Qin and Han · Western Han prince, King of Lujiang and later King of Hengshan

Liu Ci 劉賜

Liú Cì

Attested BC 154 - BC 123

Passages: 4
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

Liu Ci was a Western Han prince, King of Lujiang and later King of Hengshan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 128 to BC 123 元朔中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 68, passages 110, 120
BC 154 孝景三年七國之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 44, passages 113, 126
BC 124 衡山謀反
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 42

Key source chapters

Career and standing

King of Lujiang 廬江王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 44, passage 113

Events and relationships

Plotted rebellion
Rebellion · Rebel
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 120

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

其明年，淮南、衡山、江都王謀反跡見，而公卿尋端治之，竟其黨與，坐而死者數萬人，吏益慘急而法令察。 The next year, traces of rebellion by the kings of Huainan, Hengshan, and Jiangdu appeared. The dukes and ministers pursued the leads and prosecuted the cases through all their associates; tens of thousands were convicted and died, while officials became more harsh and urgent and the laws more searching.

Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 1 passage

發使遺諸侯書曰：「吳王劉濞敬問膠西王、膠東王、菑川王、濟南王、趙王、楚王、淮南王、衡山王、廬江王、故長沙王子：幸教！ His messengers carried a manifesto: “The king of Wu Liu Bi greets the kings of Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Zichuan, Jinan, Zhao, Chu, Huainan, Hengshan, Lujiang, and the heir of old Changsha—may you instruct me!

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage

後淮南、衡山謀反，治黨與方急，弘病甚，自以為無功而封侯，居宰相位，宜佐明主填撫國家，使人由臣子之道。 When Huainan and Hengshan rose, the dragnet for their partisans tightened; Hong lay gravely ill, convinced that he—a man without battlefield merit who had still been made marquis and chancellor—should be steadying the realm and teaching subjects their duty to ruler and father.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 1 passage

淮南、衡山謀反時，建頗聞其謀。 When the kings of Huainan and Hengshan were plotting rebellion, Jian had caught wind of their conspiracy.