Liu Xun 劉勳

Yuan Shu first said he would make Sun Ce Administrator of Jiujiang but appointed Chen Ji instead. Later, when he sent Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang, Administrator of Lujiang, he said, 'If you now take Lu Kang, Lujiang will truly be yours,' but when Sun Ce attacked Lu Kang and took the city, he again made his former subordinate Liu Xun the administrator. Sun Ce was all the more disappointed. Records, Wu 1 §26–27

When Yuan Shu died, his Chief Clerk Yang Hong, his commander Zhang Xun and others meant to lead his followers to Sun Ce, but Liu Xun, Administrator of Lujiang, attacked them on the road, captured them all, and took their treasures back with him. According to the Biography of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's wife and children also took refuge with his former subordinate Liu Xun. Records, Wu 1 §34Records, Wei 6 §80

Liu Ye, who had killed Zheng Bao, a strongman of Yang Province, and taken over his retainers, saw the Han imperial house growing weaker, and since he was a collateral member of the imperial house he did not wish to command troops, so he handed the retainers over to Liu Xun, Administrator of Lujiang. When Liu Xun wondered at his reason, Liu Ye replied that those men had always lived by plunder, and that if he, who had no wealth, tried to bring them into order, they would bear resentment and it could not last long, so he was handing them over. At this time Liu Xun's army was the strongest between the Yangtze and the Huai. Records, Wei 14 §86–88

Sun Ce, who hated Liu Xun, made a false pact of friendship with him and sent an envoy with humble words and rich gifts to persuade him by letter. He wrote that the clan communities (zongmin) of Shangliao had repeatedly slighted his own state and that he wished to borrow the strength of the great state to attack them, adding that Shangliao was very rich and that taking it would enrich the state. At this time more than ten thousand households of the clan communities of Shangliao in Yuzhang were in Jiangdong. Liu Xun believed him, and was delighted to receive pearls and treasures and fine ge and Yue cloth from Sun Ce. Records, Wei 14 §88–89Records, Wu 1 §34

Everyone within and without congratulated him, but Liu Ye alone did not. Liu Ye warned him that although Shangliao was small its walls were strong and its moats deep, so it could not be taken within ten days, and that if Sun Ce struck while the troops were worn out abroad and the state left empty at home, Liu Xun would be defeated by the enemy if he advanced and have nowhere to return to if he withdrew. Liu Xun did not listen. Records, Wei 14 §89–90

In the 4th year of Jian'an (199), when Liu Xun set out to attack Shangliao, Sun Ce raced day and night with a lightly armed force, took Lujiang by surprise and captured it. Liu Xun's followers all surrendered, and Liu Xun alone, with several hundred of his own men, took refuge with Lord Cao. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records that this year Sun Quan followed Sun Ce in attacking Liu Xun, Administrator of Lujiang. The biography of Zhou Yu records that Liu Xun was defeated near Xunyang, and the biography of Dong Xi that he was attacked at Xunyang. Yuan Shu's wife and children, when Sun Ce defeated Liu Xun, were taken in again and cared for. Records, Wu 1 §34Records, Wei 14 §90Records, Wu 2 §3Records, Wu 9 §6Records, Wu 10 §46Records, Wei 6 §80

The Annals of Emperor Wu record that when Liu Xun, Administrator of Lujiang, came to surrender with his followers, Lord Cao enfeoffed him as a full marquis. Records, Wei 1 §57

Liu Xun, who later became General Who Subdues Barbarians, was honored and favored, and arrogant and overbearing. When Sima Zhi was Prefect of Guangping, Liu Xun had once been his commandery general, and Liu Xun's retainers and the young men of his family repeatedly broke the law within the county. Liu Xun sent him letters without signing his name, making many requests, but Sima Zhi did not answer them and dealt with everything according to the law. Later, when Liu Xun was executed on a charge of plotting rebellion, all who had dealings with him were punished, and Sima Zhi was praised for this. The Records do not give the year of his execution. Records, Wei 12 §80–81