Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Liu Zhonggu 劉終古

First attested BC 54; died BC 36

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhonggu was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Prince Si	思王	Si Wang

Life and dates

Death

BC 36 二十八年薨
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 165

Attested activity

BC 36 二十八年薨
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 165
BC 54 五鳳中
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 160

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Yi (劉遺)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 159
Parent of Liu Shang (劉尚)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 166

Kinship Role bazhong-concubines · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 160
Kinship Role children-by-concubines · Quantity unspecified · Negated false · ordered destroyed
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 161
Kinship Role favorite-male-slaves · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 160

Career and standing

Territory reduced
stripped of four counties
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 164

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 161

Assessments and attributes

Assessment conducted himself like a beast; violated human relationships · Mode official-report
Directly stated · Book of Han 47, passage 163

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 47Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao · 4 passages

子思王終古嗣。 Liu Zhonggu, Prince Si, succeeded him.

五鳳中，青州刺史奏終古使所愛奴與八子及諸御婢姦，終古或參與被席，或白晝使羸伏，犬馬交接，終古親臨觀。 During Wufeng the governor of Qingzhou charged Liu Zhonggu with forcing his favorite male slaves on concubines of the statutory bazhong rank—the grade called 'Eight Sons'—and on other palace women, taking part himself, and—in broad daylight—making frail attendants submit to bestial coupling while he watched.

事下丞相御史，奏終古位諸侯王，以令置八子，秩比六百石，所以廣嗣重祖也。 The case went to the chancellor and the censorate, who observed that the statutes allow a king to take bazhong concubines at six hundred bushels' stipend precisely to multiply heirs and honor his line.

而終古禽獸行，亂君臣夫婦之別，悖逆人倫，請逮捕。 Yet Zhonggu had conducted himself like a beast, blurring every bond of ruler and subject, husband and wife, and human decency; they demanded his arrest.