[1]Dates and identityLiu Ban is dated to 1023–1089 in one account, while another value gives 1022 as his birth year; his offices and scholarly classification identify him as a Northern Song official and historian.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries and profile give the 1023–1089 lifespan, Northern Song identity, and several offices, while describing his expertise in history.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The main record gives the name Liu Ban, his Song affiliation, historian status, and the office of Zhongshu Sheren.
WikidataLiu Ban (Q10899846)The item uses Liu Ban as its English label, describes him as a Song-dynasty person, and supplies a date value for birth in 1022.
[2]Courtesy name and native placeHis courtesy name was Gongfu, with Gangfu and the Chinese forms 戇父 and 贛父 also found, while his sobriquet was Gongfei; the native-place forms are Linjiang Xinyu and Kaifeng.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the courtesy-name variants, the sobriquet, and Linjiang Xinyu in modern Jiangxi.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The record classifies Gongfei as a sobriquet, Gangfu and Gongfu as courtesy-name forms, and gives both Kaifeng and Xinyu as native-place addresses.
WikidataLiu Ban (Q10899846)The name lists provide Liu Ban, the English forms Gangfu, Gongfei, and Gongfu, and the corresponding Chinese aliases.
[3]FamilyHe was Liu Chang's younger brother; the family relations also name his father, wife, father-in-law, son, nephews, and great-grandsons.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entry explicitly calls him Liu Chang's younger brother.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The kinship record identifies Liu Chang as his brother.
[4]Immediate familyHis father was Liu Lizhi, his wife was Han, and his father-in-law was Han Zong.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The kinship entries identify Liu Lizhi as father, Han Zong as father-in-law, and Han as his wife.
[5]DescendantsHis son was Liu Fangshan; the recorded nephews were Liu Fengshi and Liu Dangshi, and the recorded great-grandsons were Liu Guinian and Liu Guicong.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The kinship entries identify Liu Fangshan as son, Liu Fengshi and Liu Dangshi as nephews, and Liu Guinian and Liu Guicong as great-grandsons.
[6]Jinshi degree and early careerIn 1046 Liu Ban and his brother Liu Chang passed the jinshi examination; after twenty years in local service he entered the Directorate of Education as a lecturer and later became a Palace Library collator.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the sixth year of Qingli, 1046, and the joint jinshi success of the two brothers.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The examination and association data give the shared Qingli sixth-year jinshi success and the jinshi qualification.
[7]Early local serviceHe served in local offices for twenty years before entering the Directorate of Education as a lecturer and later becoming a Palace Library collator.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries establish the twenty years in local office and the subsequent posts of lecturer at the Directorate of Education and Palace Library collator.
[8]Xining offices and impeachmentDuring Xining he held the Kaogong and Court of Imperial Sacrifices posts and was impeached after a dispute with fellow officials while examining Kaifeng candidates.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries describe the Xining offices and the dispute during the Kaifeng examination that led to censure.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The office and association data confirm the Court of Imperial Sacrifices post and its Xining context.
[9]Opposition to the new policiesAfter opposing Wang Anshi's new policies and the Green Sprouts Law, Liu Ban was demoted to Taizhou and later became prefect of Caozhou.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries connect his letter to Wang Anshi with opposition to the Green Sprouts Law or the inconvenience of the new policies, followed by demotion to Taizhou and appointment to Caozhou.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The association summary gives the letter, the argument that the new policies were unsuitable, and the appointment to Caozhou; the office entry names the Caozhou post.
[10]Jingdong service and Hengzhou demotionHe served in the Kaifeng Prefecture, on the Jingdong Circuit, and as prefect of Yanzhou and Bozhou; after Wu Juhou succeeded him, he was blamed for lax administration and demoted to the Hengzhou Salt Store.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the sequence of Kaifeng, Jingdong, Yanzhou, and Bozhou offices and explain Wu Juhou's replacement and the resulting demotion to supervise the Hengzhou Salt Store.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The office list includes the Caozhou and Bozhou prefectures and the Jingdong Circuit transfer commissioner post.
[11]Yuanyou restoration and final officeAfter Zhezong's accession he returned as prefect of Xiangzhou, became Deputy Director of the Palace Library, received the 直龍圖閣 appointment and the Caizhou prefecture, and was then summoned as Zhongshu Sheren.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the post-accession sequence from Xiangzhou through the Palace Library, 直龍圖閣, Caizhou, and Zhongshu Sheren.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The office list confirms the Xiangzhou prefecture and Zhongshu Sheren posts.
[12]Additional officesThe office list also includes Jixian Academy Collator and Chaosan Dafu.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The office entries name Jixian Academy Collator and Chaosan Dafu.
[13]Friendship and recommendationLiu Ban was a friend of Su Shi and was recommended by Ouyang Xiu.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The association entries connect him with Su Shi as a friend and with Ouyang Xiu through a recommendation.
[14]Death and ageHe died in the fourth year of Yuanyou, 1089, at the age of sixty-seven.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the fourth year of Yuanyou and age sixty-seven, while the profile gives 1089 as the death year.
[15]Historical scholarshipHe read widely, was versed in classical learning and history, assisted Sima Guang with the Zizhi Tongjian, and took responsibility for its Han-history section.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries describe his wide reading, expertise in classical learning and history, collaboration with Sima Guang on the Zizhi Tongjian, and specialized work on Han history.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The historian classification and association summary identify his collaboration with Sima Guang on the Zizhi Tongjian and his responsibility for Han history.
[16]Major works and Pengcheng jiHis works included Pengcheng ji, Gongfei ji, and Zhongshan shihua; Pengcheng ji was compiled in forty juan, with sixteen juan of poetry and a seventeenth juan of poems outside the collection.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries name the three works and describe the forty-juan Pengcheng ji, its sixteen poetry juan, and the separately arranged seventeenth juan.
[17]Other writings and textual transmissionThe total volume of his writings is given as either one hundred or sixty juan, much of it lost; surviving works and additional attributed titles include the historical and classical texts named in the sentence.
Souyun劉攽 (22908)The biographical entries give the alternative totals of one hundred and sixty juan, the loss of much of the corpus, and the surviving Donghan shu kanwu, Hanguan yi, and annotated Mengzi waishu with their volumes.
CBDBLiu Ban (1220)The works entries name Donghan shu kanwu, Hanguan yi, Lianghan kanwu, Hou Hanshu jingyao, Biannian jishi, Wudai chunqiu, and San Liu Hanshu biaozhu, with authorship explicitly marked for the relevant entries.
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