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Liu Sui was a Royal Family Member.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Enfeoffed under
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Book of Han, Chapter 47Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao · 8 passages
趙王遂立二十六年，孝景時晁錯以過削趙常山郡，諸侯怨，吳楚反，遂與合謀起兵。
Liu Sui had been king of Zhao for twenty-six years when, under Emperor Jing, Chao Cuo seized the Changshan commandery from Zhao as punishment for alleged wrongdoing. The kingdoms were already smoldering with resentment; when Wu and Chu rose in revolt, Liu Sui conspired with them and mobilized his own forces.
遂燒殺德、悍，發兵住其西界，欲待吳楚俱進，北使匈奴與連和。
He had Jiande and Wang Han executed by fire, deployed troops along his western border to await a joint advance with Wu and Chu, and sent a mission north to court an alliance with the Xiongnu.
漢使曲周侯酈寄擊之，趙王城守邯鄲，相距七月。
The court sent Marquis of Quzhou Li Ji against him. The king of Zhao shut himself inside Handan, and the siege lasted seven months.
城壞，王遂自殺，國除。
The ramparts failed; Liu Sui took his own life, and the kingdom was abolished.
太后以呂產女為趙王后，王后從官皆諸呂也，內擅權，微司趙王，王不得自恣。
She married him to a daughter of Lü Chan, whose entire household staff were Lü partisans. They seized the inner court, spied on the king at every turn, and left him unable to live as he pleased.
是歲，趙王友幽死于邸。
That same year Liu You, king of Zhao, died under confinement at his lodging.
三趙王既廢，高后立諸呂為三王，擅權用事。
After the three Zhao kings had been eliminated, she invested three Lü clansmen as kings and seized power for her kin.
趙王呂祿為上將軍，呂王產為相國，皆居長安中，聚兵以威大臣，欲為亂。
Lü Lu, king of Zhao, held the post of senior general; Lü Chan, king of Lü, was chancellor. Both remained in Chang'an, massed troops to overawe the ministers, and plotted revolt.