Qin and Han · Ruler

King of Jiangdu 江都王

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King of Jiangdu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 今天子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passages 38, 45

Career and standing

King of Jiangdu 江都王
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 45

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Empress Dowager (皇太后)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 49

Events and relationships

Came to court audience
Court · Visitor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 45
Joined imperial hunt
Hunt · Participant · At Shanglin Park 上林
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 45
Prostrated for Yan mistaken as emperor
Personal · Mistaken greeter · With Han Yan (韓嫣)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 47
Relation Complainant against · Person Han Yan (韓嫣)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 49

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 125Biographies of Flatterers · 3 passages

江都王入朝，有詔得從入獵上林中。 The King of Jiangdu came to court on an audience visit and was granted an imperial edict allowing him to join the emperor's hunt in the Shanglin Park.

江都王望見，以為天子，辟從者，伏謁道傍。 The King of Jiangdu saw this procession from a distance and, mistaking it for the emperor's own, waved his retinue aside and prostrated himself in greeting by the roadside.

既過，江都王怒，為皇太后泣曰：「請得歸國入宿衛，比韓嫣。」 After the procession had passed, the King of Jiangdu was livid. He went weeping before the Empress Dowager and said, "I beg leave to surrender my kingdom and join the Palace Guard, if only to be treated as well as Han Yan."