Overview
The translated histories identify Dingguo as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 14 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Dingguo | 定國 | Dingguo |
| Given | Dingguo | 定國 | Dingguo |
| Personal name | Dingguo | 定國 | Dìngguó |
| Descriptive kinship | grandson of Liu Ze | 孫 | |
| Title | King of Yan | 燕王 | Yan Wang |
| Personal | Liu Dingguo | Liu Dingguo | |
| Title | Prince of Yan Dingguo | 燕王定國 | Yan Wang Dingguo |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:044:s0280, shiji:051:s0059
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:074:s0298
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: suicide · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元朔元年 · Western Year: BC 128Explicit · shiji:051:s0066
- Date Text: suicide; state stood 42 years · Unresolved: trueExplicit · hanshu:044:s0289
- sentenced to death / 論死Explicit · hanshu:074:s0313
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元朔元年 · Western Year: BC 128Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0063, shiji:051:s0066
Family
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- Child of Liu Jia (劉嘉)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Generation Distance: 1
- Descendant of Liu Ze (劉澤)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Liu Jia (劉嘉)
- Parent of Son of Dingguo and King Kang's concubineKinship Term: son / 子男 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Sibling of Dingguo's younger brotherKinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
- Kinship Role: daughters · Count: 3Explicit · shiji:051:s0061
Career and standing
- King of Yan / 燕王Explicit · hanshu:074:s0298, hanshu:074:s0313
- Status: kingdom-abolished · Action: enteredExplicit · shiji:051:s0066
- Status: sentenced-to-death · Action: approved · Authority Person Id: Che (徹) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元朔元年 · Western Year: BC 128Explicit · shiji:051:s0064, shiji:051:s0065
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Yan / 燕 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:051:s0059, shiji:051:s0066
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: offender · Action: adultery-with-father-concubine · Other Person Id: King Kang's concubine (康王姬)Explicit · shiji:051:s0059
- Kind: legal · Role: defendant · Action: crimes-exposed-by-memorial · Other Person Id: Yingren (郢人) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元朔元年 · Western Year: BC 128Explicit · shiji:051:s0063
- Kind: personal · Role: offender · Action: incest-with-three-daughtersExplicit · shiji:051:s0061
- Kind: personal · Role: offender · Action: seized-brother-wife-as-concubine · Other Person Id: Dingguo's younger brother's wife (弟妻)Explicit · shiji:051:s0060
- Type: incest-with · Person Id: King Kang's concubine (康王姬)Explicit · hanshu:044:s0281
- Type: took-as-concubine · Person Id: Dingguo's younger brother's wife (弟妻)Explicit · hanshu:044:s0282
- Type: son · Person Id: Liu Jia (劉嘉)Explicit · hanshu:044:s0280
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: beastly conduct violating human relationships and opposing Heaven; deserves execution · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Witness: ministersExplicit · shiji:051:s0064
References in the histories
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