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Liu Shouguang
Warlord of Youzhou who imprisoned his father Liu Rengong, declared himself emperor of Yan in 911, and was captured and executed by the Jin under Li Cunxu
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Jieyan Huangdi · Yanzhao Di
Liu Shouguang was a son of Liu Rengong, military governor of Lulong, and had been driven from home for an affair with his father's favorite concubine. When a Later Liang army attacked Youzhou in 907 he led troops into the city, drove them off, declared himself governor, and sent soldiers to Mount Da'an to seize his father and imprison him; he then fought his elder brother Liu Shouwen, captured him and had him killed. In the eighth month of 911 he proclaimed himself emperor of Great Yan at Youzhou with the era name Yingtian, punishing opponents with iron cages and iron brushes. In 913 the Jin general Zhou Dewei took Youzhou, and Liu, betrayed by a farmer as he fled, was handed over to the Jin prince Li Cunxu. In February 914 Li Cunxu had him beheaded at Taiyuan, while Liu Rengong was taken to Li Keyong's tomb at Daizhou and executed there.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–914 CE