# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-liu-song
# Generated: 2026-09-02T04:50:31.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-liu-song"
name: "Emperor Wu of Liu Song"
slug: "emperor-wu-of-liu-song"
description: "Emperor Wu of (Liu) Song, personal name Liu Yu (劉裕), courtesy name Dexing (德興), childhood name Jinu (寄奴), was a Chinese statesman and strategist in the late Eastern Jin dynasty, and the founding emperor of the Liu Song dynasty of China. He came from a humble background, but became prominent after leading a rebellion in 404 to overthrow Huan Xuan, who had usurped the Eastern Jin throne in January that year. After that point, using a mixture of political and military skills, Liu Yu gradually concentrated power in his own hands while expanding Jin's territory. In 420, he forced Emperor Gong of Jin to yield the throne to him, thus ending the Eastern Jin dynasty and establishing the Liu Song dynasty. He ruled only briefly, for two years, before dying and passing the throne to his son, Emperor Shao of Song. An outstanding commander, perhaps the greatest of his era, he conquered two of the Sixteen Kingdoms and remained undefeated throughout his military career. The History of the Southern Dynasties described Liu Yu as seven chi and six cun tall"
tagline: "Emperor of Liu Song from 420 to 422"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liu_Yu_(Song_Wudi).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "0363-04-16"
deathDate: "0422-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.800248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "宋武帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3-%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96_(%D0%9B%D1%8E_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BD)"
    title: "У-дзі (Лю Сун)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Wudi"
    title: "Song Wudi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Song"
    title: "Emperor Wu of Song"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "امپراتور وو لیو سونگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yu"
    title: "Liu Yu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "宋武帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E8%A3%95"
    title: "劉裕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EC%86%A1_%EB%AC%B4%EC%A0%9C"
    title: "유송 무제"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Song_Wudi"
    title: "Liu Song Wudi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3-%D0%B4%D0%B8_(%D0%9B%D1%8E_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BD)"
    title: "У-ди (Лю Сун)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Wu_od_Liu_Songa"
    title: "Car Wu od Liu Songa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_av_Liu_Song"
    title: "Wu av Liu Song"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88"
    title: "จักรพรรดิหลิวซ่งอู่"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E_%D0%AE%D0%B9"
    title: "Лю Юй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C6%B0u_T%E1%BB%91ng_V%C5%A9_%C4%90%E1%BA%BF"
    title: "Lưu Tống Vũ Đế"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "刘裕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B2ng_B%C3%BA-t%C3%A8"
    title: "Sòng Bú-tè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E8%A3%95"
    title: "劉裕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump