Liu Yan
劉琰
Courtesy name: Weishuo (威碩)
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- Died
- 234
- Ancestral home
- Lu (Qufu, Shandong)
- Also known as
- Liu Yang
- Book mentions
- 5
Roles:
politician
Factions:
Shu Han
(primary)
Relationships:
Lady Hu
Wife
Links:
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Kongming entry Bio
Appears in 3 chapters:
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Chapter 91
— Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
Appointed Center Army Director for the Northern Expedition (B-T spells him 'Liu Yang').
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Chapter 92
— Zhao Zilong Slays Five Generals; Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities.
Left with Wu Yi to hold the captured Nanan and Anding as the expedition turns toward Tianshui (B-T spells him 'Liu Yang').
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Chapter 115
— Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army; Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster.
Executed in this chapter. A High Minister whose wife is kept a month in the Palace by the Empress; suspecting an intrigue with the Emperor, 'He bound Lady Hu, and made five hundred of his soldiers shame her to the last degree by beating her on the face with their boots. She swooned many times.' The judges rule that 'Soldiers are not proper persons to administer a punishment to a woman, and the face is not a portion of the body to be mortified: The author of this crime ought to be put to death.' Beheaded.