Emperor Hui of Han
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| Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 195 BC – 188 BC | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Gaozu | ||||||||
| Successor | Emperor Qianshao | ||||||||
| Born | 210 BC Pei County, Qin Empire |
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| Died | 188 BC (aged 22) Chang'an, Han Empire |
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| Empress | Zhang Yan | ||||||||
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Liu Gong, Emperor Qianshao Liu Hong, Emperor Houshao Liu Chao, Prince of Hengshan Liu Wu, Prince of Huaiyang Liu Jiang, Prince of Huaiyang Liu Buyi, Prince of Hengshan Liu Tai, Prince of Jichuan |
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| Father | Emperor Gaozu of Han | ||||||||
| Mother | Empress Dowager Lü | ||||||||
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Family name: Liu (劉 liú) Given name: Ying (盈 yíng) |
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Short: Hui (惠, hùi) "benevolent" Full: Xiaohui (孝惠, xiào hùi) "filial and benevolent" |
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉盈 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘盈 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Yíng |
| IPA | [ljǒu pǐŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Làuh Yìhng |
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| Hokkien POJ | Lâu êng |
| Tâi-lô | Lâu îng |
Emperor Hui of Han (210–188 BC) was the second emperor of the Han Dynasty in China. He was the second son of the first Han emperor, Han Gaozu and Empress Dowager Lü. He is generally remembered as a weak character dominated by his mother, Empress Dowager Lü, personally kind and generous but unable to escape the impact of her viciousness. He tried to protect Ruyi, Prince Yin of Zhao, his younger half-brother, from being murdered by Empress Dowager Lü, but failed. After that he indulged himself in drinking and women and died at a relatively young age. Empress Dowager Lü installed two of his sons, Liu Gong and Liu Hong (known collectively as Emperors Shao of Han), the sons of the Emperor's concubine(s) after he died without a designated heir. Emperor Hui's wife was Empress Zhang Yan, a niece of his by his sister Princess Yuan of Lu; their marriage was the result of insistence by Empress Dowager Lü and was a childless one.
Liu Ying's childhood is not completely clear. What is known is that he was not his father Liu Bang's oldest son—that would be Liu Fei, who would later be made the Prince of Qi. However, Liu Ying was considered to be the proper heir because his mother, the later Empress Lü, was Liu Bang's wife, while Liu Fei's mother was either a concubine or a mistress.
What is also known is that during Chu–Han Contention, when Liu Bang fought a five-year war with Xiang Yu for supremacy over the Chinese world, his mother, his sister, and he did not initially follow his father to the Principality of Han (modern Sichuan, Chongqing, and southern Shaanxi); rather, they stayed in his father's home territory, perhaps in his home town of Pei (沛縣, in modern Xuzhou, Jiangsu) deep in Xiang's Principality of Western Chu, presumably with his grandfather Liu Zhijia.
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