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Liu Honggao was a prince.
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 6 passages
洪熙、洪杲、洪昌陰遣陳道庠養勇士劉思潮、譚令禋、林少強、少良、何昌廷等，習為角觝以獻玢。
Hongxi, Honggao, and Hongchang secretly had Chen Daoxiang train braves — Liu Sixiang, Tan Lingyin, Lin Shaoqiang, Shaoliang, He Changting, and others — in wrestling and present them to Bin.
既弒玢，遂自立，改元曰應乾，以洪昌為兵馬元帥，知政事，洪杲副元帥，劉思潮等封功臣。
After murdering Bin, he established himself, changed the era name to Yingqian, made Hongchang marshal of horse and foot and director of government affairs, Honggao deputy marshal, and enfeoffed Liu Sixiang and the others as merit ministers.
已而洪杲屢請討賊，陰勸晟誅思潮等以止外議。
Before long Honggao repeatedly requested campaigns against bandits and secretly urged Sheng to execute Sixiang and the others to silence outside criticism.
晟大怒，使使者夜召洪杲。
Sheng was furious and sent envoys by night to summon Honggao.
洪杲知不免，乃留使者，入具沐浴，詣佛前祝曰：「洪杲誤念，來生王宮，今見殺矣。
Honggao knew he could not escape; he detained the envoys, went in to bathe, and prayed before the Buddha, "Honggao harbored wrong thoughts and in the next life was born into a royal palace; now I am to be killed.
晟自殺洪杲，由是與諸弟有隙，而洪昌最賢，龑素所欲立者，晟尤忌之，故先及害。
Sheng himself had killed Honggao, and from this he was at odds with his younger brothers. Hongchang was the most worthy — the one Yan had always wished to make heir — and Sheng especially feared him, so he struck first.