Qin and Han · King Li of Qi

Liu Cijing 次景

Attested BC 131 - BC 127

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Cijing was a king Li of Qi.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 131 to BC 127 次景立…紀太后
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 123

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Princess Ji (紀翁主)
elder sister 姊
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 128
Child of Queen Dowager Ji (紀太后)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 124
Spouse of Ji queen of King Li (紀氏女)
queen 后
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 125
Child of Liu Shou (壽)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 123

Career and standing

King of Qi 齊王
BC 131 子次景立
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 123

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 123

Events and relationships

Committed incest with sister Princess Ji
Personal · Actor · With Princess Ji (紀翁主)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 128

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 52House of Prince Daohui of Qi · 9 passages

齊懿王立二十二年卒，子次景立，是為厲王。 King Yi of Qi reigned for twenty-two years and died. His son Ci Jing succeeded him and became King Li.

齊厲王，其母曰紀太后。 King Li of Qi's mother was known as Queen Dowager Ji.

太后取其弟紀氏女為厲王后。 The Empress Dowager chose a daughter from her younger brother's family in the Ji clan to be King Li's queen.

王不愛紀氏女。 But the King did not love the Ji woman.

王因與其姊翁主姦。 Instead, the King began an illicit affair with his sister, the Princess.

修成君有女名娥，太后欲嫁之於諸侯，宦者甲乃請使齊，必令王上書請娥。 Lady Xiucheng had a daughter named E. The Empress Dowager wished to marry her to a feudal king, and the eunuch Xu Jia volunteered to go to Qi, promising that he would get the King to submit a memorial requesting E's hand.

紀太后大怒，曰：「王有后，後宮具備。 Queen Dowager Ji flew into a rage, saying, "The King already has a queen, and his harem is fully staffed.

且甲，齊貧人，急乃為宦者，入事漢，無補益，乃欲亂吾王家！ Xu Jia is nothing but a poor man from Qi who castrated himself out of desperation to serve at the Han court. He has been of no use whatsoever, and now he dares to meddle in my royal house!

徐甲大窮，還報皇太后曰：「王已願尚娥，然有一害，恐如燕王。」 Xu Jia, having been thoroughly rebuffed, returned to the Grand Empress Dowager and reported: 'The King is willing to take E as his consort, but there is one concern—I fear the situation may resemble that of the King of Yan.'