[1]Name, dates, and identityLiu Zihui lived from 1101 to 1147 and is presented as a Song-dynasty scholar and poet.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The basic person record gives the name, life dates, and Song dynasty; the associated writings identify his poetry.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographical profile gives the name, dates, and dynasty, while the poetry entry discusses Liu Zihui’s poems.
WikidataZihui Liu (Q10899600)The person entity gives the English name and duplicate birth and death time values corresponding to 1101 and 1147.
[2]Names and posthumous titleHis courtesy name was Yanchong, with both 彥沖 and 彥冲 appearing as written forms; his sobriquets were Pingshan and Bingweng, and his posthumous name was Wenjing.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The alternative-name fields give Pingshan, Yanchong, and Wenjing, identifying their functions as sobriquet, courtesy name, and posthumous name.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The profile and biographies list Yanchong, Pingshan, Bingweng, and Wenjing as his names and titles.
WikidataZihui Liu (Q10899600)The name and claim fields preserve Yanchong, Wenjing, and Pingshan, including the 彥冲 written form.
[3]HometownLiu Zihui came from Chong’an in Jianzhou, in what is now Wuyishan, Fujian.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies give his home as Jianzhou Chong’an and identify it with present-day Wuyishan, Fujian.
[4]Family and marriageHe was Liu Ge’s son and Liu Ziyu’s younger brother, specifically Liu Ge’s second son; his wife was from the Lu family.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The kinship fields identify his father Liu Ge, elder brother Liu Ziyu, and wife Lu.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies call him Liu Ge’s son and Liu Ziyu’s younger brother, with one account specifying that he was the second son.
[5]Liu Ping and the writingsLiu Ping was both Liu Zihui’s nephew and his adopted heir, and he compiled the posthumous writings.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The kinship entries identify Liu Ping as a nephew and as an adopted heir.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The literary biography states that his son Ping compiled the posthumous writings.
[6]Hereditary appointment and staff postHe received the rank of Chengwulang through hereditary privilege and was appointed to the staff of Zhen-ding Prefecture in the first year of Jingkang.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The examination and appointment entry classifies his entry into office as hereditary appointment or protection.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies state that he received Chengwulang through hereditary appointment and was recruited to the Zhen-ding staff in the first year of Jingkang.
[7]Xinghua appointmentAfter Liu Ge died in the national calamity of the second year of Jingkang, Liu Zihui completed mourning and was appointed tongpan of Xinghua Military Prefecture; the appointment is dated to 1130.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies connect the second Jingkang year, the mourning period, the Xinghua tongpan appointment, and the fourth Jianyan year, identified as 1130.
[8]Other officesHis other offices included shuxie jiyi wenzi, supervision of the Chongyou Abbey at Mount Wuyi, an attendant in the Palace Clothing Office, and a judge in the Guangnan Eastern Route transport office.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The office-title list includes shuxie jiyi wenzi and supervision of the Chongyou Abbey at Mount Wuyi.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The office list includes the Palace Clothing Office attendant and the transport-office judge in the Guangnan Eastern Route.
[9]Retirement and teachingAfter completing his term in the second year of Shaoxing, mourning left him ill and emaciated; he resigned, returned to Mount Wuyi, stayed out of office for seventeen years, and devoted himself to teaching as Master Pingshan.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies describe his illness, resignation, return to Mount Wuyi, seventeen years away from office, teaching, and the name Master Pingshan.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The association and status fields also describe his return to Mount Wuyi, tireless teaching, reception of students, and reclusion.
[10]Learning and moral friendshipsHe was deeply learned in the Changes, taught tirelessly, and maintained moral friendships with Hu Xian and Liu Mianzhi.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies describe his depth in the Changes and his devotion to teaching.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The association notes identify Hu Xian and Liu Mianzhi as his moral associates and describe his tireless teaching.
[11]Zhu Song and Zhu XiZhu Song was Liu Zihui’s friend; after Zhu Song’s death, Zhu Xi was entrusted to the Liu brothers, studied at Liu Zihui’s gate, and was taught by the two brothers.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies describe Zhu Xi’s study with Liu Zihui and the friendship between Zhu Song and Liu Zihui’s family.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The association notes identify Zhu Song and Zhu Xi, state that Zhu Xi was entrusted to Liu Ziyu, and say that Liu Ziyu and Liu Zihui taught him together.
[12]Students and correspondenceHis students included Ouyang Guangzu, Liu Mao, and Huang Zhu; he shared a poetry society with Zhan Chaoyi and exchanged letters with the Chan master Zonggao.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The association entries identify Ouyang Guangzu, Liu Mao, and Huang Zhu as students or disciples, Zhan Chaoyi as a poetry-society member, and Zonggao as the correspondent in letters sent and received.
[13]Song Xiang’s childhood poemWhen Song Xiang was seven, he wrote a lantern poem at Liu Zihui’s command, completed it immediately, and received high praise.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The association note says that Song Xiang wrote a lantern poem at age seven, completed it immediately, and was greatly praised by Liu Zihui.
[14]Pingshan jiThe twenty-juan Pingshan ji was compiled from Liu Zihui’s posthumous writings by Liu Ping, with a preface by Hu Xian and a postscript by Zhu Xi.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The work and association fields give the twenty-juan Pingshan ji and identify Hu Xian as its preface writer and Zhu Xi as a postscript writer.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The literary biographies state that Liu Ping compiled the twenty-juan collection from the posthumous writings and that Hu Xian wrote the preface and Zhu Xi the postscript.
[15]Shengzhuan lunAnother work is titled Liu Pingshan xiansheng shengzhuan lun, with a one-juan title variant using 屛 instead of 屏.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The work entries give both title forms and identify the one-juan form as a work authored by Liu Zihui.
[16]Poetry editionsThe edited transmission of his poetry is based on the seventh-year Zhengde edition by Liu Ze, collates two later editions, and places newly collected poems outside the collection at the end.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The poetry entry specifies the base edition, the Wenyuan Ge Siku Quanshu and Li Tingyu editions used for collation, and the placement of newly collected poems.
[17]Death and commemorative writingsHe died in the seventeenth year of Shaoxing at forty-seven; Zhu Xi wrote his tomb table, biographical account, epitaph, and postscript texts.
Souyun劉子翚 (25057)The biographies state that he died in the seventeenth year of Shaoxing at the age of forty-seven.
CBDBLiu Zihui (11827)The commemorative-text relations identify Zhu Xi as the author of Liu Zihui’s epitaph, tomb table, biographical account, and postscript texts, including the Tomb Table for Master Liu of Pingshan.