Liu Fan: You can't hide from Dong Zhuo, you can't hide from Li Dai

There are five soldiers hidden in the chest, and there is no way to try. The opening chapter still reminds everyone to pay attention to protection when traveling during the holidays. At the end of the Han Dynasty, wars raged, and different people and horses raised troops under different names, and the people were often coerced into living a life of upheaval and displacement. This article will talk about Liu Fan.

Liu Fan was the eldest son of Liu Yan, so he was also a Member of the Jingzhou Jiangxia Jingling, and there were many Jiangxia people who were active on the stage at the end of the Han Dynasty, and there were a list of them: Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng, Li Tong, Li Yun, Fei Gong, Fei Yiyī, Fei Guan, Meng Ren, Huang Qiong, Liu Yan, Liu Fan, Liu Sheng, Liu Mao, and Liu Zhang. Among them, there are many well-known figures in later generations, especially Liu Yan, Liu Zhang, and Fei Yi.

Liu Yan had four sons: Liu Fan, Liu Shi, Liu Mao, and Liu Zhang. In fact, Liu Zhang was Liu Yan's youngest son, and it was also a coincidence that he was eventually able to take over the post of Yizhou Assassin. Liu Yan and Liu Zhang have left many records in historical materials such as the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and the Chronicle of the State of Huayang, while there are few records related to Liu Fan, Liu Shi, and Liu Mao.

Liu Yan was quite ambitious, he heard Dong Fu say that Yizhou had the spirit of heaven, so he took the initiative to ask to be appointed as the pastor of Yizhou, and when he went to Yizhou, he began to exclude dissidents, Hanzhong Taishou Sugu and Qianwei Taishou Renqi were all killed by him, and The local powerful Wang Xian and Li Quan of Yizhou were also executed by him under pretexts. In addition, Liu Yan also used the thief Kou as an excuse not to take the initiative to communicate with the imperial court.

"Yan Shang wrote that the rice thief broke the word and could not be restored, and he also accused him of killing more than ten people, including Wang Xian and Li Quan, who were powerful in the prefecture, in order to establish a threat of punishment" - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms , Biography of Liu Yan"

Liu Yan entered Shu and only took Liu Mao with him, and the other three sons were left in Chang'an, all three of them had official positions, Liu Fan served as the general of Zuo Zhonglang, Liu Shi served as the imperial history of zhishu, and Liu Zhang was the lieutenant of Fengche. Liu Yan pretended to be ill and only let Liu Zhang return to the province, Liu Fan and Liu Shi were still in Chang'an to accompany Emperor Liu of han, and Liu Zhang was left in Yizhou by Liu Yan.

"The fourth son of Yan, Fan wei Zuo Zhonglang General, Birth Zhi Shu Yushi, Zhangfeng Che Du Wei, and Emperor Xian in Chang'an, only Sima Mao of the Other Department followed Yan in Yizhou" - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms , Biography of Liu Yan"

However, Liu Yan did not mix with the rebellion against Dong Zhuo, until the first year of Xingping (194), Ma Teng, Han Sui, and han Sui drew him together to deal with Li Dai, Guo Feng, and others who occupied Chang'an, and Ma Teng, because Li Dai refused his request, went to war in a fit of rage. Liu Yan arranged for Liu Fan and Sun Zhao to lead troops to assist in the battle, and the participants on Liu Yan's side in this battle were also Zhao Shao, Ma Yu, Du Liu, and others, but they were not able to defeat the battle-hardened generals Li Dai and Fan Chou, and All of them were killed in this battle, and Liu Shi was killed in the liquidation afterwards.

"Shi Teng privately asked for a dai, but was angry when he did not get it, so he joined forces with Ma Yu (侍郎中馬宇), Right Zhonglang (右中郎) to attack Du Yu (傕), and was indecisive for days with ma yu (傕) and was indecisive with his general Ma Yu (傕), so he joined forces with Ma Yu (傕) and was in a rage with Ma Yu (劭) and His Wife, liu Fan (𳣝), former Liangzhou (Former Liangzhou Assassin Shi Zhongshao), and Zhonglang (中郎) attacked Du Yu (杜傕) and remained indecisive for days" - "Later Han Shu Dong Zhuolie's Biography"

However, in the "Later Han Shu Dong Zhuo Lie Biography", Liu Fan's official position has changed somewhat, and he is recorded as the "Right Middle Lang General", while the "Later Han Shu Xiandi Ji" is still recorded as "Left Zhonglang General Liu Fan", but there are inconsistencies in the same historical book. Combined with historical records such as the Huayang Guozhi, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Fan should have been a general of the Left Middle Lang at that time. After his death, Liu Yan was very sad, and Pang Xi, who was good friends with them, brought Liu Fan and Liu Shi's descendants back to Yizhou.

If there is any omission, we hope to correct it.