Liu Bin (Chinese: 劉玢) (920[3] – 15 April 943[1][2]), né Liu Hongdu (劉弘度), possibly nicknamed Shou (壽),[4] also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Shang of Southern Han (南漢殤帝), was the second emperor of the Chinese Southern Han dynasty.
[1] Shortly after Liu Bin took the throne, there was a major agrarian rebellion that rose at Xun Prefecture (循州, in modern Huizhou, Guangdong), under the leadership of the local official Zhang Yuxian, who was said to be appointed by an invisible god who spoke in voices.
Even though he was still within the mourning period for his father Liu Yan, he often drank and played music, and often took prostitutes on night out-of-palace excursions.
As those who went against his will were often put to death, few dared to speak to him to correct his behavior, except for Liu Hongchang and the eunuch Wu Huai'en (吳懷恩).
Liu Hongxi, who was ambitious and had designs on the throne, decided to encourage his frivolous behavior, and therefore offered much jewelry, decorations, and women to him.
[1] On April 15, 943,[1][2] Liu Bin held a feast for the imperial princes at Changchun Palace, and there were arm wrestling matches that they watched there.