How many brothers and sisters does Liu Zongyuan have?

In the Northern Dynasties, Liu was a famous scholar-bureaucrat, and he was also called "Hedong Three Surnames" with Xue and Pei. Liu Zongyuan once proudly said: "The division of Liu nationality is higher in the north. It is filled with stones, and the world is heavy. " Liu Zongyuan's eighth to sixth ancestors were court officials, and the fifth ancestor was the secretariat of Sizhou. After entering the Tang Dynasty, the Liu family had a close relationship with the Li royal family. During the reign alone, 23 members of the Liu family lived in Guanshu at the same time. However, during the Yonghui period, the Liu family was repeatedly persecuted by Wu Zetian. By the time Liu Zongyuan was born, his family had declined, and Liu Zongyuan's great-grandfather and grandfather were only small officials like county magistrates. His father, Jin Ryu, served as a doctor in the last years of Tianbao in Xuanzong, and continued to be an official after the Anshi Rebellion. His official position has been very low. Liu Zongyuan's mother, Lu, was born in the famous Lu family, but her family has declined. She has two daughters and one son, and Liu Zongyuan is the youngest. His two daughters, Cui Shi in Shandong and Shi Pei in Hedong, are both declining old aristocrats.

Liu Zongyuan said with emotion that by his generation, Liu had "studied for nothing since May and June". The Anshi Rebellion caused another great impact on the Liu family. During the war, Jin Ryu sent his mother to the King of Wu for refuge, and she and her family fled to Wudi. In the south, it was once hard to make a living, and sometimes there was no salary. Liu Zongyuan's mother often starves herself to feed her children.

Liu Zongyuan's family background has made him yearn for the "virtue" and "success" of his ancestors. He often describes the status and glory of his ancestors in a proud tone, showing a strong desire to revive our nation and a persistent pursuit of fame.

Liu, born and died in an unknown year, was born in Hedong (now Yongji West, Shanxi). Poets in Tang Dynasty. He is the same clan as Liu Zongyuan, a famous scholar in the middle Tang Dynasty, and a poetry friend with Li Duan, a ten-gifted scholar in Dali. Xiao is a famous scholar, likes his talent and marries his daughter. He was appointed as Cao Taizu of Hongzhou, but he did not accept it.

Liu Zongxuan is the cousin of Liu Zongyuan, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty. He was once mentioned as "fellow traveler, Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, Jade Emperor Zong Xuan, and then a servant, Cui Shi Erxiaosheng, who said that he would forgive himself and serve him." Other details of him are unknown.