During the Cultural Revolution, following the downfall of Liu Shaoqi, who was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, no successor was named, so the duties of the head of state were transferred collectively to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Liu Zhen and Liu Taotu were Zhang's only historian allies at court, and after their deaths Zhang had no further opportunities for promotion to the prestigious post of court historian.

* Various people with the Liu surname argue to be descendant of Han Wu Di, but there is no evidence supporting this.

* In some novels, Liu Bei is said to be the descendant of Liu Bang, but there is no supporting evidence to prove this true.

After attempting to negotiate peace and receiving no positive response from Liu Bei, fearing attack on both sides, Sun Quan became a vassal of Wei.

When Emperor Wu of Liu Song subdued Guanzhong he obtained the south-pointing carriage of Yao Xing, but it was only the shell with no machinery inside.

Until recent years there was no substantial evidence of related mathematical writing that might have preceded it, with the exception of mathematical work by those such as Jing Fang ( 78 – 37 BCE ), Liu Xin ( d. 23 ), and Zhang Heng ( 78 – 139 ) and the geometry clauses of the Mozi of the 4th century BCE.

However, they soon realised that Liu Bei was no longer in Yuan Shao's territory and had already left for Runan.

He overcame Liu Bei in an extremely short period of time, leaving Yuan Shao no chance to aid Liu on second thought.

Xiang Yu initially took no action against Liu Bang's family.

Jiang Wei quickly realized that Wei was about to attack and petitioned Liu Shan to send forces to block off the key passes, but Huang Hao, believing in fortunetellers, disagreed and persuaded Liu Shan to take no actions on Jiang Wei's petition.

Liu Shan ordered that Jiang Wei's plan from 258 be carried out — but much to Liu Shan's surprise, the Wei forces took no heed of Shu border cities at all and headed directly for the key passes.

After ten months of hard work, Liu and Deng had significantly enlarged the area of central plain area occupied by the CPC, and forced the KMT armies into strategic defense, as Chiang no longer had enough troops for attack.

During his long military career, Liu often stated that “ Whether it is a black cat or a yellow cat, as long as it can catch the rat, it is a good cat ” to demonstrate that the purpose of war is to win, no matter what strategies you take.

In reality, there is no official record that Liu had made such outrageous request, or had any face-to-face conversations with Hua Guofeng either, or made any formal request to the Chinese regime to have his funeral held by Deng and his eulogy done by Deng.

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In Huainanzi ( c. 179-122 BC ), Chapter 6 Lanmingxun (), author Liu An tells that in remote antiquity the four poles of the Universe collapsed and the world descended into chaos ; the firmament was no longer able to cover everything and the earth was no longer able to support itself ; fires burned wild and waters flooded the land ; fierce beasts ate common people, and ferocious birds attacked the old and the weak.

As this version makes no avoidance of the taboo of mentioning the name of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, the time of copying this book should be before the death of the Han founding emperor.

In the 1980s, under the leadership of Chief Naval Commander Liu Huaqing, the navy developed into a regional naval power, though naval construction continued at a level somewhat below the 1970s rate.

Liu Huaqing was an Army Officer who spent most of his career in administrative positions involving science and technology.

* Liu Huaqing ( 1916 – 2011 ), PRC politician

Liu Huaqing (; October 1916 – January 14, 2011 ) was the Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy from 1982 through 1988, and is considered to been responsible for its modernization efforts.

* Biography of Liu Huaqing

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* Former son-in-law of Liu Huaqing ( 刘华清 ): Pan Yue ( 潘岳 ), vice director of the State Environmental Protection Administration