Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Rong 榮

First attested BC 153; died BC 148

Passages: 10
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Rong was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	King Min of Linjiang	臨江閔王	Linjiang Min Wang

Life and dates

Death

BC 148 中二年三月
Suicide
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 96
Suicide
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 21

Attested activity

BC 150 七年春正月
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 82
BC 148 中二年三月
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 96
BC 150 四年坐侵廟壖垣
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 16
BC 153 四年夏四月己巳
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 72
BC 153 孝景前四年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 15

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of De (德)
eldest 最長 · Maternal half siblings
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passages 2, 24
Child of Emperor Jing (孝景皇帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 2
Child of Emperor Jing of Han (漢景帝)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 72
Child of Consort Li (栗姬)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 2
Sibling of Liu Eyu (閼于)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 2

Kinship Role heirs · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 24

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59 House of the Five Clans 7 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 6 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing 3 passages

Career and standing

Crown Prince 皇太子
BC 153 四年夏四月己巳 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 72
Crown Prince 皇太子
BC 153 孝景前四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 15
King of Linjiang 臨江王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 15
Encroached on Taizong temple grounds
Convicted
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 96
Summoned
Charged · Offense encroaching temple precinct
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 16
Crown Prince 皇太子
Deposed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 15

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BC 150 七年春正月
From Crown Prince 皇太子 · To King of Linjiang 臨江王
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 82

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Royal kinsman
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 1
At Jiangling 江陵 · Relation Departed from
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 17
At Lantian 藍田 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 22

Events and relationships

Interrogated
Legal · Defendant · With Zhi Du (郅都)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 21

References in the histories

Search passages

History

10 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 3 passages

夏四月己巳，立皇子榮為皇太子，徹為膠東王。 On the day Jisi in the fourth month of summer, he established his imperial son Rong as crown prince and Che as King of Jiaodong.

春正月，廢皇太子榮為臨江王。 In the first month of spring, he deposed Crown Prince Rong and made him King of Linjiang.

三月，臨江王榮坐侵太宗廟地，徵詣中尉，自殺。 In the third month, King Rong of Linjiang was convicted of encroaching on the Grand Progenitor Temple grounds. He was summoned before the Commandant of the Capital and committed suicide.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 7 passages

栗姬子曰榮、德、閼于。 Consort Li bore three sons: Rong, De, and Eyu.

臨江閔王榮，以孝景前四年為皇太子，四歲廢，用故太子為臨江王。 King Min of Linjiang, whose name was Rong, was made Crown Prince in the fourth year of Emperor Jing's early reign. After four years he was deposed, and the former Crown Prince was then enfeoffed as King of Linjiang.

四年，坐侵廟壖垣為宮，上徵榮。 In his fourth year as king, he was charged with encroaching upon the temple precinct walls to expand his palace. The emperor summoned Rong to the capital.

榮行，祖於江陵北門。 As Rong departed, he performed the farewell sacrifice at the north gate of Jiangling.

榮至，詣中尉府簿。 When Rong arrived in the capital, he presented himself at the office of the Commandant of Justice to be registered.

中尉郅都責訊王，王恐，自殺。 The Commandant Zhi Du interrogated the king with harsh rebukes; terrified, Rong took his own life.

榮最長，死無後，國除，地入于漢，為南郡。 Rong had been the eldest son, but he died without an heir. His kingdom was abolished, and its territory was absorbed into the Han domain as Nan Commandery.