Liu Tiao (棁) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Tiao as a royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liu Tiao	棁	Tiao
Given	Tiao	棁	Tiao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:059:s0134

Roles

Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 長男棁 · Western Year: BC 114
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0134

Family

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Child of Liu Shun (舜)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Unfavored consort of Liu Shun (不愛姬)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: accuser · Action: testified against queen and crown prince
Explicit · shiji:059:s0145

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 8 passages

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初，憲王舜有所不愛姬生長男棁。 Originally, King Xian Shun had a consort whom he did not favor, and she bore him his eldest son, Tiao.

棁以母無寵故，亦不得幸於王。 Because his mother enjoyed no favor, Tiao likewise received none from the king.

憲王雅不以長子棁為人數，及薨，又不分與財物。 King Xian had never treated his eldest son Tiao as a person of consequence, and upon his death he left Tiao no share of the estate.

郎或說太子、王后，令諸子與長子棁共分財物，太子、王后不聽。 Certain gentlemen-attendants urged the crown prince and queen to let the other sons share the estate with the eldest, Tiao, but neither would hear of it.

太子代立，又不收恤棁。 Even after the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he still refused to look after Tiao or offer him any support.

棁怨王后、太子。 Tiao nursed a deep grudge against the queen and the crown prince.

漢使者視憲王喪，棁自言憲王病時，王后、太子不侍，及薨，六日出舍，太子勃私姦，飲酒，博戲，擊筑，與女子載馳，環城過市，入牢視囚。 When Han envoys arrived to oversee King Xian's funeral, Tiao came forward and personally testified that during the king's illness, neither the queen nor the crown prince had attended him. After the king's death, they had left their mourning quarters within six days. He further reported that Crown Prince Bo had conducted illicit affairs, drunk wine, gambled, and played the bamboo zither. He had raced in carriages with women through the streets, ridden around the city walls and through the markets, and entered the prison to inspect the inmates.

上以修素無行，使棁陷之罪，勃無良師傅，不忍誅。 The emperor, reflecting that Xiu had always been of poor conduct, making it easy for Tiao to entrap her, and that Bo had never had the benefit of a worthy tutor, could not bring himself to have them executed.