Qin and Han · Ruler

Liu Jiao 劉交

Died BC 179

Passages
18
Chapters
9
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Jiao as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 18 passages from 9 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Jiao 劉交 Liu Jiao
Descriptive kinship Gaozu's younger brother 高祖弟
Personal name Jiao 交 Jiao
Personal Jiao 交 Jiāo
Given Jiao 交 Jiao
Given Jiao 交 Jiāo
Title King of Chu 楚王 Chu Wang
Title King of Chu 楚王 Chǔ wáng
Title King of Chu 楚王 Chǔ Wáng
Posthumous name King Yuan 元王
Posthumous King Yuan 元王 Yuan Wang
Title King Yuan 元王
Posthumous King Yuan of Chu 楚元王 Chǔ Yuán wáng
Posthumous name King Yuan of Chu 楚元王
Title King Yuan of Chu 楚元王
Title King Yuan of Chu 楚元王 Chu Yuan Wang
Surname Liu 劉 Liu
Personal name Liu Jiao 劉交 Liu Jiao
Title Lord Wenxin 文信君 Wenxin Jun
Title Prince Yuan 元王
Title Prince Yuan of Chu 元王
Courtesy You 游 You
Posthumous Yuan 元 Yuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0067, shiji:011:s0028
  • Source Date: Text: 即位二十三年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 201 · End: BC 179
    Explicit · shiji:050:s0011, shiji:050:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 漢六年春 · Western Year: BC 201
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 201 · End: BC 179
    Strongly inferred · shiji:101:s0130
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖六年 · Western Year: BC 201
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:050:s0010

Family

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  • Sibling of Bo (伯)
    Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Sibling of Liu Xi (劉喜)
    Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Kin of Liu Li (劉禮)
    Kinship Term: descendant/successor of line / 後 · Subject Role: successor · Object Role: ancestor
  • Parent of Yi (蓺)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Liu Li (劉禮)
    Kinship Term: King Yuan's son / 元王子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Taishang Huang (太上皇)
    Kinship Term: Retired Emperor / 太上皇 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Mother of Emperor Gaozu and Liu Jiao
    Kinship Term: same mother / 同母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
  • Parent of Ying (郢)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Li (禮)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Yi (藝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: youngest brother by the same mother / 同母少弟 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Chu / 楚王 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 漢六年春 · Western Year: BC 201
    Explicit · shiji:051:s0013
  • Title: King of Chu over thirty-six cities west of the Huai / 王淮西三十六城 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:051:s0013
  • Title: King of Chu / 楚王 · Action: enfeoffed · Place: Pengcheng / 彭城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖六年 · Western Year: BC 201
    Explicit · shiji:050:s0010
  • Text: 立弟文信君交為楚王
    Explicit · hanshu:002:s0126

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 2 passages
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春正月丙午，韓王信等奏請以故東陽郡、鄣郡、吳郡五十三縣立劉賈為荊王，以碭郡、薛郡、郯郡三十六縣立弟文信君交為 楚王。 In the first month, spring, on the bingwu day, King Xin of Han and others petitioned to establish Liu Jia as King of Jing with the former Dongyang, Zhang, and Wu commanderies, fifty-three counties in all, and to establish the emperor's younger brother Jiao, Lord Wenxin, as King of Chu with Dang, Xue, and Tan commanderies, thirty-six counties in all.
Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 3 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 2 passages
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及景帝即位，錯為御史大夫，說上曰：「昔高帝初定天下，昆弟少，諸子弱，大封同姓，故孽子悼惠王王齊七十二城，庶弟元王王楚四十城，兄子王吳五十餘城。 When Emperor Jing came to the throne, Chao Cuo became Imperial Counselor. He urged the emperor, "When Gaozu first settled the realm, he had few brothers and his sons were young, so he gave large fiefs to men of his own surname. Thus his secondary son, King Dao Hui, ruled Qi with seventy-two cities; his younger brother, King Yuan, ruled Chu with forty cities; and his nephew ruled Wu with more than fifty cities.
Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 2 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 50House of Prince Yuan of Chu · 4 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 51Houses of Jing and Yan · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage
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