Qin and Han · Prince of Chu

Liu Ying 劉英

Attested AD 60 - AD 72

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Ying was a prince of Chu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 70 to AD 71 楚王英謀反
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passages 198-199
AD 70 楚王英謀反發覺
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 209
AD 60 永平中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 37, passage 247
AD 72 永平十五年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 153

Key source chapters

Career and standing

King of Chu 楚王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passages 198, 209
Prince of Chu 楚王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 153

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Vassal king
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 209

Events and relationships

Plotted rebellion
AD 72 永平十五年 · Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 153
Plotted revolt as King of Chu
AD 70 to AD 71 楚王英謀反 · Rebellion · Plotter
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 198
Rebellion plot discovered
Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 209

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 142; Book of Later Han 38, passage 198

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 24Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng · 1 passage

向徙封東武陽侯，卒，子述嗣，永平十五年，坐與楚王英謀反，國除。 Liu Xiang's fief shifted to Dongwuyang; when he died, his son Liu Shu succeeded, and in Yongping 15 Shu lost the title for plotting with Prince Ying of Chu.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 37Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi · 1 passage

其後弟鮪為子賞求楚王英女敬鄉公主，鯈聞而止之，曰：『建武時，吾家並受榮寵，一宗五侯。 Later his younger brother Wei sought for his son Shang the Princess Jingxiang, daughter of Prince Ying of Chu; Fan Tiao heard of it and stopped him, saying: 'In the Jianwu era our family all received glory and favor—one clan, five marquises.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 3 passages

會楚王英謀反，陰氏欲中傷之，使人私之楚謀告延，延以英藩戚至親，不然其言，又欲辟幽州從事公孫弘，以弘交通楚王而止，並不奏聞。 When Liu Ying, king of Chu, plotted revolt, the Yins tried to entrap Yu Yan by secretly passing him word of the plot. Yan would not believe it—Ying was too close in blood to the throne—and he dropped a summons for Youzhou staffer Gongsun Hong when he learned Hong was in contact with the prince. He reported nothing to the court.

及英事發覺，詔書切讓，延遂自殺。 When Ying's plot surfaced, a blistering edict blamed Yu Yan, who took his own life.

楚王英謀反發覺，以疏引貺，貺被收捕，疾病於道亡沒，妻子閉系詔獄，掠考連年。 When Liu Ying of Chu's plot surfaced, a memorial named Jiao Kuang; Kuang was arrested but died on the road while fleeing illness, leaving wife and children shackled in the imperial jail for years of torture.