Liu Wenjing

Liu Wenjing
劉文靜
Born568
Wugong County, Shaanxi
Died619 (aged 51)
Xi'an, Shaanxi
Other names
  • Zhaoren (肇仁)
  • Duke of Lu (魯公)
OccupationPolitician
Children
  • Liu Shuyi (劉樹義)
  • Liu Shuyi (劉樹藝)
FatherLiu Shao
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Wenjing (劉文靜; 568 – 15 November 619?[1]), courtesy name Zhaoren (肇仁), formally the Duke of Lu (魯公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty. He initially served as an official of the Sui dynasty and was one of the driving forces in persuading the general Li Yuan to rebel against Emperor Yang of Sui. He assisted Li Yuan in establishing the Tang dynasty and becoming its first ruler. After Li Yuan became the emperor, he did not award the same honours to Liu Wenjing as he did to Pei Ji, thus Liu became very resentful. He engaged sorcerers to help him seek divine favours, but was executed after Li Yuan found out about it.

  1. ^ ([武德二年]冬十月己亥。...。杀民部尚书、鲁国公刘文静。) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.01. Emperor Gaozu's biography in New Book of Tang recorded the date as the xinwei day of the 9th month of the same year, which corresponds to 18 Oct 619 in the Julian calendar. ([武德二年]九月辛未，杀户部尚书刘文静。) Xin Tang Shu, vol.01. Volume 187 of Zizhi Tongjian recorded the same death date as the New Book of Tang.