Overview
Liu Bian was a Royal Family Member.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 176 to AD 188 何皇后生皇子辯Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
- AD 189 六年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 76, passage 129
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Empress He (何皇后)bore 生Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
- Child of Emperor Ling (靈帝)father 父Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 129
- Child of Emperor Ling (靈帝)imperial son 皇子Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
- Child of Empress Dowager He (何太后)mother 母Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 129
Career and standing
- BornImperial sonDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
- AD 189 六年Polity Eastern Han 東漢Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 129
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Lived underStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 129
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment frivolous and without dignified bearing; unfit to be ruler · Mode stated-by Speaker Emperor Ling (靈帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 124
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 123
References in the histories
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