釋氏稽古略 3.340

3.340

吳越王錢鏐。字具美。杭州臨安人。唐僖宗時為董昌偏將。殺退黃巢兵。昌以鏐為都指揮。董昌尋亦叛。昭宗以鏐為浙東招討使平昌。進封天下兵馬都元帥尋封王。至是梁開平元年封吳越王。後唐莊宗賜玉冊金印。鏐居杭州二十一年。八十一薨。

Qian Liu, King of Wuyue, courtesy name Jumei, was a native of Lin'an in Hangzhou. During the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang, he served as a subordinate general under Dong Chang, defeating and repelling Huang Chao's troops. Chang appointed Liu as Chief Commander. Soon Dong Chang also rebelled. Emperor Zhaozong made Liu Pacification Commissioner of Zhedong to suppress Chang, and advanced his title to Grand Marshal of the Armies of the Realm, soon after enfeoffing him as king. Down to this time, in the first year of Kaiping of Liang, he was enfeoffed as King of Wuyue. Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang bestowed upon him jade tallies and a golden seal. Liu resided in Hangzhou for twenty-one years and died at the age of eighty-one.