Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Liu Xin 劉信

Attested AD 3

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Xin as an aristocrat, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Xin 劉信 Liu Xin
Title Marquis Yanxiang Xin 嚴鄉侯信 Yanxiang hou Xin
Personal Xin Xin

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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Career and standing

  • Title: Marquis of Yanxiang / 嚴鄉侯 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:091:s0167

Events and relationships

  • Kind: rebellion · Role: figurehead · Action: proclaimed-emperor · Other Person Id: Zhai Yi (翟義) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 8
    Explicit · hanshu:091:s0168

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 2 passages