Liú Zhì 劉摯 (1030–1097, zì Shēnlǎo 莘老 — also given as Cuìlǎo 萃老 in the Sìkù tíyào — posthumous Zhōngsù 忠肅), of Dōngguāng 東光 in Yǒngjìngjūn, settling at Dōngpíng 東平. Jiāyòu 4 / 1059 jiǎkē (top-tier jìnshì). Recommended by Hán Qí 韓琦 韓琦 for guǎngé jiàokān; impeached the Háozhōu prison case (the persecution of Fù Bì 富弼) and was rewarded with jiānchá yùshǐ; in 1071 his memorial against the shuàiqián zhùyì (the Xīníng hired-service tax) — preserving his “Ten Harms” submission and his refusal under Wáng Ānshí 王安石 王安石’s direct cross-examination — is one of the central Xīníng documents (the Sìkù tíyào notes Liú’s fǎnfù tiáobiàn, kǎnkǎn bùnáo in this exchange). Demoted to zhī Héngzhōu. Recalled under Yuányòu and rose through Lǐbù shìláng → Ménxià shìláng → Shàngshū yòu púyè (right premier, 1092). Forced out by intra-Yuán-yòu factional currents (the Lǚ Dàfáng 呂大防 / Yáng Wèi 楊畏 axis) on a charge of “secret communication” with Xíng Shù 邢恕 — based on Liú’s xiūfù allusion in a private letter, taken to mean awaiting the empress dowager’s restoration. In Shàoshèng 1 / 1094 placed on the proscription list, repeatedly demoted to Dǐngzhōu tuánliàn fùshǐ, and banished to Xīnzhōu 新州 (Guǎngdōng) where he died in Shàoshèng 4 / 1097. Shàoxīng posthumous restoration as Shǎoshī. Sòngshǐ 340. His original 40-juǎn biéjí (Sòngshǐ Yìwénzhì) was lost; the present Zhōngsù jí 忠肅集 KR4d0057 in 20 juǎn was reconstituted by the Sìkù editors from the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn (over 70% recovered, by their estimate). The yuánxù by Liú Ānshì 劉安世 劉安世 (preserved in the Sìkù recension and dated Xuānhé 6 / 1124) is the principal Northern-Sòng biographical source.