Liu Zhen (Tang dynasty)

Liu Zhen (劉稹; died September 27, 844^[1]^[2]) was a Chinese rebel during the Tang dynasty. He was an adopted son (biological nephew) of the Tang dynasty general Liu Congjian. After his adoptive father's death, Liu Zhen tried to take over Zhaoyi Circuit (昭義, headquartered in modern Changzhi, Shanxi), which Liu Congjian had governed as military governor (jiedushi), without approval from Emperor Wuzong. When Emperor Wuzong declared a general campaign against him, he was defeated, and he was subsequently killed, along with his clan members, by his own officer Guo Yi (郭誼).

^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter. Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ The modern Chinese historian Bo Yang, in his Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, dated Liu Zhen's death to be the 12th day of the eighth lunar month of 844 (i.e., September 27) based on the sequence of events, although it is not completely clear that that was in fact the date of Liu Zhen's death. See Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 60 [844].

[AS-1] Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter. Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[2] The modern Chinese historian Bo Yang, in his Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, dated Liu Zhen's death to be the 12th day of the eighth lunar month of 844 (i.e., September 27) based on the sequence of events, although it is not completely clear that that was in fact the date of Liu Zhen's death. See Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 60 [844].

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