{{Short description|Late 2nd/early 3rd century Chinese official}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Liu Du | native_name = 劉度 | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | office = Administrator of Lingling (零陵太守)<br> | chancellor = Cao Cao | term_start = ? | term_end = ? | monarch = Emperor Xian of Han | birth_date = Unknown | death_date = Unknown | occupation = Official }} {{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}}
'''Liu Du''' was a government official who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China.
==Life== Liu Du served as the Administrator ({{lang|zh|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.<ref>''Sanguozhi'' vol. 32.</ref>
==In ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''== 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.<ref>''Sanguo Yanyi'' ch. 52.</ref>
==See also== * Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms
==References== {{reflist}} * Chen, Shou (3rd century). ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi''). * Luo, Guanzhong (14th century). ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguo Yanyi''). * Pei, Songzhi (5th century). ''Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi zhu'').
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