Liu Yong (fl.221-264),courtesy nameGongshou, was an imperial prince of the state ofShu Han in theThree Kingdoms period of China. He was a son ofLiu Bei, the founding emperor of Shu Han, and a younger half-brother ofLiu Shan, the second Shu Han emperor.^[1]

Liu Yong was born in an unknown year. His father,Liu Bei, was a warlord of the lateEastern Han dynasty who became the founding emperor of the state ofShu Han in theThree Kingdoms period. His mother was one of Liu Bei's concubines. He was a younger half-brother ofLiu Shan, Liu Bei's successor and the second emperor of Shu.^[2]

Sometime in July 221, about three months after Liu Bei became emperor, he sentXu Jing, theMinister over the Masses, as an emissary to read out an imperial edict and grant Liu Yong the title "Prince of Lu" (魯王).^[3]

In 230, during Liu Shan's reign, Liu Yong's title was changed to "Prince of Ganling" (甘陵王).^[4] Liu Yong hated theeunuchHuang Hao, whom Liu Shan highly trusted and favoured. After Huang Hao came to power, he frequently spoke ill of Liu Yong in front of Liu Shan, resulting in Liu Shan giving Liu Yong the cold shoulder and refusing to meet him for over 10 years.^[5]

In 264, one year afterShu was conquered by its rival state,Wei, Liu Yong moved toLuoyang, the Wei imperial capital. The Wei government appointed him as a Commandant of Equipage (奉車都尉) and enfeoffed him as a district marquis (鄉侯).^[6] It is not known when Liu Yong died.

Liu Yong had a grandson, Liu Xuan (劉玄;fl.307 - 347), who survived theDisaster of Yongjia in 311. In hisShu Shi Pu,Sun Sheng indicated that he met Liu Xuan in Chengdu duringHuan Wen's expedition againstLi Shi (the last ruler of theCheng-Han regime) in 347 (3rd year of theYonghe era during the reign ofEmperor Mu of Jin). Sun claimed thatLi Xiong, founder of the Cheng-Han regime, created Liu Xuan as his Duke of Anle, after Liu fled to Shu during the chaos of theYongjia era.^[7]

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• de Crespigny, Rafe (2007).A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23-220 AD. Leiden: Brill.ISBN 9789004156050.
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century).Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

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• Family of Liu Bei

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