Liu Du | |
Native Name: | 劉度 |
Office: | Administrator of Lingling (零陵太守) |
Chancellor: | Cao Cao |
Birth Date: | Unknown |
Death Date: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Official |
Liu Du was a government official and minor warlord who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China.
Liu Du served as the Administrator (Chinese: 太守) of Lingling Commandery (零陵郡; around present-day Yongzhou, Hunan).
In 209, the warlord Liu Bei led his forces to conquer the four commanderies in southern Jing Province: Wuling, Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling. Liu Du surrendered to Liu Bei along with the Administrators of the other three commanderies.[1]
In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Du has a son, Liu Xian, whom he at one point sends along with Xing Daorong (also a fictional character) against Liu Bei. However, Liu Du surrenders when hearing of the defeat of Liu Xian.[2]