Liu, a first-class Chinese character, pronounced Li, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Originally meant to kill people, it later extended to weapons such as axes and cymbals. Shuowen Jiezi may have been lost because of avoiding the surname Liu of Emperor Gaozu, but there are some words with Wei Liu as the radical, and the word was not found in the historical biography. On this basis, Xu Kai concluded that the traditional "Liu" was mistaken for "Tian" because of the inflexion of "Tao".
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1, Liu Ji
Liu Ji (13 1 1 July1375 May 16) was a native of Nantian, qingtian county (now wencheng county, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province), so he was called Liu Qingtian, a strategist and a native of the early Ming Dynasty.
2. Fire Liu
Refers to the Liu family in the Han Dynasty.
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Refers to the Song Dynasty (Fu Yuan), (Gong Fu) and Liu (Zhong Feng).
4. Sun Liu
Sun Quan, King of Wu, and Liu Bei, King of Shu in the Three Kingdoms.
5. Cao Liu
Cao Cao and Liu Bei are also called.