Qin and Han · King of Jichuan

Liu Ming 明

Ming

Attested BC 144 - BC 144

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Ming 明 Ming
Title King of Jichuan 濟川王明
Title King of Jichuan 濟川王
Title Marquis of Yuanyi 垣邑侯 Yuanyi hou
Personal Ming 明 Ming
Given Ming 明 Ming
Personal name Ming 明 Ming
Descriptive kinship son of King Xiao of Liang 梁孝王子

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0080
  • Source Date: Text: 孝景中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:056:s0085

Family

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  • Sibling of Liu Mai (買)
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Child of Liu Wu (劉武)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Jichuan / 濟川王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0080
  • Status: demoted to commoner · Action: punished · Place: Fangling / 房陵
    Explicit · hanshu:056:s0088

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 56Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen · 2 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage
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