CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Liu Fu刘馥
Stabbed to death by Cao Cao for saying something inauspicious.
- DIRECT FIGURES
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- RELATION RECORDS
- 5
- SOURCE WORKS
- 2
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Liu Fu, and the people around them.
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01KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
1 figure · 1 record＋
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Liu Xi—Liu Fufather-son
02ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
1 figure · 1 record＋
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Liu Fu→Cao Caosubmit
03CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
2 figures · 2 records＋
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Cao Cao→Liu Fustab to death
Liu Fu—Yuan Shuhostile
04THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
1 figure · 1 record＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Liu Fu→Chen Lanpacify
5 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In history · Records of the Three Kingdoms
Inspector of Yangzhou; Gui Lan and Dai Yuan wanted to welcome him; governed Hefei, built water conservancy, and established schools.
In fiction · Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Stabbed to death by Cao Cao for saying something inauspicious.
Across source works
How this figure changes across texts
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- Literature / legend1 profile notes
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
2 relations2 verified quotations- Cao Cao→ stab to death →Liu Fu
- Liu Xi→ father-son →Liu Fu
Verified original text · 2
手起一槊，刺死刘馥
stab to death · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 48
馥子刘熙
father-son · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 48
- Official history2 profile notes
Records of the Three Kingdoms
3 relations3 verified quotations- Liu Fu→ submit →Cao Cao
- Liu Fu→ hostile →Yuan Shu
- Liu Fu→ pacify →Chen Lan
Verified original text · 3
说袁术将戚寄、秦翊，使率众与俱诣太祖。太祖恱之
submit · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·刘司马梁张温贾传
说袁术将戚寄、秦翊，使率众与俱诣太祖
hostile · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·刘司马梁张温贾传
1 more verified quotation in the relationship records below.
History vs. fiction
Killed by Cao Cao for pointing out that his poem was inauspicious
The official history 'Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biographies of Liu, Sima, Liang, Zhang, Wen, and Jia' records that Cao Cao 'said Fu could be entrusted with matters in the southeast, and thus appointed him as Inspector of Yangzhou,' but does not record that he was killed. However, in the novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' Chapter 48, Liu Fu was killed by Cao Cao because he pointed out that Cao Cao's 'Short Song Style' contained inauspicious words, and Cao Cao, in a rage, 'raised his spear and stabbed Liu Fu to death.' This entire episode is unique to the novel.
Relationship network
Original text (1)
说袁术将戚寄、秦翊，使率众与俱诣太祖。太祖恱之
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说袁术将戚寄、秦翊，使率众与俱诣太祖
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