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Liu Bang's uprising at Pei
Liu Bang's uprising at Pei was his 209 BC revolt against the Qin dynasty, launched from his home region of Feng and Pei with followers like Xiao He and Fan Kuai.
Liu Bang's western expedition army
Liu Bang's western expedition army (刘邦西征军) was the force the King of Chu gave Liu Bang to march west and take the Qin passes, under a covenant making the first into Guanzhong its king.
Liu Bei
Liu Bei (劉備, Xuande, 161–223) was a late Eastern Han warlord who founded Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms, proclaiming himself emperor in 221 after the 208 Red Cliffs alliance with Sun Quan and the 214 conquest of Yi Province.
Liu Bei's entry into Yi Province
Liu Bei's entry into Yi Province (刘备入蜀) was the campaign in which Liu Bei, leaving Guan Yu to hold Jingzhou, turned against his host Liu Zhang and seized the province.
Liu Biao
Liu Biao (刘表), courtesy name Jingsheng, was a Han dynasty official and warlord who ruled Jing Province from Xiangyang for nearly twenty years, dying in 208 as Cao Cao marched south.
Liu Biao's Jingzhou Administration
Liu Biao's Jingzhou Administration (刘表荆州幕府) was the civil government Liu Biao built as Governor of Jingzhou, ending when his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao.
Liu Bingtian
Liu Bingtian (刘秉恬, 1735–1800) was a Qing dynasty official from Hongdong, Shanxi, who served the Qianlong emperor and ran army grain supply in the Jinchuan campaign.
Liu Bingzhong
Liu Bingzhong (刘秉忠, 1216–1274) was a Yuan dynasty statesman and Buddhist monk who served Kublai Khan, named the dynasty Da Yuan, and designed its capitals, including Dadu.
Liu Bocheng
Liu Bocheng (刘伯承) was a Chinese military commander and educator who became a Marshal in 1955 and helped found the People's Liberation Army, commanding the Second Field Army.
Liu Buchan
Liu Buchan (刘步蟾, courtesy name Zixiang, 1852–1895) was a Qing dynasty naval officer who commanded the flagship Dingyuan and led the Beiyang fleet at the 1894 battle of Dadonggou.
Liu Can (Han-Zhao prince and regent)
Liu Can (刘粲) was a Han-Zhao prince and general under Liu Cong who engineered the death of heir Liu Yi, then became crown prince and regent.
Liu Can (Tang dynasty chancellor)
Liu Can (柳璨) was a Tang dynasty chancellor who rose from poverty in under four years and orchestrated the purge of over thirty officials in 905.
Liu Chang
Liu Chang (刘敞, 1019–1068), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Northern Song Confucian scholar and official from Xinyu, Jiangxi, whose Qijing xiaochuan marked the Song turn away from Han-Tang commentary.
Liu Changqing
Liu Changqing (刘长卿) was a Tang-dynasty poet and official who held posts from district defender to prefect between 757 and 782, known for his five-character verse.
Liu Changyou
Liu Changyou (刘长佑) was a Qing dynasty official and general from Xinning, Hunan, who served as governor of Guangxi and governor-general of Liangguang, Zhili, and Yunnan–Guizhou.
Liu Changzuo
Liu Changzuo (刘昌祚) was a Song dynasty military commander who fought the Western Xia on the northwestern frontier, famed for his archery and for leading the 1081 assault at Moqi'ai.
Liu Chao-Han
Liu Chao-Han (刘兆汉) is a Taiwanese space and radio scientist who pioneered GPS radio occultation for weather monitoring and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2012.
Liu Chen (Shu Han prince)
Liu Chen (刘谌) was a prince of Shu Han, made Prince of Beidi in 259, who killed himself in 263 when his father surrendered to Wei.
Liu Chong
Liu Chong (刘崇) was a Han-dynasty nobleman, the Marquis of Anzhong, who with his Chancellor Zhang Shao led a failed rising against Wang Mang, recorded in the Book of Han.
Liu Chong's rebellion
Liu Chong's rebellion (刘崇起事) was a failed rising against the regent Wang Mang by Liu Chong, Marquis of Anzhong, who with Zhang Shao led about a hundred followers in an attack on Wan.
Liu Chuanzhi
Liu Chuanzhi (柳传志), also romanised Chuanzhi Liu, is a Chinese entrepreneur born in 1944 who founded Lenovo and its parent Legend Holdings in 1984, retiring as chairman in 2019.
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin (刘慈欣), born 1963, is a Chinese science-fiction writer and former engineer whose 2015 Hugo Award for The Three-Body Problem was a first for translated novels.
Liu Cong
Liu Cong (刘聪), courtesy name Xuanming, was the second ruler of Han-Zhao after killing his brother Liu He; he captured the two Jin emperors and sacked Luoyang in 311.
Liu Dakui
Liu Dakui (刘大櫆, 1698–1779) was a Qing dynasty prose writer and literary theorist from Tongcheng, Anhui, the middle of the Three Ancestors of the Tongcheng school.
Liu Daxia
Liu Daxia (刘大夏, 1436–1516) was a Ming dynasty statesman who served as Minister of War under the Hongzhi emperor and was exiled by the eunuch Liu Jin.
Liu De
Liu De (刘德), born 1973, is a Chinese industrial designer and co-founder of Xiaomi, who ran its supply chain and built an investment program backing over 200 hardware startups.
Liu Dongsheng
Liu Dongsheng (刘东生; 1917–2008) was a Chinese geologist known as the father of loess, who turned China's Loess Plateau deposits into a continuous 2.5-million-year climate record, winning the Tyler Prize in 2002.
Liu E
Liu E, also known as Liu Tieyun, was a late Qing Chinese writer and oracle bone collector best known as the author of The Travels of Lao Can.
Liu Erhai (刘二海)
Liu Erhai (刘二海) is a Chinese venture capitalist and founding partner of Joy Capital, which he founded in 2015, best known as an early backer of Luckin Coffee and Mobike.
Liu family of Southern Han
The Liu family of Southern Han (南汉刘氏) was the ruling house of Southern Han, one of the Ten Kingdoms, controlling the Lingnan region from Guangzhou until the Song conquest of 971.