刘表托孤考述

Discussion of Event of Entrusting Orphan by Liu Biao

刘表(142—208)字景升,山阳高平人,汉景帝之子鲁恭王刘余之后。刘表是汉代历史上一位具有重大影响的政治人物,是汉末举足轻重的军阀之一。他一生历经顺帝、冲帝、质帝、桓帝、灵帝、献帝六朝,官至镇南将军、荆州牧,封成武侯,执掌荆州政权近20年。公元208年,刘表病重之时,曾将刘琦、刘琮托付与刘备。笔者通过翻检史料,认为刘表此举只是"托孤"而非"托国",并详细论证了其中缘由。

Liu Biao （142 -208） was an important politician in ancient China and one of the significant warlords in the late Han Dynasty. Through reviewing the historical materials , the paper discussed the event of LiuBiao＇ s Entrusting Orphan, and concluded that the nature is the entrusting the orphan instead of entrusting the nation to other people.