Qin and Han · King of Yan

Liu Jian 劉建

Attested BC 195 - BC 181

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Jian was a king of Yan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 195 to BC 181 漢
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 40, passage 10

Career and standing

King of Yan 燕王
BC 195 to BC 181 歷封 · Enfeoffed · At Yan 燕
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Enfeoffed under
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10
At Yan 燕國 · Relation Enfeoffed in
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 40Volume 40 Treatises 10: Geography 4 · 1 passage

漢為燕國，歷封臧荼、盧綰、劉建、劉澤、劉旦，嘗置涿郡廣陽國。 Under Han it became the State of Yan, held in turn by Zang Tu, Lu Wan, Liu Jian, Liu Ze, and Liu Dan, with Zhuo Commandery and Guangyang State established at intervals.