Qin and Han · Emperor of Han

Emperor Gaozu 高祖

Gaozu

Attested BC 201

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu was an emperor of Han.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 201 高祖六年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Fei (劉肥)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 1
Parent of Emperor Xiaohui (孝惠帝)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 1, 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 1

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 52House of Prince Daohui of Qi · 3 passages

齊悼惠王劉肥者，高祖長庶男也。 Liu Fei, King Daohui of Qi, was the eldest son of Emperor Gaozu, born to a concubine.

其母外婦也，曰曹氏。 His mother was a woman of the Cao clan who had been Emperor Gaozu's mistress.

高祖六年，立肥為齊王，食七十城，諸民能齊言者皆予齊王。 In the sixth year of Gaozu's reign, Fei was made King of Qi, with seventy cities under his domain, and all the people who spoke the Qi dialect were placed under his rule.