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Liu Ling (weightlifter)
Liu Ling or Ling Liu may refer to: *Liu Ling (Han dynasty) (died 122 BC), Han dynasty princess, Liu An's daughter *Liu Ling (poet) Liu Ling (), born 221 and died 300 CE, was a Chinese poet and scholar. Little information survives about his family background, though he is described in historical sources as short and unattractive, with a dissipated appearance. Name Liu Ling ... (221–300), Cao Wei and Jin dynasty poet and scholar, one of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove * Ling Liu (computer scientist), Chinese-born computer scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ling (Han Dynasty)
Liu Ling (劉陵) (died 122 BC or earlier) was a Han dynasty princess during Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu's reign. She was the daughter of Liu An, the King of Huainan, as well as a second cousin of Emperor Wu. Liu An sent her to the national capital Chang'an to become a socialite, so as to spy on Emperor Wu and his ministers. After Liu An was accused of staging a rebellion, his entire clan was apprehended and executed, Liu Ling presumably among them (unless she died before that). Biography Liu Ling probably grew up in her father Liu An's territory of Huainan, a large area south of the Huai River. She was said to be intelligent and articulate. Her father was fond of her, and sent her to Chang'an with a lot of "gold and money" to "befriend" and "spy on" the Emperor and those to his "left and right". She bribed and had an illicit sexual relationship with at least one person: Zhang Cigong (張次公), the Marquess of Antou (岸頭侯), who lost his title and territory when the scanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ling (poet)
Liu Ling (), born 221 and died 300 CE, was a Chinese poet and scholar. Little information survives about his family background, though he is described in historical sources as short and unattractive, with a dissipated appearance. Name Liu Ling's name is commonly misprinted as "劉靈". Background Liu Ling was born in the state of Pei of the Western Jin dynasty (266–316 CE), which is now the Suzhou of Anhui province. Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Liu Ling was a Taoist who retreated to the countryside in order to pursue a spontaneous and natural existence that would have been impossible under the tight constraints of the Imperial court. Personality and life Popularly regarded as an eccentric, he was notorious for his love of alcohol. The earliest depictions of him, on tombs in Nanjing, show him drinking wine from a gourd, and his most famous work is a poem titled "In Praise of the Virtue of Wine". An oft-quoted folk tale a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
