Liu Yin (Southern Han)

Liu Yin
劉隱
Jiedushi of Qinghai Circuit (清海軍節度使)
In office
905 – 911
(Acting: 901–905)
Preceded byXu Yanruo
Succeeded byLiu Yan
Jiedushi of Jinghai Circuit (靜海軍節度使)
(de jure)
In office
908[1][2] – 911
Disputed with Khúc Hạo (de facto)
Preceded byKhúc Hạo
Succeeded byLiu Yan[2]
Personal details
Born874
Died4 April 911(911-04-04) (aged 36–37)
Guangzhou
Resting placeDeling Mausoleum (德陵, in modern Panyu District, Guangzhou)
Parents

Liu Yin (劉隱) (874[3] – 4 April 911[4][5]), formally Prince Xiang of Nanhai (南海襄王), later further posthumously honored Emperor Xiang (襄皇帝) with the temple name of Liezong (烈宗) by his younger brother Liu Yan, was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty and Tang's succeeding dynasty Later Liang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, who ruled Qinghai Circuit (清海, headquartered in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong) as its military governor (Jiedushi). It was on the basis of his rule that Liu Yan was later able to establish the state of Southern Han.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 267: "[太祖神武元聖孝皇帝中開平二年]辛酉,以劉隱為清海、靜海節度使"
  2. ^ a b Historical Records of the Five Dynasties, vol.65: "[開平]二年,[劉隱]兼靜海軍節度、安南都護。...末帝即位,悉以隱官爵授龑。"
  3. ^ New History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 65.
  4. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 268.
  5. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.