Biography of Liu Yu Part 2(23)
In February of the second year of Yongchu (421), the Japanese envoys paid tribute.
At the end of the Jin Dynasty, the state of Linyi (now southern Vietnam) repeatedly harassed Jiaozhou. After Liu Yu came to the throne, Du Huidu, the governor of Jiaozhou, was defeated, so he asked to surrender to the Song, and sent elephants, gold and silver, ancient shells and other gifts. In August 420, in the first year of the reign of Yongchu, the king of Lin Yi sent envoys to pay tribute.
In terms of life, Liu was thrifty, did not like treasure, did not like luxury, and there were few concubines in the palace. Local officials in Ningzhou once offered amber pillows, which were priceless treasures, and he did not regard them as treasures. When he went to war against the later Qin Dynasty, someone said that amber could heal wounds, so he ordered it to be smashed and distributed to generals as medicine for wounds. After the conquest of Guanzhong, he loved the beauty Yao Shi (the niece of Yao Xing, King of the Later Qin Dynasty). His minister Xie Hui demonstrated with him that he should not neglect his government affairs because of his concubine. He sent Yao out of the palace that night. Liu Yu later entered the court to seal the Duke of Song. The East and West Hall was to have a bureau footbed made of gold-coated nails. Liu Yu, however, used a straight foot bed made of iron nails for a knot. On another occasion, Guangzhou sent a cylinder of fine cloth as a tribute. Because it was too delicate and beautiful to make, Liu Yu ordered the magistrate of Xianbuna county to impeach, returned the cloth and prohibited the manufacture of such cloth.
At the end of the Jin Dynasty, the state of Linyi (now southern Vietnam) repeatedly harassed Jiaozhou. After Liu Yu came to the throne, Du Huidu, the governor of Jiaozhou, was defeated, so he asked to surrender to the Song, and sent elephants, gold and silver, ancient shells and other gifts. In August 420, in the first year of the reign of Yongchu, the king of Lin Yi sent envoys to pay tribute.
In terms of life, Liu was thrifty, did not like treasure, did not like luxury, and there were few concubines in the palace. Local officials in Ningzhou once offered amber pillows, which were priceless treasures, and he did not regard them as treasures. When he went to war against the later Qin Dynasty, someone said that amber could heal wounds, so he ordered it to be smashed and distributed to generals as medicine for wounds. After the conquest of Guanzhong, he loved the beauty Yao Shi (the niece of Yao Xing, King of the Later Qin Dynasty). His minister Xie Hui demonstrated with him that he should not neglect his government affairs because of his concubine. He sent Yao out of the palace that night. Liu Yu later entered the court to seal the Duke of Song. The East and West Hall was to have a bureau footbed made of gold-coated nails. Liu Yu, however, used a straight foot bed made of iron nails for a knot. On another occasion, Guangzhou sent a cylinder of fine cloth as a tribute. Because it was too delicate and beautiful to make, Liu Yu ordered the magistrate of Xianbuna county to impeach, returned the cloth and prohibited the manufacture of such cloth.
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