Lü Chan (呂產) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lü Chan as an aristocrat, general, official, and rebel. This record brings together 29 passages from 6 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lü Chan	呂產	Lǚ Chǎn
Personal	Chan	產	Chǎn
Title	King of Liang	梁王
Title	King of Lu	呂王
Title	King of Lü	呂王	Lü Wang
Title	King of Lü	呂王	Lǚ Wáng
Personal	Lu Chan	呂產
Personal name	Lü Chan	呂產	Lǚ Chǎn
Personal	Lü Chan	呂產	Lü Chan
Personal	Lü Chan	吕产	Lü Chan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:004:s0095, shiji:057:s0085
Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0024, houhanshu:085:s0149, shiji:051:s0034

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Rebel
Royal Family Member
Ruler
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed · Place: Langzhong office latrine / 郎中府吏舍廁中 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年八月 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit · hanshu:004:s0079

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: BC 180 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0149
Source Date: Text: 七年…梁王呂產為相國 · Western Year: BC 181
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0099
Source Date: Text: 乃立…產…為王 · Western Year: BC 187
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0095
Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 186
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0034, shiji:051:s0041
Source Date: Text: 八年…殺之 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0079
Source Date: Text: 高后崩 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0084, shiji:057:s0085

Family

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Child of Elder brother of Empress Lü (呂后兄)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kin of Empress Lü (呂后)
Kinship Term: the Lü clan members / 諸呂 · Line: paternal
Sibling of Lü Tai (呂台)
Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Lü Lu (呂祿)
Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Chancellor of State / 相國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年正月 · Western Year: BC 181
Explicit · hanshu:004:s0099
Title En: Chancellor of State · Title Zh: 相國
Explicit · hanshu:005:s0321
Title: King of Lü / 呂王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 186
Explicit · shiji:051:s0041
Title: king / 王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 惠帝崩後…立…為王 · Western Year: BC 187
Explicit · hanshu:004:s0095
Title: King of Lü ruling Dai / 王代 · Action: proposed
Explicit · shiji:051:s0034
Dai / 代
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0024
Title: King of Liang / 梁王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年正月 · Western Year: BC 181
Explicit · hanshu:004:s0099
King of Lü / 呂王
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0024, hanshu:044:s0031

Places and affiliations

Polity: Lü / 呂 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:051:s0041

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted rebellion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit · hanshu:004:s0042

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: cited as an example of monopolizing power and causing disorder · Provenance: Mode: quoted-historical-exemplum · Speaker Person Id: Zhou Xu (周䊸)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0149