The surname Liu is a very domineering surname in history. The mention of the surname Liu reminds you of the Han Dynasty (Western Han and Eastern Han) that ruled for more than 400 years in history. As the national surname of the Han Dynasty, the domineering spirit of the Liu surname is more than that. The surname that has established the most political power in Chinese history is none other than the surname Of Liu, and most of them are related to "Han". From Liu Bang in the Western Han Dynasty, to Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to Liu Bei in the Shu Han Dynasty, then to former Zhao, Liu Song, Later Han, Southern Han, and finally to the Northern Han. There are as many as eight regimes with the surname Liu as the national surname, which is difficult to match with other surnames. The reason why the status of The surname Liu at that time could make other surnames beyond the reach of Mo Chen was naturally inseparable from Liu Bang. Liu Bang began the glorious journey of the surname Liu.
Han Gao Zu Liu Bang
In April 1959, Liu Shaoqi, who was elected president of the People's Republic of China at the first session of the Second National People's Congress, also had a lineage relationship with Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei, the founding monarch of the Shu Han Dynasty. Naturally, the source should start from Liu Bang.
Liu Bangsheng Han Wen Emperor Liu Heng, Liu Hengsheng Jing Emperor Liu Qi, we are very familiar with the lineage of the Han Dynasty emperors. Liu Sheng, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was later given the title of King of Zhongshan, and after his death, he was given the nickname "Jing", and his descendants called him King Jing of Zhongshan. Many people know Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing, not because he is Liu Qi's son, but because this person is extremely fertile. During the forty-three years that Liu Sheng lived in zhongshan, he actually had more than 120 children, which can really be said to be a long line of descendants and prosperous people, and many people were later made marquises and officials, and gradually dispersed throughout the country. The famous Eastern Jin general Liu Kun, the Famous Northern Zhou general Liu Liang, and the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi were all descendants of Liu Sheng.
Tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan
Among them, the most prominent is liu Bei, the founding monarch of the Shu Han Dynasty who is three points of the world and is famous. Therefore, when Liu Bei's supporters publicized this lord, they would first shout, "My lord is a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan." "The implication is that the remnants of the Han Dynasty should continue the foundation of the Great Han Dynasty. Liu Bei himself was very proud of this, because this slogan was not ordinary, and he could legitimately attract a group of followers. Is Liu Bei really a descendant of Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing? This is to mention one of Liu Sheng's more than one hundred and twenty sons, this person's name is Liu Zhen. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhen was given the title of Marquis of Luchengting in Zhuo County, but was later stripped of his title for not paying tribute to the emperor for sacrifices. After Liu Zhen lost his title, his descendants remained in Zhuo County, and many of them became commoners.
Liu Bei
Liu Zhen's seventh grandson, Liu Xiong, was a filial piety and official to Fan County, Dong Commandery, and later liu Hong. Liu Hong settled in The Village of Lousang in Zhuo County. Liu Hong died early after marriage, leaving his wife and young son Bi'er to live a difficult life. When Bi'er grew up, he served his mother very filial piety, and because his family was poor, he made a living by weaving and selling straw shoes and straw mats. To the southeast of his house was a large mulberry tree, more than five feet tall, and looked like a car cover in the distance. Mr. Xiangmian once said, "This family will produce nobles." When Liu Bei and other children were playing under the tree, he also said: "If I am a child, I will take this car cover." His uncle Liu Zijing said to him, "Don't talk nonsense, it will lead to the disaster of killing." Relatives of the same clan knew that Liu Bei and his mother were poor and often sponsored mother and son. When Liu Bei was fifteen years old, his mother asked him to study abroad, and he worshiped Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi as his teachers and made friends with Gongsun Zhan. At this time, the fifteen-year-old Liu Bei would not have thought that more than forty years later, he would become the king of a country divided into three worlds.
Statue of Zheng Xuan
At the age of twenty-eight, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Yan, the Taishou of Youzhou, recruited troops, Liu Bei joined the army, and met two close friends Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and then the three of them married in Taoyuan. The three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang took advantage of the chaos to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In the chaotic world, Liu Bei did not go well, and successively defected to Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao. After encountering Zhuge Liang, a wise man, Liu Bei, whose power had greatly increased, took Zhuge Liang's advice and joined forces with Sun Quan of the State of Wu to resist Cao Cao. In particular, in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeated Cao Cao at Chibi and occupied Jingzhou, greatly increasing their power, and later capturing Yizhou and Hanzhong. After everything matured, in 221 AD, the state was established and called emperor, and the capital was Chengdu. However, the following year, Liu Bei, because his brother Guan Yu was killed, led a large army to attack Sun Quan, but was defeated in the Battle of Yiling and died shortly after the White Emperor's City.
Battle map of the Battle of Yiling
Liu Bei claimed to have three sons: Liu Chan, Liu Yong, and Liu Li. Later, Liu Chan became the lord of shu Han, and his younger brother Liu Yong was made the king of Lu, later renamed the king of Ganling, Liu Li the king of Liang, and later the prince of Anping. After the fall of the Shu state, Liu Chan, Liu Yong, and their nephew Liu Ji (Liu Lizi) were all captured by the Wei army and taken to Luoyang. Liu Chan was made the Duke of Anle County by the State of Wei, and Liu Yong and his nephew Liu Ji were both township princes. Liu Chan died of illness in Luoyang in the seventh year of the Western Jin Dynasty. Liu Chansheng had seven sons: Liu Xuan, Liu Yao, Liu Xuan, Liu Zhen, Liu Chen, Liu Ke, and Liu Xuan (qú). After the fall of the Shu state, the eldest son Liu Xuan was killed by the rebel army, and the fifth son Liu Chen committed suicide. The remaining five sons were all moved to Luoyang.
During the Yongjia Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yong's grandson Liu Xuan fled to Chengdu, Sichuan, and was given the title of Duke of Anle by Li Xiong's Chenghan regime. However, most of Liu Chan's descendants were exterminated during this great chaos, and only one of the second son, Liu Yao, survived. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the population of the north migrated south on a large scale, and Liu Yao's descendants also moved to Jiangnan. After hundreds of years of reproduction, by the end of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yao's grandson Liu Tianxi, during the reign of Emperor Tang, became a Hanlin scholar and an observer. At this time, the Huangchao Rebellion broke out, and after Liu Tianxi abandoned his official position, he and his father Liu Xiang went south and took refuge in Ningshibidong (present-day Shibi Township) in Tingzhou, Fujian, so future generations took Liu Xiang as the ancestor of Fujian.
Bronze statue of Liu Xiang
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Xiang's grandson Liu Shi served in Henan. After that, the branches flourished, and many people became officials until the end of the Song Dynasty. Among Liu Shi's descendants was Liu Long, who had nine sons, the seventh of whom, Liu Kaiqi, was an official in Chaozhou and established a family in Chaozhou, Guangdong. Therefore, Liu Kaiqi also became the Kaiji ancestor of the Liu clan from Fujian to Guangdong. Later, he was killed in battle and had a son, named Liu Guangchuan.
Liu Kaiqi stone statue
Liu Guangchuan was admitted to the Jinshi and was given the official Ruijin County Order of Jiangxi, so he moved to Ruijin, Jiangxi with his wife Ma and concubine Yang. Liu Guangchuan also became the ancestor of the Liu clan in Jiangxi. Liu Guangchuan was also extremely fertile, with a total of fourteen sons, and the sons had eighty grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren had reached two hundred and thirty-seven. The fourteen sons were divided into fourteen houses: Liu Yuan of the Long House, Liu Xiang of the Second House (quán), Liu Zhou of the Third House, Liu Yuan of the Fourth House, Liu Hai of the Fifth House, Liu Lang of the Seventh Room, Liu Lang of the Eighth Room, Liu Jiang of the Nine Rooms, Liu Huai of the Tenth Room, Liu He of the Eleventh Room, Liu Han of the Twelfth Room, Liu Hao of the Thirteenth Room, and Liu Shen of the Fourteenth Room. Among them, the eleventh room Liu He was born to the Ma family, and lived with his father in Ruijin, Jiangxi in his early years, and later moved to Ji'an Jishui, Jiangxi. Later, Liu He married his wife Yan and had ten sons. One of the sons, named Liu Shixian, married his wife Yu Shi and had three sons: Liu Bao, Liu Nan, and Liu En.
Portrait of Liu Guangchuan
Liu Shixian's eldest son, Liu Bao, served as an official in Ziyang, Hunan Province, and after leaving office, he stayed in the local area because he loved the local mountain scenery. Later, Liu Shixian also took his wife Yu Shi and led his sons Liu Bao and Liu Nan and his grandsons Liu Bangyi, Liu Bangyi, and Liu Bangli to move to Nantang, Ningxiang, Hunan. Therefore, Liu Shixian became the ancestor of the Liu clan in Nantang, Ningxiang, Hunan.
At this time, we suddenly realized, because Liu Shaoqi was born in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province. So what is the relationship between Liu Shaoqi and Liu Shixian, the ancestor of the first migration? From Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, to Liu Shaoqi, the chairman of the Republic, the family inheritance is clear at a glance.
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Liu Shaoqi and his wife Wang Guangmei
From the more than 2,000 years of lineage of the Surname Liu above, we see that Liu Shaoqi is the 80th grandson of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, the 67th grandson of Liu Bei, who lived in The Shu Han Dynasty, and the 13th grandson of Liu Shixian, the ancestor of the Liu clan in Nantang, Ningxiang, Hunan. It can be seen that the status of this branch of the Liu clan is by no means comparable to other surnames.