Under some traditional accounts, he briefly controlled Qingyuan Circuit (headquartered in modern Quanzhou, Fujian) after his uncle Liu Congxiao's death before being overthrown by the officers Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi.
Liu Congxiao had controlled Qingyuan as its military governor (Jiedushi) ever since then late 940s.
)[1] Liu Congxiao apparently died in 962, while being vassals of both Southern Tang and Song.
However, not long after, Chen seized him and falsely accused him of planning to submit to Wuyue, and then delivered him to Southern Tang and supported Zhang as the new acting military governor.
[1] What Liu Shaozi's fate was after being delivered to Southern Tang was not recorded in history.