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Liu Yigong
Liu Song prince, fifth son of Emperor Wu, titled Prince of Jiangxia, who served three reigns up to Grand Tutor and was executed in 465 over a plot to depose the Former Deposed Emperor.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Liu Yigong, Prince of Jiangxia · Prince Wenxian (posthumous title)
Liu Yigong was a son of Emperor Wu of Liu Song, created Prince of Jiangxia in 424 and given the posthumous title Prince Wenxian. He served as inspector of Southern Yu, Southern Xu, Jing and Southern Yan provinces and held court posts including Minister over the Masses, Grand Commandant, Minister of Works, Grand Tutor, Grand Tutor-General and Director of the Imperial Secretariat; under Emperors Wen, Xiaowu and the Former Deposed Emperor he was among the highest officials, named by Xiaowu as a regent. He read widely in literature, and a poem of his is in the Jade Terrace anthology. In 465 he plotted with Liu Yuanjing, Yan Shibo and others to depose the Former Deposed Emperor; the plot leaked and he was killed.
Life and times
Dates 413 CE–465 CE