Liuyang city, called “Liu” in ancient times, is the place where ancient Yue people lived. In the 14th year (209) of Jian’an period of Eastern Han dynasty, Sun quan, the king of Wu kingdom, set up Liu Yang county for the first time, with Juren town(Juling town) as the county seat. In Shui Jing Zhu, Li Daoyuan called it Liuyang county, since the county is located at the north of Liu river. While in San Guo Zhi, it was calle Liu Yang county and belonged to Changsha prefecture. Liu Yang is thought to be the fief of a king whose family name was Liu, and Liu Yang got its name from that.