Liu Kang (康) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Kang as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 21 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Kang	康	Kang
Title	Dingtao King Kang	定陶王康	Dìngtáo Wáng Kāng
Posthumous	Emperor Gong	恭皇
Temple	Emperor Gong	共皇帝	Gong Huangdi
Title	Emperor Gong of Dingtao	定陶恭皇
Posthumous	Gong	恭	Gōng
Given	Kang	康	Kang
Personal	Kang	康	Kāng
Personal	Kang	康	Kang
Title	King Gong of Dingtao	定陶恭王	Dìngtáo Gōng Wáng
Title	King of Jiyang	濟陽王	Jiyang Wang
Title	King of Jiyang	濟陽王
Title	King of Shanyang	山陽王
Posthumous	Prince Gong	共王	Gongwang
Posthumous	Prince Gong of Dingtao	定陶恭王
Title	Prince Gong of Dingtao	定陶共王康	Dingtao Gongwang Kang
Posthumous	Prince Kang	共王
Title	Prince Kang of Dingtao	定陶共王	Dìngtáo Gòng Wáng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0160, hanshu:011:s0311, hanshu:091:s0177
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:012:s0001
Value: male
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0095, hanshu:105:s0280

Roles

Aristocrat
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十九年薨 · Western Year: BC 23
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0217
Date Text: jiashen of the eighth month / 八月甲申
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0111

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元帝時至竟寧元年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 49 · End: BC 33
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:093:s0095, hanshu:093:s0150
Source Date: Text: 元延四年 · Western Year: BC 9
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0001, hanshu:012:s0004
Source Date: Text: 永光三年三月 · Western Year: BC 41
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0160
Source Date: Text: 永光三年立為濟陽王 · Western Year: BC 41
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0179
Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0031

Family

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Child of Empress Dowager Fu (傅太后)
Kinship Term: king's grandmother / 王祖母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1
Child of Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Kinship Term: grandfather via son / 庶孙之祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Parent of Emperor Ai (哀)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Intermediary Person Ids: Liu Kang (康)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Parentage: biological
Parentage: biological
Sibling of Emperor Cheng (成帝)
Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Child of Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Emperor Yuan (孝元皇帝)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Lady Ding (丁姬)
Kinship Term: lady/consort / 姬 · Union Category: concubinage · Relationship State: active
Child of Consort Fu (傅昭儀)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parentage: biological
Child of Emperor Yuan (孝元帝)
Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Title: King of Jiyang / 濟陽王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永光三年 · Western Year: BC 41
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0179
Title: King of Jiyang / 濟陽王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永光三年三月 · Western Year: BC 41
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0160
Title: Emperor Gong / 共皇帝 · Action: posthumously-honored
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0221
King of Dingtao / 定陶王
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0111
Title: King of Dingtao / 定陶王
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0311
Status: favored by Emperor Yuan · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0095

Places and affiliations

Place: Dingtao / 定陶 · Relation: transferred-to
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0181
Place: Shanyang / 山陽 · Relation: transferred-to
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0180

Learning and skills

Skill: music / 音聲 · Level: practiced
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0182

Events and relationships

Kind: succession · Action: nearly displaced the crown prince · Other Person Id: Emperor Cheng (成帝)
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0095
Type: son-of · Person: Consort Fu (傅昭儀)
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0311