Brief Introduction of Emperors of Previous Dynasties - Southern Dynasty - Liu Song (Liu Jun)

Liu Jun (19 September 430 – 9 March 464), courtesy name Xiulong, was a native of Suiyuli, Pengcheng County (present-day Tongshan District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province). Politician of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the fifth emperor of Liu Song (reigned May 20, 453 – March 9, 464), the third son of Emperor Wen of Song, Liu Yilong, and the half-brother of Emperor Liu Yu of Song, whose mother was Lu Shuyuan.

Liu Junzi is witty and intelligent, and he is both literate and martial. At the beginning of the wuling king, he was not favored, and repeatedly went out of town. He successively led the army to quell the barbarian rebellion in Yongzhou, participated in the Northern Expedition of Yuanjia, and conquered the barbarians along the river, and made many meritorious achievements, which were quite recommended by the military and the people. In the thirtieth year of Yuan Jia (453), the crown prince Liu Shao killed his father, and Liu Jun raised an army to attack and kill Liu Shao and seize the throne. During Liu Jun's reign, he carried out a series of political reforms to strengthen the centralization of power, such as weakening the power of the shi clan, vigorously promoting Han shi, rectifying the criminal law, and changing the number of prefectures and towns and establishing pawns; economically, he continued to promote the "soil break", pardoned slaves and military households, curbed land annexation, restricted the shi clan from sealing mountains and occupying water, promoted "nationality inspection", set up taiwan envoys, reformed the tax system, and changed the minting of coins; militarily, yan Shibo and other generals were appointed to defeat northern Wei, won the first victory in the Battle of Qingzhou, and recovered the lost land north of Jishui. He also carried out military reforms; culturally, he revered The Buddha, restored liturgical music, and guided the "Daming Poetry Temple" to prosperity, breaking the boundary mark of the Shishu Gate Valve and changing the morale. But in the last years of his reign, he built a lot of civil engineering, killed innocents, was extravagant, and indulged in pleasure. In order to consolidate the throne, the power of the clan was excessively weakened, which triggered a situation of intra-clan strife and shook the foundation of Liu Song's rule. In the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (464), Liu Jun died at the age of thirty-five at the Jiankang Jade Candle Hall. The temple name Shizu, the courtesy name Officiation Emperor Xiaowu, was buried in the Jingning Mausoleum.

Liu Jun's article Hua Min is very beautiful, and the poems he composes are brilliant. There are thirty-five volumes of anthologies, and some of the poems have been passed down to the world today.

real name

Liu Jun

alias

Emperor Xiaowu of Song and Emperor Shizu of Song

word

Xiu Long, small character Daomin

The era in which it was located

Nanbokucho

Ethnic groups

Han Chinese

Place of birth

Jiankang County, Danyang County (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu)

Date of birth

September 19, 430

Date of death

March 9, 464

Major works

"Lefu Poetry Collection", "Jade New Yong", "Ding Du Guardian Song" and so on

Major achievements

Political restructuring and strengthening the centralization of power

Defeat the Northern Wei Dynasty and recover the lost land north of Jishui

Respect Kong and worship Buddha, rectify culture

Guide the "Daming Poetry Altar" to prosperity

Reign time

May 20, 453 - March 9, 464

The year number

Xiao Jian (454–456), Daming (457–464)

temple name

Ancestors

posthumous name

Emperor Xiaowu

Mausoleum

Jingning Mausoleum

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