Liu Sui (劉遂) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Sui as an aristocrat, rebel, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 22 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Sui	劉遂	Liú Suì
Title	King of Zhao	趙王	Zhào wáng
Title	King of Zhao	趙王
Title	King of Zhao	趙王	Zhao Wang
Title	King Sui of Zhao	趙王遂
Title	King Sui of Zhao	趙王遂	Zhao Wang Sui
Title	King Zhao
Personal	King Zhao Sui	趙王遂
Surname	Liu	劉	Liu
Personal	Liu Sui	遂	Liu Sui
Personal name	Liu Sui	劉遂	Liu Sui
Personal	Sui	遂	Suì
Given	Sui	遂	Sui
Personal	Sui	遂	Sui
Personal name	Sui	遂	Sui
Title		趙王遂	Zhao Wang Sui

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0057, shiji:011:s0024, shiji:050:s0028, shiji:059:s0071

Roles

Aristocrat
Rebel
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0064
Manner: suicide / 自殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 趙王自殺 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0045
suicide / 自殺
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0235

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0057, shiji:011:s0024
Source Date: Text: 吳楚反 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:050:s0036
Source Date: Text: 趙王遂反破後 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0071
Source Date: Text: 遂既王趙二十六年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0035, shiji:050:s0031

Family

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Child of You (友)
Kinship Term: son of King You / 幽王子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Sibling of Liu Piqiang (劉辟彊)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Career and standing

Title: King of Zhao / 趙王 · Action: established · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乃立幽王子遂為趙王 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit · shiji:050:s0031
enfeoffed as king / 王
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0188
Title En: King of Zhao · Title Zh: 趙王
Explicit · hanshu:005:s0037
Title: King of Zhao / 趙王 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:011:s0024
King of Zhao / 趙王
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0191
Label: stripped of Changshan commandery / 削趙王常山之郡 · Action: punished · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景帝時坐晁錯以適削趙王常山之郡 · Western Year: BC 155
Explicit · shiji:050:s0035

Places and affiliations

Place: Handan / 邯鄲 · Relation: defended · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 城守邯鄲，相距七月 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0041

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: perpetrator · Action: burned-alive · Other Person Id: Wang Han (王悍) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遂燒殺建德、王悍 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0038
Kind: legal · Role: perpetrator · Action: burned-alive · Other Person Id: Jiande (建德) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遂燒殺建德、王悍 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0038
Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: raised troops · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0057
Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0024
Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 吳楚反，趙王遂與合謀起兵 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0036
Kind: diplomatic · Role: principal · Action: sought-alliance · Counterpart: Xiongnu / 匈奴 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 北使匈奴，與連和攻漢 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0039
Type: son-of · Person Id: King You (幽王)
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0188
Type: son · Target: King You of Zhao (趙王友)
Explicit · hanshu:005:s0037, hanshu:005:s0104