Liu Zhijun (Later Liang)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Zhijun (Chinese: 劉知俊; died January 21, 918?[1][2][3]), courtesy name Xixian (希賢), nicknamed Liu Kaidao (劉開道, "Liu who opened the way"), was a general under Zhu Wen (Zhu Quanzhong) while Emperor Taizu was a major warlord during the late Tang dynasty and then during Emperor Taizu's reign in his new Later Liang. Later, fearing that Emperor Taizu was going to act against him, he defected, first to Qi, then to Former Shu. Former Shu's emperor Wang Jian (Emperor Gaozu), however, also was apprehensive of his talent and later had him executed.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 270.
  2. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  3. ^ According to the Zizhi Tongjian, Liu Zhijun was arrested on January 21, 918, and then executed, but it is not completely clear whether the execution was on the same day of the arrest.