Qin and Han · King Jing of Chengyang

Liu Zhang 城陽景王章

First attested BC 180; died BC 176

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhang was a king Jing of Chengyang.

Life and dates

Death

BC 176 立二年卒
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 163

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 176 朱虛侯…城陽王…立二年卒
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 160

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Fei (劉肥)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 160
Parent of Liu Xi (喜)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 163

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 160

Events and relationships

First beheaded Lü Chan in Weiyang Palace
Military · Commander · With Lü Chan (呂產)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 52, passage 160

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 52House of Prince Daohui of Qi · 3 passages

城陽景王章，齊悼惠王子，以朱虛侯與大臣共誅諸呂，而章身首先斬相國呂王產於未央宮。 Zhang, King Jing of Chengyang, was a son of King Daohui of Qi. As the Marquis of Zhuxu, he joined with the great ministers to destroy the Lü clan, and it was Zhang himself who first struck down the Chancellor Lü Chan in the Weiyang Palace.

孝文帝既立，益封章二千戶，賜金千斤。 After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he increased Zhang's fief by two thousand households and bestowed upon him a thousand jin of gold.

孝文二年，以齊之城陽郡立章為城陽王。 In the second year of Emperor Wen's reign, Qi's Chengyang Commandery was made into a kingdom and Zhang was installed as King of Chengyang.