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King of Han 漢王

Attested BC 204 - BC 196

Passages
35
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify King of Han as a ruler. This record brings together 35 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King of Han 漢王
Title Emperor 上
Title King of Han 漢王 Hàn Wáng
Title Your Majesty 陛下

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Uncertain

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  • Ruler

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  • Parent of Liu Chang (劉長)
    Kinship Term: imperial prince / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 91Biography of Qing Bu · 35 passages
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夫漢王戰於彭城，項王未出齊也，大王宜騷淮南之兵渡淮，日夜會戰彭城下，大王撫萬人之眾，無一人渡淮者，垂拱而觀其孰勝。 When the King of Han was fighting at Pengcheng, the King of Xiang was still in Qi. Your Majesty should have rallied the forces of Huainan to cross the Huai River and rush to join battle at Pengcheng day and night. Yet with tens of thousands of troops at your command, you did not send a single soldier across the Huai, content to fold your arms and watch from the sidelines to see who would prevail.
然而楚王恃戰勝自彊，漢王收諸侯，還守成皋、滎陽，下蜀、漢之粟，深溝壁壘，分卒守徼乘塞，楚人還兵，閒以梁地，深入敵國八九百里，欲戰則不得，攻城則力不能，老弱轉糧千里之外； The King of Chu may rely on his battle victories to assert his strength, but the King of Han has rallied the feudal lords, fortified Chenggao and Xingyang, and secured the grain supplies of Shu and Han. He has dug deep trenches, raised high ramparts, and stationed troops at every pass and strategic point. The Chu army, meanwhile, must march through the territory of Liang, advancing eight or nine hundred li deep into hostile territory. They seek battle but cannot force it; they attack fortified cities but lack the strength to take them. Their old and infirm must haul supplies over a thousand li;