Qin and Han · King of Qi

Liu Xiang 劉襄

Attested BC 189 - BC 180

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Xiang was a king of Qi.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	King Ai	哀王	Ai wang

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 186 哀王三年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 14
BC 188 哀王元年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 12
BC 181 哀王八年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 16
BC 189 to BC 180 子襄立…高后崩
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 11, 37, 39

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Fei (劉肥)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 11
Sibling of Liu Xingju (劉興居)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 14-15
Sibling of Liu Zhang (劉章)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 14

Career and standing

King of Qi 齊王
BC 189 惠帝六年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passages 10-11

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 11

Events and relationships

Brothers planned to establish him as emperor
BC 180 高后崩 · Political · Intended beneficiary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 39

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 52House of Prince Daohui of Qi · 5 passages

子襄立，是為哀王。 His son Xiang succeeded him on the throne and became known as King Ai.

哀王元年，孝惠帝崩，呂太后稱制，天下事皆決於高后。 In the first year of King Ai's reign, Emperor Xiaohui died. Empress Dowager Lü assumed the regency, and all matters of state were decided by her.

哀王三年，其弟章入宿衛於漢，呂太后封為朱虛侯，以呂祿女妻之。 In the third year of King Ai's reign, his younger brother Zhang entered service as a palace guard in the Han capital. Empress Dowager Lü enfeoffed him as Marquis of Zhuxu and gave him the daughter of Lü Lu as his wife.

哀王八年，高后割齊瑯邪郡立營陵侯劉澤為瑯邪王。 In the eighth year of King Ai's reign, the Empress Dowager carved out the Langye Commandery from Qi and installed Liu Ze, the Marquis of Yingling, as King of Langye.

朱虛侯章以呂祿女為婦，知其謀，乃使人陰出告其兄齊王，欲令發兵西，朱虛侯、東牟侯為內應，以誅諸呂，因立齊王為帝。 The Marquis of Zhuxu, Zhang, had married Lü Lu's daughter and thus learned of their plot. He secretly dispatched a messenger to inform his elder brother, the King of Qi, urging him to march his army westward. The Marquis of Zhuxu and the Marquis of Dongmou would serve as agents inside the capital, and together they would destroy the Lü clan and place the King of Qi on the imperial throne.