Liu Jia (劉嘉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Jia as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Jia	劉嘉	Liu Jia
Personal	Jia	嘉	Jia
Personal name	Jia	嘉	Jia
Given	Jia	嘉	Jiā
Title	King Jia of Yan	燕王嘉
Posthumous	King Kang	康王	Kang Wang
Title	King Kang	康王	Kāng Wáng
Personal	King Kang Jia	康王嘉
Descriptive kinship	son of Liu Ze	子

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0279, shiji:011:s0033, shiji:051:s0058

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0033
Date Text: after nine years · Unresolved: true
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0279

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0033
Source Date: Text: 澤王燕二年 · Western Year: BC 179
Strongly inferred · shiji:051:s0057, shiji:051:s0058
Source Date: Text: 至孫定國 · Western Year: BC 128
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0059

Family

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Parent of Dingguo (定國)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Generation Distance: 1
Spouse of King Kang's concubine (康王姬)
Kinship Term: concubine / 姬 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
Child of Liu Ze (劉澤)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father