Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Liu Mai

Mai

Attested BC 144 - BC 144

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Mai as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Mai Mai
Posthumous King Gong 共王 Gongwang
Title King Gong 共王 Gòngwáng
Title King Gong Mai 梁共王 Liang Gongwang
Title King Gong of Liang 梁共王買
Personal Mai Mai
Given Mai Mai

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝景中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:056:s0085
  • Source Date: Text: 孝王卒 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:108:s0060

Family

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  • Child of Liu Wu (劉武)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: King Gong succeeded / 共王即位 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Empress Dowager Li (李太后)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Liu Ming (明)
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Parent of Liu Xiang (襄)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 56Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen · 4 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 108Biography of Han Changru · 1 passage