Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Liu Qing of Liu'an 慶

Qing

Attested BC 121

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Qing of Liu'an was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 121 元狩二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 128

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Ji (寄)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 124
Child of Mother of Liu Qing of Liu'an (慶之母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 124
Sibling of Liu Xian (賢)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passages 123-124

Career and standing

King of Liu'an 六安王
BC 121 元狩二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Royal kinsman
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 1

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 4 passages

少子名慶，母愛幸，寄常欲立之，為不次，因有過，遂無言。 his younger son was named Qing, whose mother was beloved and favored. Ji had always wished to name Qing as his heir, but since doing so would violate the order of succession, and because of the taint of his own offenses, he said nothing.

上憐之，乃以賢為膠東王奉康王嗣，而封慶於故衡山地，為六安王。 The emperor, moved by pity, made Xian King of Jiaodong to carry on King Kang's line, and enfeoffed Qing in the former territory of Hengshan as King of Liu'an.

六安王慶，以元狩二年用膠東康王子為六安王。 King Qing of Liu'an, a son of King Kang of Jiaodong, was enfeoffed as King of Liu'an in the second year of the Yuanshou era.

其後漢益封其支子為六安王、泗水王二國。 In later years, the Han court further enfeoffed their collateral descendants, creating two additional kingdoms: Liu'an and Sishui.