Liu Fei (劉肥) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Fei was a king of Qi.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	King Daohui of Qi	齊悼惠王	Qi Daohui Wang

Life and dates

Death

BC 190 六年冬十月辛丑
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 67
BC 189 後十三年薨
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 190
BC 189 悼惠王卒
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 97
BC 189 悼惠王薨
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 63
BC 189 惠帝六年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 10
died without heirs 絕無後
Directly stated · Book of Han 44, passage 188

Attested activity

BC 201 to BC 194 King of Qi
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 217
BC 194 二年冬十月
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 27
BC 190 六年冬十月辛丑
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 67
BC 193 孝惠二年
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 178
BC 193 孝惠帝二年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 5
BC 195 孝惠時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 220

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BC 189 後十三年
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 190
BC 196 從悼惠王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 77
BC 201 悼惠之王齊
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 170
BC 201 to BC 189 悼惠王
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 57, 62, 94, 97, 157, 184
BC 189 悼惠王
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 66, 154, 254
BC 194 悼惠王富於春秋
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 83
BC 201 漢六年春
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 51, passage 14
BC 201 長子肥為齊王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 73
BC 201 to BC 189 高祖六年…惠帝六年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 3, 10
BC 201 高祖六年
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 176
BC 201 to BC 190 高祖初定天下至悼惠王薨
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 44, passages 188, 260
BC 189 齊悼惠王子
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Emperor Xiaohui (孝惠帝)
elder brother 兄 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 4
Child of Liu Bang (劉邦)
eldest son 長子
son by a concubine 孽子
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 217; Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 73; Book of Han 44, passage 260; Records of the Grand Historian 51, passage 14
Child of Emperor Gao (高帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 66
Child of Emperor Gao (高皇帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 1, 175
Child of Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 1
Child of Emperor Gaozu (高帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 57
Parent of Liu Xiang (劉襄)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 190
Parent of Liu Xiongqu (劉雄渠)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Parent of Liu Piguang (劉辟光)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xiang (劉襄)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 66, 231
Parent of Liu Bagun (罷軍)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 254
Parent of Liu Xian (劉賢)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xingju (劉興居)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 214
Parent of Liu Zhi (劉志)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Parent of Liu Ang (劉卬)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xiang (齊王)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 97
Parent of Liu Xiang (劉襄)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 11
Parent of Liu Xiongqu (劉雄渠)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Jianglü (劉將閭)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Parent of Liu Xiang (劉襄)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Zhi (劉志)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xingju (劉興居)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 15
Parent of Liu Zhang (劉章)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 214
Parent of Liu Ang (劉卬)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Parent of Liu Zhang (劉章)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 14, 26
Parent of Liu Xingju (劉興居)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Zhang (劉章)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xian (劉賢)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Parent of Liu Jianglü (劉將閭)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27
Parent of Liu Xiang (劉襄)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 57
Parent of Liu Piguang (劉辟光)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 256-257
Sibling of Emperor Xiaohui (孝惠帝)
half-brother 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 1, 179
Kin of Princess Lu Yuan (魯元公主)
honored the princess as queen dowager 尊公主為太后
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 3, passage 27
Kin of Emperor Xiaohui (孝惠帝)
kin 親親
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 3, passage 64
Parent of Liu Ang (劉卬)
King Daohui's son Ang 悼惠王子卬
Directly stated · Book of Han 44, passage 188
Child of Lady Cao (曹夫人)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 1, 175
Child of Lady Cao (曹氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 2
Parent of King of Qi (齊王)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 4, passage 43
Parent of Liu Zhang (朱虛侯)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 101
Parent of Liu Piguang (辟光)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Parent of Liu Xingju (東牟侯)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 101
Parent of Liu Xiongqu (雄渠)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 204
Parent of Liu Ang (卬)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Parent of Jiang Lü (將閭)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 105
Parent of Ba Jun (罷軍)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 103
Parent of Liu Xingju (興居)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 175
Parent of Liu Zhang (劉章)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 4, passage 43
Parent of Liu Xingju (興居)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 172
Parent of Liu Piguang (辟光)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 187
Parent of Liu Xian (賢)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 190
Parent of Liu Zhi (志)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Parent of Liu Zhang (章)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 175
Parent of Liu Xiongqu (雄渠)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Parent of Liu Xian (賢)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Parent of Liu Zhang (城陽景王章)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 160
Parent of Liu Zhi (志)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 184
Parent of Liu Ang (卬)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 201

Kinship Role sons enfeoffed as marquises · Count 7
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 103
Kinship Role sons made kings · Count 7
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 106
Kinship Role sons · Count 7 · seven sons enfeoffed as marquises including Bagun
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 254
Kinship Role sons · Count 9
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 27

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 52 House of Prince Daohui of Qi 30 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 47 Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao 19 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 3 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Hui 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 5 Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 48 Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen 3 passages

Origins and identity

Liu clan 劉氏
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 1

Career and standing

King of Qi 齊王
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 漢六年春 · Western Year: BC 201
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 51, passage 14
King of Qi 齊王
BC 201 高祖六年 · Enfeoffed · At Qi 齊 · more than seventy cities
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 176-177
King of Qi 齊王
Enfeoffed · From Source Date: Text: 高祖六年 · Western Year: BC 201
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 3
King of Qi 齊王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 170
立子肥為齊王
Directly stated · Book of Han 2, passage 127
King of Qi 齊王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passages 27, 67; Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 3-4

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Prince Daohui of Qi 齊悼惠王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 1, 175
eldest son by a concubine 長庶男
Concubine born
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 1

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 67; Book of Han 48, passage 217; Records of the Grand Historian 51, passage 14
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Enfeoffed under
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 176
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 1, 57, 94, 157, 184
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Visited
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passages 178, 184
At Qi 齊 · Relation Enfeoffed at
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 176

Events and relationships

Came to court
BC 193 孝惠帝二年 · Court audience · Visitor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 5
Came to court
BC 194 二年冬十月 · Diplomatic · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 27
Court audience
BC 193 孝惠二年 · Diplomatic · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 178
Dined as equals with Emperor Hui
BC 193 孝惠帝二年 · Banquet · Guest · With Emperor Xiaohui (孝惠帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 6
Offered Chengyang as estate for Princess Luyuan to escape death
BC 193 孝惠帝二年 · Political · Actor · With Princess Luyuan (魯元公主)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 8
Presented chengyang to enlarge princess yuan fief
BC 194 二年冬十月 · Political · Actor · With Princess Lu Yuan (魯元公主) · At Chengyang Commandery 城陽郡
Directly stated · Book of Han 3, passage 27