Liu Kai (other)
Liu Kai is the name of: *Liu Kai (Song dynasty) (947–1000), Song dynasty politician and scholar *Liu Kai (baseball) Liu Kai (; born 11 October 1987 in Tianjin, China) is a left-handed pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. Liu Kai was later released by the New York Yankees minor league system along with his Chinese teammate Zhang Zhenwang. Liu began pl ...

Liu Kai (Song Dynasty)
Liu Kai (947-1000) was born at Daming in modern southernmost Hebei. He was known to be a highly accomplished scholar as well as a ruthless commander. Jiang Shaoyu (fl. 1115-1145) accused him of cannibalism and eating the minced livers of human beings, but this is likely a literary expression meant to evoke imagery of savageness rather than something to be taken literally. Liu Kai passed the jinshi examination at the age of 26 in 973 and spent his time afterwards as an administrator for public order (''sikou canjun'') at Songzhou in modern eastern Sichuan. He was promoted to grand master admonisher (''zanshan dafu'') by 979 and served primarily in a provincial civilian capacity. When Liu Kai requested Emperor Taizong of Song (r. 976-997) to send him to the battlefront against the Khitan Liao dynasty The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynast ...
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