Qin and Han · King of Jichuan

Liu Ming 劉明

Attested BC 144

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Ming was a king of Jichuan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 144 孝景中六年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 126

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Wu (劉武)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passages 85, 88

Career and standing

Entered
Exile · At Fangling 房陵
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 128
Deposed
BC 137 七歲…廢明為庶人 · Commoner
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 127

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 3 passages

子明為濟川王； His son Ming became King of Jichuan.

濟川王明者，梁孝王子，以桓邑侯孝景中六年為濟川王。 King Ming of Jichuan was a son of King Xiao. Formerly the Marquis of Huanyi, he was made King of Jichuan in the sixth year of the middle reign of Emperor Jing.

七歲，坐射殺其中尉，漢有司請誅，天子弗忍誅，廢明為庶人。 After seven years, he was convicted of shooting and killing his Commandant of the Capital. The Han officials petitioned for his execution, but the Son of Heaven could not bring himself to carry it out and instead deposed Ming to the status of a commoner.