Qin and Han · King of Jidong

Liu Pengli 劉彭離

Attested BC 144

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Pengli was a king of Jidong.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 144 孝景中六年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 129

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, 89

Career and standing

Entered
Exile · At Shangyong 上庸
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 133
Deposed
BC 115 二十九年…廢以為庶人 · Commoner
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 133

Events and relationships

Robbed and murdered travelers at night
BC 115 二十九年 · Criminal · Perpetrator
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passages 130-131

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 4 passages

子彭離為濟東王； His son Pengli became King of Jidong.

濟東王彭離者，梁孝王子，以孝景中六年為濟東王。 King Pengli of Jidong was a son of King Xiao who was made King of Jidong in the sixth year of the middle reign of Emperor Jing.

二十九年，彭離驕悍，無人君禮，昏暮私與其奴、亡命少年數十人行剽殺人，取財物以為好。 Over twenty-nine years, Pengli grew arrogant and savage, heedless of the deportment expected of a ruler. Under cover of darkness, he would steal out with his slaves and bands of fugitive youths, dozens strong, to rob and murder travelers, taking their goods for his amusement.

漢有司請誅，上不忍，廢以為庶人，遷上庸，地入于漢，為大河郡。 The Han officials again petitioned for execution, but the emperor could not bring himself to agree. Pengli was deposed to commoner status and exiled to Shangyong. His territory was absorbed into the Han empire as the Commandery of Dahe.