刘宠 / Liu Chong (late Han minister)

Overview

Liu Chong is the ministerial figure in Hanji 891 who moves from situ to taiwei during the 169 CE Three Excellencies reshuffle.

Current Profile

This page exists to keep the source’s “司徒刘宠” distinct from 陈王刘宠. Hanji 891 gives only the office movement: Liu Chong is serving as situ and is appointed taiwei in June 169 after Wenren Xi’s removal. The page should remain narrow until later evidence connects this official to a broader career.

Key Characteristics

• Late-Han high official named as situ before the June 169 reshuffle.
• Appointed taiwei after the removal of Wenren Xi.
• Part of the same office-turnover field that elevates Xu Xun and Liu Xiao.
• Disambiguated from the later Chen king Liu Chong because the current source gives a ministerial office context.

Evidence

• Taiwei appointment: Hanji 891 says situ Liu Chong is appointed taiwei in June 169.
• Office sequence: Hanji 891 places the appointment after Wenren Xi and Xu Xun are removed.
• Disambiguation need: Hanji 891 gives a Three Excellencies officeholder, not the Chen-state military ruler already represented by LiuChongChenKing.

Qualifications

The current evidence does not establish whether this ministerial Liu Chong appears in other late-Han sources under a different route. The page’s main function is to avoid merging him into the Chen king page.

What Changed

• Created the disambiguated minister page from Hanji 891’s June 169 taiwei appointment.

Relationships

• 闻人袭 - removed taiwei whose vacancy precedes Liu Chong’s appointment.
• 许训 - official named in the same reshuffle.
• 刘嚣 - sikong appointee in the same June 169 sequence.
• 汉灵帝 - ruler whose court carries out the reshuffle.
• 刘宠 / Chen king - same personal name but distinct canonical route.
• 朝廷开府任官失序 - broader frame for high-office churn.