chaotic Jin is like snapping deadwood, that is all. At best I can complete the legacy of Gao of Han, at worst I will be no less than the Wei clan. How is Huhanxie a sufficient course of action!

However, the people of Jin are not necessarily similar to us. Han had Under Heaven for many generations, kindness and virtue connection to the population's hearts. Thus though Zhaolie [lived] rough and rugged in the lands of a single province, he was yet able contend at an equal level Under Heaven. I am also a sister's child of the Han clan, sworn to be elder and younger brothers. When the older brother perishes, the younger carries on. Can we not do likewise? Now moreover, I can raise up Han, posthumously honour the Later Ruler, and thereby comfort the populace's expectations.

Xuan and others touched head to ground, saying:

[They] are not reaching up [to you].

1st Year of Yuanxi [304 AD], he moved to Zuoguocheng. The Jin people who [came from] the east to adhere were several ten thousand. Xuan and others sent up [to assume] the venerated title. Yuan said:

Now the Jin clan still exist, the Four Regions are not yet settled. [We] can look up to and honour the Exalted August's first regulations, and moreover designate [me] King of Han [while] for the moment delaying the tile of August Emperor. [When I] hear the cosmos is mixed into one [I] will once more discuss it.

10th Month [14 November – 10 December], he had an altar in the southern suburbs, and falsely ranked as King of Han. He sent down an order, saying:

Formerly our Grand Founder [taizu], the Exalted [gao] August Emperor used his divine martial ability to follow expectations, and broadly began the great patrimony. The Grand Ancestor [taizong], the Filial and Civil [xiaowen] August Emperor gave weight to using enlightened kindness, peace and prosperity was the Way of Han. The Generational Ancestor [shizong], the Filial and Martiaizul [xiaowu] August Emperor expanded the territory and repelled the yi, the territory exceeding the days of Tang. The Middle Ancestor [zhongzong], the Filial and Propagating [xiaoxuan] August Emperor, sought and lifted up the capable and outstanding, many scholars filled the court.

Hence the Way of our founder and ancestors strode pass the Three Kings, their achievements exalted as the Five Emperors. For that reason the foretold years were many times the Xia and Shang's, the foretold generations exceeded the Ji clan. But Yuan and Cheng had many crimes, Ai and Ping were briefly blessed. The traitorous subject Wang Mang overflowed Heaven and usurped disobediently.

Our Generational Founder [shizu], the Brilliant and Martial [guangwu] August Emperor was expansively endowed with sagely martial ability. He immensely restored the vast foundation, worshipped Han matched with Heaven, and did not neglect old matters, so that the Three Luminaries' obscurity were yet restored to clarity, the Three Receptacles' darkness were yet restored to visibility. The Manifesting Ancestor [xianzong], the Filial and Enlightened [xiaoming] August Emperor, and the Solemn Ancestor [suzong], the Filial and Articulating [xiaozhang] August Emperor, amassed eras, the blazing light twice revealed.

From He and An and afterwards, the august guide-ropes gradually decayed, Heaven's pace was hard and difficult, the state's government again and again cut off. The Yellow Turban seas boiled in the Nine Provinces, the crowd of eunuchs' poison flowed in the Four Seas. Dong Zhuo following that indulged his careless heedlessness, Cao Cao, father and son, fell rebels, were soon after.

For that reason Xiaomin let go and put aside the ten thousand states. Zhaolie strayed beyond Min and Shu, hoping the stoppage in the end would have exaltation, returning the carriage box to the old capital. How to assess Heaven not regretting the calamity, the Later Emperor was embarrassed and humiliated.

Since the altars of soil and grain were lost and ceased, the ancestral temple have not had blood to eat for forty years until this point. Now Heaven is coaxing its inner self, regretting the calamity to August Han, and making the Sima clan, father and son, elder and younger brother, repeatedly break and wipe out each other. The numerous multitudes are in the mud and soot, scattering to denounce and accuse.

This Orphan is now all at once pushed forward by the crowd of excellencies, to carry on offering to the Three Founders' legacy. Looking at [my] current crippled ignorance, [I] shiver in fear for collapsing in a shallow grave. However, as the great shame is not yet wiped away, the altars of soil and grain are without a host, with gall in the mouth and the roost cold, [I] will strive to follow the crowd's opinion.

He changed Jin's 1st Year of Yongxing to be the 1st Year of Yuanxi [“Inaugural Radiance”], there was a great amnesty Under Heaven. He posthumously venerated Liu Shan as the Filial and Cherished [xiaohuai] August Emperor. He established Gaozu of Han and below, three Founders and five Ancestors, as divine rules and worshipped them. He established his wife, Ms. Huyan as Queen, set up the hundred officials, and used the Worthy King of the Right, Xuan, as Imperial Chancellor, Cui You as Imperial Clerk Grandee, the Yulu King of the Left, Hong, as Grand Commandant, Fan Long as Great Herald, Zhu Ji as Grand Master of Ceremonies, Cui Yizhi of Shangdang and Chen Yuanda of the Rear Section both as Gentlemen of the Yellow Gates, his clan-child Yao as General who Establishes the Martial, the remainder were designated and conferred each proportionally. You firmly declined and did not go.

12th Month [12 January 305 – 3 February], the Duke of Dongying, Teng, sent General Nie Xuan to chastise him, they fought at Daling. Xuan's host achieved defeat. Teng was afraid, he led more than 20 000 households of Bing province to go down East of the Mountain. Thereupon [the people who] lived there were robbed. Yuan dispatched his General who Establishes the Martial, Liu Yao, to rob Taiyuan, Xuanshi, Zhunliu, Zhangzi and Zhongdu, all were lost to him.

He also dispatched the General of the Best of the Army, Qiao Xi, to rob Xihe. The Prefect of Jiexu, Jia Hun resisted steadfastly and did not surrender, saying:

I am a defender of Jin, [if I am] not able to maintain it, why cautiously seek to live therefore serving thieves and miscreants? How could I face accordingly to watch and breath in the world!

Xi was angry, apprehended and wanted to kill him. Xi's general Yin Song said:

[If] the General saves him, [he can] thereby convince [him] to serve you, Lord.

Xi did not listen and thereupon murdered him. Jia Hun's wife, Ms. Zong, had a beautiful figure and Xi desired to take her. Ms. Zong reviled him, saying:

Slave of the Tuge, how can you murder a person's husband then desire to assign [her] without decorum, how is this to you? Why do you not hurry and kill me!

Then she raised her head to Heaven and greatly wept. Xi thereupon murdered her. At the time she was (more than) 20 years old. Yuan heard about it, and greatly angered said:

If it is the Way of Heaven to be perceptive, the view of Qiao Xi has sown seeds!

When the pursuers returned, he demoted his salary four grades, collected Hun's corpse and buried it.

(Cui You)

Cui You, courtesy name Zixiang, was a native Shangdang. As young he was fond of studying, he was discerning and enlightened in the Ruist methods, tranquil, peaceful, humble and withdrawn. From young to old his mouth not once spoke about wealth and profit. At the end of Wei, he was examined as Filial and Upright, and appointed Retainer of the Chancellor's Office. He set out to be Chief of Dichi, he was very kind in government affairs. He retired due to illness, and thereupon was disabled and sick.

At the beginning of Taishi [265 – 274], Emperor Wu favoured the succession from Emperor Wen's old office companions and staff, and attended on the family to designate a Palace Gentleman. Aged more than 70, he still esteemed studying and did not tire. He compiled a Chart of Mouring Clothes, which has come down through the ages. He passed on at home, at the time he was 93 years old.

(Liu Cong)

Liu Cong, courtesy name Xuanming, also named Zai, was Yuan's 4thson. His motherwas named Lady Zhang.Earlier, when she was pregnant with Cong, Lady Zhang dreamt the sun enter her breast. She woke up and told Yuan. Yuan said:

This is a good omen, take care not to talk of it.

Fifteen months from that then she gave birth to Cong, at night there was an exceptional white light. The shape of his body was not usual. In his left ear there was a single white hair, more than two chi long with considerable shine and lustre. As a young child he was yet intelligent and aware and fond of studying, the Broad Scholar Zhu Ji greatly marvelled at him. At the age of fourteen, he delved thoroughly into the the classics and histories, and even more so the assembled words of the hundred schools. In Sun and Wu's Principles of War there was nothing he did not completely understand.

He was skilled with the draft and clerical scripts, and good with composing texts. He displayed and expressed his deepest feelings in more than a hundred chapters of poetry, and more than fifty chapters of rhapsodies and hymns. At fifteen he practised striking and stabbing. He had ape arms and was good at shooting, he could bend a bow 300 jin strong, was strong in body, valiant and agile, ahead and beyond the times. Wang Hun of Taiyuan saw and was pleased with him. He spoke to Yuan, saying:

This boy cannot be measured by me.

As a youth he drifted to the Imperial City, there were nobody of the famous scholars he did not communicate and connect with. Yue Guang and Zhang Hua particularly marvelled at him.

Jin's Grand Warden of Xinxing, Guo Yi, nominated him has Master of Accounts, he served accordingly in the commandery's affairs. He was recommended good and supportive, and entered to became Marshal of Detached Section of Valiant Cavalry. The King of Qi, Jiong, used him as Palace Commandant of State. He set out to be Marshal of the Left Section, and soon after amassed to move to Chief Commandant of the Right Section. He was good at consoling and connected, there were none of the Five Section's prominent and honoured who did not revert to him. The Grand Steward, the King of Hejian, Yong, petitioned him to be Commander of the Palace Gentlemen of the Red Sand.

Cong, since Yuan was at Ye, and he feared he would be murdered by the King of Chengdu, Ying, he absconded and ran to Ying. Ying was extremely pleased, and designated him General who Amasses Crossbows of the Right, Assisting the Battle Affairs of the Vanguards. When Yuan became Chanyu of the North, he was established as Worthy King of the Right, and accompanied to turn back to the Right Section. When he was enthroned as Great Chanyu, he changed his designation to Lulu King.

(Liu Yao)

Liu Yao, courtesy name Yongming, was Yuan's clan-child. He was orphaned young, and was nurtured by Yuan. As a youth, he was yet perceptive and intelligent, and had unusual measures. Aged eight sui, he accompanied Yuan to hunt in the Western Mountains, when they came across rain, and stopped beneath a tree. Suddenly, thunder shook near the tree. None of the people did not fall over and lie down, Yao in spirit and colour was like himself. Yuan was amazed by him, and said:

This is my family's thousand li colt, older cousin is not gone!

He was nine chi, three cun tall, his hands hang down past the knees. When he was born, his eyebrows were white and his eyes had a red glow. His beard and whiskers did not exceed a hundred roots, but all were five chi long. He by nature lifted up and let drop the high and brilliant, and was not among the crowd of the multitudes.

He read books with a mind towards a broad overlook, and did not concentrate on pondering chapters and verses. He was good at composing text and was skilled with the draft and clerical scripts. His gallantry and martial ability was beyond other people. Iron one cun thick he shot and pierced, at the time it was declared to be a godly shot. He particularly fond of military books and could recite roughly all from memory. He often made light of and ridiculed Wu and Deng, but compared himself with Yue Yi, Xiao, and Cao. At the time people did not acknowledge him, only Cong said:

Yongming is in the class of Shizu and Wu of Wei, how are some Excellencies worth mention!

As a youth he drifted to Luoyang, was implicated in an affair and was to be executed. Therefore he absconded with Cao Xun to run to Liu Sui. Sui hid him in a book cabinet, carried, and sent him off to Wang Zhong. Zhong sent him off to Chaoxian. For the remainder of the year, he was starving and hard-pressed. Thereupon he altered his family and personal name, and as a retainer became a county soldier. The Prefect of Chaoxian, Cui Yue, saw and was amazed with him. He gave him clothes and food, his charity and regard was very substantial. Cao Xun, though he was in the midst of a difficult situation, served Yao with the rites of lord and subject. Yao was very gracious to him. Later there happened to be an amnesty, and he was free to return home.

He himself, since his appearance and substance was different from the multitudes, and feared he would not be tolerated during the era, once lived in hiding in the mountains of Guancen, using a qin zither and books to amuse himself. In the middle of the night, suddenly there were two servant boys who entered, knelt, and said:

The King of Guancen sends his young subjects to offer his respects to the August Emperor of Zhao.

They presented a single edged sword, put it in front of him, bowed twice, and departed. He used a torch to look at it. The sword was two chi long, the shine and polish was not ordinary, red jade made up the sheath, on the back side there was an inscription which said:

The godly sword holds sway, removes the multitudes' poison.

Yao thereupon wore it. The sword followed the four seasons and altered to have the five colours.

(Shi Le)

1st Year of Yongxing [304 AD], the King of Chengdu, Ying, defeated the Driving Carriage at Dangyin, and pressured the Emperor to go to the Ye Palace. Wang Jun, since Ying had secluded and humiliated the Son of Heaven, sent Xianbei to strike him. Ying was afraid, clasped Emperor Hui and ran south to Luoyang. The Emperor then was pressured by Zhang Fang, and moved to Chang'an. East of the Passes troops were rising up, all using executing Ying as their name. The King of Hejian, Yong, feared the abundance of the eastern host, and wished to bring together and placate the Eastern Xia. He therefore memorialised to debate deposing Ying.

This Year, Liu Yuan declared himself King of Han at Liting.

(Li Xiong)

1st Year of Jianxing, Spring, 1st Month [22 February – 22 March), Luo Shang arrived at Jiangyang. The Minister of the Army, Xin Bao, went to Luo to show the circumstances. A written decree gave authority to control Badong, Ba commandery, and Fuling commanderies, to supply his army taxes.

(JS066: At the time the Inspector of Yi province, Luo Shang, was defeated by Li Te. He dispatched envoys to announce the urgency and request provisions. Hong circulated a letter to supply and provide. But the provincial office's mainstays and guidelines, as the transport roads were isolated and remote, and the civil and military officials wanting and weary, desired to use Lingling to alone transport 5 000 hu of rice to give to Shang. Hong said:

You Lords have not yet thought about it, that is all. Under Heaven is a single family, this and that are not different. If I today provide for him, then there is no anxiety in looking west.

Thereupon he used 30 000 hu of rice from Lingling to provide for him. Shang relied on it to strengthen himself.)

Winter, 10thMonth [14 November – 13 December], the various generals firmly requested Xiong accede to the venerated rank. (HYGZ: Yang Bao and Yang Bao together urged Xiong to declare himself King.) Hence he presumptuously declared himself King of Chengdu, with an amnesty within his territories, and changed the inaugural to Jianxing [“Establishing the Rise”]. He removed the Jin laws, and condensed the law into seven chapters.

He used his junior uncle Xiang# as Grand Tutor, his commoner-born older brother Shi as Grand Guardian, the Smashing Charges Li Li as Grand Commandant, his junior cousin, the Establishing Domination Li Yun as Minister over the Masses, the Supports the Army Li Huang as Minister of Works, the Talented Officials Li Guo as Grand Steward, Yan Shi as Prefect of the Masters of Writing, Yang Bao as Supervisor, Yang Fa as Palace Attendant, Yang Gui as Master of Writing, Yang Hong as Inspector of Yi province, Xu Yu as Garrisons the South, Wang Da as Army Teacher. For the remaining civil and military officials, he designated and conferred each proportionally.

He retroactively venerated his great grandson Hu as the Mighty [huan] Duke of Ba commandery, his grandfather Mu as the Accomplished [xiang] King of Longxi, his father Te as the Luminous [jing] King, his mother Ms. Luo as Queen Dowager. His senior uncle Fu as the Ardent [lie] King of Qi, his middle uncle Xiang as the Martial [wu] King of Liang#, his middle uncle Liu as the Civil [wen] King of Qin, his older brother Dang as the Strong and Civil [zhuangwen] Duke of Guanghan.

Winter, Shang relocated to station at Ba commandery. He dispatched an army to plunder within Shu. He beheaded Xiong's granduncle Ran, and captured Xiang#'s wife Zan, his son Shou, and his brothers.

12th Month [12 January – 10 February], Xiong's Grand Commandant Li Li invaded Hanzhong, and killed the Battle Leader Zhao Min.

(Zhang Gui)

Reaching the difficulties of the two Kings of Hejian and Chengdu, he dispatched 3 000 troops to proceed east to the Imperial City.

Earlier, at the end of Han, a man of Jincheng, Yang Chengyuan, killed the Grand Warden in rebellion. A man of the commandery, Feng Zhong, attended to the corpse, shouting and weeping. He vomited blood and died.

A man of Zhangye, Wu Yong, was appointed by the Colonel who Protects the Qiang, Ma Xian. Later he was on the staff of the Grand Commandant, Pang Can. Can and Xian defamed each other with crimes that merited death. Each pulled on Yong as evidence. Yong planned and reasoned without the two accepting responsibility, and thereupon he cut his own throat and died. Can and Xian were ashamed and remorseful, and themselves made peace and cleared out with each other.

Gui in both cases sacrificed at the their tombs and honoured their sons and grandsons.

#r16s #chinese history

[lucybaskerville]

Ver "Shi Yi Chang'an - Ming Yue Ji Shi You 2021" en YouTube

#anime #donghua #youtube #xie wang zhui qi #sony vegas #amvanime #chinese anime #amvedit #amv

[movielosophy]

周生如故 - From now on, there will only be news of victory for the Royal Army.

#she's so cute #one and only #one and only ep3 #chang'an memories #周生如故 #bai lu #character: cui shi yi #ren jia lun #character: zhou sheng chen

[inahochi]

王你好贱 [ Memory of Chang’an ]

↳ #03 ❖ Three Arrows of Vows

#memory of chang'an #shi yi chang an #li qiang #ming yue #donghua #dailyanime #fyanimegifs #donghuaedit #shi yi chang an: ming yue ji shi you #sycaedit #sycagifs #;edits

[edensania]

Anime : Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You and Manhwa : prince don't do this

#anime #manga #Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You #prince don't do this #manhua #manhwa #manhwa edit #manhua edit #chinese anime #shoujo #webtoon #li qian #li mingyue #memory of chang'an #memory of changan #otp

[fuyonggu]

Biography of Liu Yan (Chronicles of Huayang)

Very similar stuff to his SGZ bio.

漢二十二世孝靈皇帝，政治衰缺，王室多故；太常竟陵劉焉字君朗建議言：「刺史太守，貨賂為官，割剝百姓，以致離叛。可選清名重臣，以為牧伯，鎮安方夏。」焉內求州牧，以避世難。侍中廣漢董扶私於焉曰：「京都將亂。益州分野有天子氣。」焉惑之，意在益州。會刺史河南儉賦歛繁擾，流言遠聞。而并州殺刺史張「壹」涼州殺刺史耿鄙，焉議得行。漢帝將徵儉加刑，以焉為監軍使，尋領益州牧。董扶亦求為蜀西部都尉。太倉令巴郡趙韙，去官從焉來西。中平元年，涼州黃巾逆賊馬相、趙祗等聚眾綿竹，殺縣令李升，募疲役之民，一二日中得數千人；遣王饒、趙播等進攻雒城，殺刺史儉；并下蜀郡、犍為。旬月之間，破壞三郡。相自稱天子，眾以萬數。又別破巴郡，殺太守趙「韙」。州從事賈龍，素領家兵在犍為。乃之青衣，率吏民攻相，破滅之。州界清淨，龍「乃」選吏卒迎焉。焉既到州，移治綿竹，撫納叛離，務行小惠。時南陽、三輔民數萬家避地入蜀，焉恣饒之，引為黨與，號「東州士」。遣張魯斷北道。枉誅大姓巴郡太守王咸、李權等十餘人，以立威刑。〔設〕前、後、左、右部司馬，擬四軍，統兵，位皆二千石。「漢」獻帝初平二年，犍為太守任岐，與賈龍惡焉之陰圖異計也，舉兵攻焉，燒成都邑下。焉禦之，東州人多為致力，遂克岐、龍。焉意盛，乃造乘輿車服千餘，僭擬至尊。焉長子範為左中郎將，仲子誕治書御史，季子璋奉車都尉，皆從獻帝「都」〔在〕長安，惟叔子別部司馬瑁隨焉。焉聞相者相陳留吳懿妹當大貴，為瑁聘之。荊州牧山陽劉表，上焉有「子夏在西河聖人論」。帝遣璋曉諭焉。焉留璋不遣「反」。四年，征西將軍馬騰，自郿與焉、範通謀襲長安。治中從事廣漢王商亟諫，不從。謀泄，範、誕受誅。議郎河南龐羲，以通家，將範、誕諸子入蜀。而天火燒焉車乘蕩盡，延及民家。興平元年，焉徙治成都。既痛二子，又感祅災，疽發背卒。州帳下司馬趙韙、治中從事王商等貪璋溫仁，共表代父。元豐本與廖本作父。他各本作又，句下屬，非。京師大亂，不能更遣，天子除璋監軍使者，領益州牧。以韙為征東中郎將，率眾征劉表。

During the twenty-second generation of the Han dynasty, in the reign of Emperor Xiao-Ling, the imperial government was in decline and administration was faltering. Many problems beset the royal family.

The Minister of Ceremonies, Liu Yan (of Jingling), was styled Junlang. (This Liu Yan was a native of Jingling in Jiangxia commandary, and a descendant of the Han dynasty's Prince Gong ("the Respectful") of Lu (Liu Yu, Prince of Lu).) During a court session, Liu Yan proposed, "The Inspectors and Administrators of the realm, having bought their offices through bribes, are troubling and exploiting the common people and turning them towards rebellion. You should select people of honest reputation and high office and appoint them as Governors and Border Lords, to safeguard the realm and bring peace to the land."

Liu Yan himself asked to be selected as one such leader, for he wished to escape the troubles of the age. And one of the Palace Attendants, Dong Fu of Guanghan commandary, had secretly said to Liu Yan, "The capital region shall fall into chaos soon. Yizhou is a land apart, and it has the aura of a Son of Heaven." Misled by such a claim, Liu Yan asked for Yizhou in particular. At that time, the Inspector of Yizhou, X (or Xi) Jian of Henan commandary, was taxing the people heavily and causing great disorder, and word of his deeds had spread far and wide. Furthermore, the residents of Bingzhou had killed their Inspector, Zhang Yi, and the residents of Liangzhou had done the same to their Inspector, Geng Bi. So Liu Yan's proposal was put into effect. Emperor Ling was about to levy troops and funds and enforce greater punishments, so he had appointed Liu Yan as a chief official of the army. But he soon appointed Liu Yan as acting Governor of Yizhou. Dong Fu also requested an appointment as Capital Commandant of the Western Division of Shu commandary. The Prefect of the Imperial Granary, Zhao Wei, resigned his office and accompanied Liu Yan to the west.

In the first year of Zhongping (184 AD), leaders of the Yellow Scarves in Liangzhou, Ma Xiang, Zhao Zhi, and others, led their forces forward to attack Mianzhu. They killed the Prefect of that county, Li Sheng, and recruited from among the common people who had grown weary of the demands for corvee labor. Within just one or two days, they had obtained several thousand people. They sent Wang Yu, Zhao Fan, and others to advance and attack Luo, where they killed the Inspector of Yizhou, X (or Xi) Jian. Then they took over the commandaries of Shu and Jianwei. In the space of ten to thirty days, they had completely overrun three commandaries. Ma Xiang then declared himself the Son of Heaven, and his forces numbered more than ten thousand. The rebels overran Ba commandary as well, and killed the Administrator there, Zhao Wei. But the Attendant Officer of Yizhou, Jia Long, had long wielded command over household soldiers in Jianwei commandary. Dressing himself in black clothing, he led the officials of Yizhou and the common people to attack Ma Xiang, and they routed and vanquished him. Once the province had been restored to peace and calm, then Jia Long selected officials and soldiers to welcome Liu Yan's arrival.

When Liu Yan arrived in Yizhou, he shifted the administrative center to Mianzhu, where he comforted and received those who had rebelled and carried out his duties with some measure of kindness.

At that time, there were tens of thousands of families from Nanyang commandary and from the Three Adjuncts region around Chang'an (the commandaries of Fufeng, Pingyi, and Jingzhao) who fled their home regions and migrated into the Shu region. Liu Yan warmly received them and let them act unrestrained, and he drew them in to be his supporters and partisans. Such people became known as the "gentlemen of the eastern provinces".

Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu to cut off access along the northern roads out of Yizhou.

In order to establish a mighty reputation for enforcing the law, Liu Yan unjustly killed more than ten people from great local families, including the Administrator of Ba, Wang Xian, Li Quan, and others. He placed his Marshals of the Forward, Rear, Left, and Right Divisions in command of four armies: they held control over the soldiers, and their positions were at the Two Thousand Bushels salary rank.

The Administrator of Jianwei, Ren Qi, hated Liu Yan because of his secret plans and sinister intentions, and in this he was joined by Jia Long. So in Emperor Xian's second year of Chuping (191), they raised troops to attack Liu Yan. They set fire to the outlying suburbs of Chengdu. But Liu Yan resisted them, and many of the people of the Eastern Provinces supported him as well, so Liu Yan prevailed over Ren Qi and Jia Long.

Liu Yan's ambitions now grew, and he built more than a thousand draped carriages, presuming the highest honors for himself.

His eldest son, Liu Fan, was appointed as General of the Household Gentlemen of the Left; his second son, Liu Dan, was appointed as 治書御史; and his youngest son, Liu Zhang, was appointed as Capital Commandant of Equippages. All of them attended upon Emperor Xian at Chang'an, and only the Marshal of a Separate Division, Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, had followed him west.

When Liu Yan heard a rumor among his ministers that the younger sister of Wu Yi of Chenliu commandary would be greatly honored, he arranged a marriage between her and his son Liu Mao.

The Governor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao of Nanyang, sent up a petition about Liu Zhang that said, "Zixia is at the Xi River discussing the affairs of sages." So Emperor Xian sent Liu Zhang to clearly instruct his father. But Liu Yan kept Liu Zhang with him and did not send him back.

In the fourth year of Chuping (193), the General Who Conquers The West, Ma Teng, marched from Mei (or Baqiao), planning to join with Liu Yan and Liu Fan to plan to attack Chang'an. The Attendant Officer of Administrative Affairs, Wang Shang of Guanghan, strongly remonstrated against the plan, but Liu Yan did not heed him. Then the plot leaked, and Liu Fan and Liu Dan were put to death. The Gentleman-Consultant, Pang Xi of Henan commandary, was associated with Liu Yan's family, and he led Liu Fan's and Liu Dan's sons into the Shu region.

Then fire from heaven (or, unnatural fire) burned up all of Liu Yan's carriages, and the fires spread to the homes of the common people.

In the first year of Xingping (194), Liu Yan moved the administrative center to Chengdu. Saddened by the loss of his sons, and affected by the strange disaster, Liu Yan developed ulcers on his back, and he then passed away.

Because Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang was felt to be kindly and benevolent, the Marshal of the Direct Subordinates of the province, Zhao Wei, Wang Shang, and others all jointly petitioned the court that Liu Zhang be appointed as Liu Yan's successor. The capital was in such chaos that they could not dispatch someone else in any case, so Emperor Xian confirmed Liu Zhang as chief overseer of the army and as acting Governor of Yizhou.

Zhao Wei was appointed as General of the Household Gentlemen Who Conquers The East, and he led the forces of Yizhou on a campaign to attack Liu Biao.

〈吳、何、王、石本無此二字，其他各本有。浙本剜補。〉〈元豐本、廖本、浙本作朗。其他各本並作郎。此下，張、吳、何、王、石本有「江夏竟陵人，漢魯恭王之裔」十一字。他各本無。蓋張佳胤妄增也。浙本剜去，空十一格。〉〈吳、何、王、石本字作謂。浙本剜改。〉〈《三國志》作郤，見《郤正傳》。〉〈〔懿〕，《後漢書》作懿。《三國志》作益。張、吳、何、王、浙本與《函海》本有小注。〉〈宋本與錢、劉、李、《函》、廖本並有「來西」二字。張、吳、何、王、石本無。浙本擠添。〉〈元豐本作。〈《函海》從劉本作役，而注云「李本作殺」。〉〈舊各本俱誤衍韙字。茲刪。〉〈《函海》本有小註云：「恣似資。劉、吳、何、李本亦作恣。」〉〈舊各本有漢字，當衍。〉〈廖本注云「當作在」。〉〈《後漢書》作「霸橋。」〉〈元豐及張、吳、何、王、浙本作「夭火」。〉〈李本依《三國志》改作擊。〉

(The Wu, He, Wang, and Shi editions of the Huayang Guozhi do not list Liu Yan as having been "of Jingling", while the other editions do. The Zhe edition has carved it out and patched it back in.

Regarding the second character of Liu Yan's style name, Junlang, the Yuanfeng, Liao, and Zhe editions write it as 朗, while the other editions all write it as 郎.

Following the sentence "The Minister of Ceremonies, Liu Yan (of Jingling), was styled Junlang," the Zhang, Wu, He, Wang, and Shi editions all add the sentence "This Liu Yan was a native of Jingling in Jiangxia commandary, and a descendant of the Han dynasty's Prince Gong ("the Respectful") of Lu (Liu Yu, Prince of Lu)". The other editions do not include it. The Ming dynasty scholar Zhang Jiayin feels that it is a ridiculous sentence to include. The Zhe edition removed it as well.

There is some slight textual disagreement in the manner of how Dong Fu spoke to Liu Yan: the Wu, He, Wang, and Shi editions write the character as 謂, while the Zhe edition has changed it to 於.

The Huayang Guozhi records the surname of the Inspector of Yizhou at this time as X (an unprintable character for Unicode). In the Records of the Three Kingdoms, his surname is listed as 郤 Xi. See the Biography of Xi Zheng in that text for reference.

Regarding the given name of the Inspector of Bingzhou who is listed here as being killed, Zhang Yi, the text of the Huayang Guozhi writes it as 壹. The Book of Later Han writes his given name as 懿, while the Records of the Three Kingdoms writes it as 益. The Zhang, Wu, He, Wang, Zhe, and 函海 editions of the Huayang Guozhi have annotations to this effect.

In the sentence "The Prefect of the Imperial Granary, Zhao Wei, resigned his office and accompanied Liu Yan to the west", the Song, Qian, Liu, Li, 函, and Liao editions all include the last segment "to the west". The Zhang, Wu, He, Wang, and Shi editions do not include it. The Zhe edition has crammed it in.

The Huayang Guozhi writes the name of the city Luo as 雒. The Yuanfeng edition writes it as X (another unprintable character).

In the phrase "they killed the Inspector of Yizhou", instead of the character for 殺 "kill", the 函海 edition uses the character 役 "corvee labor", although it includes a note saying "the Li edition writes this character as 殺".

The older editions all mistakenly omit the given name of the slain Administrator of Ba commandary, Zhao Wei. It should be included.

Regardingly Liu Yan 恣 "warmly welcoming" the refugees, the 函海 editions states, "The character 恣 resembles that for 資 'supplied, sustained'. The Liu, Wu, He, and Li editions also write it as 恣."

This passage identifies Emperor Xian as "of Han", but that is redundant under the circumstances and should be omitted.

The Liao edition notes that "the phrase 'they attended Emperor Xian at the capital' should be 'they attended upon Emperor Xian'."

Regarding Ma Teng's marching "from Mei", the Book of Later Han records him as marching "from Baqiao".

Regarding the report of 天 "heavenly" fire, the Yuanfeng, Zhang, Wu, He, Wang, and Zhe editions write it as 夭 "unnatural" fire.

The Huayang Guozhi records Zhao Wei as 征 "leading a campaign against" Liu Biao. The Li edition follows the text of the Records of the Three Kingdoms by writing this character as 擊 "attacking".)

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