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Liu Zhang was a Royal Family Member.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Posthumous name |
Prince Jing of Chengyang |
城陽景王 |
Chengyang Jing Wang |
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Book of Han, Chapter 47Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao · 7 passages
益封朱虛侯、東牟侯各二千戶，黃金千斤。
The Marquis of Zhuxu and the Marquis of Dongmou each received an additional two thousand households and a thousand jin of gold.
城陽景王章，孝文二年以朱虛侯與東牟侯興居俱立，二年薨。
Liu Zhang, Prince Jing of Chengyang, was enfeoffed in the second year of Emperor Wen together with his brother Xingju, Marquis of Dongmou; he died two years later.
始誅諸呂時，朱虛侯章功尤大，大臣許盡以趙地王章，盡以梁地王興居。
When the Lü clan was first being destroyed, Liu Zhang, Marquis of Zhuxu, had done the greatest service; the great ministers agreed to make Zhang king of Zhao and Xingju king of Liang.
及文帝立，聞朱虛、東牟之初欲立齊王，故黜其功。
When Emperor Wen took the throne, he learned that the Marquis of Zhuxu and the Marquis of Dongmou had at first wished to make the king of Qi emperor, and therefore diminished their rewards.
二年，王諸子，乃割齊二郡以王章、興居。
In the second year, when imperial sons were invested as kings, two commanderies were carved from Qi to enfeoff Zhang and Xingju.
章、興居意自以失職奪功。
Zhang and Xingju both felt they had been stripped of deserved rank and robbed of their merit.
歲餘，章薨，而匈奴大入邊，漢多發兵，丞相灌嬰將擊之，文帝親幸太原。
A little more than a year later Zhang died. The Xiongnu raided deeply along the frontier; the Han mobilized large forces; Chancellor Guan Ying took command; and Emperor Wen personally went to Taiyuan.