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Today, we are talking for you about the story of Liu Bei, the founder of the Shu Han regime during the Three Kingdoms period.
Yu Hewei version of Liu Bei
In general novels and TV series, Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, refers to Liu Bei as "emperor uncle", and it seems that this emperor from Zhuozhou, Hebei province is the uncle of Emperor Xian of Han. But in fact, if we smooth out the relationship and kinship between the two people, we will find that this is actually a historical misunderstanding.
Luo Jin version of Emperor Xian of Han
Let's first talk about the faction of Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. The biological father of Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han Xian, was Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, and Liu Hong was Liu Cang, the Marquis of Xieduting. Liu Chang's father was Liu Shu, and Liu Shu's father was Liu Kai, the Prince of Hejian Filial Piety. Liu Kai was the sixth son of Liu Zhao, the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Emperor Zhang's grandfather was Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In this way, Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han Xian, was the seventh grandson of Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but not a descendant of the Concubine. So which branch of the Liu Xiu family came from the Western Han Dynasty?
Yuan Hong's version of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han
Liu Xiu's father was Liu Qin, who had served as a county commander, and Liu Qin was a descendant of Liu Fa, the Ding King of Changsha during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han. From Liu Fa to Liu Xiu's generation, through the five generations of Liu Fa - Liu Mai - Liu Wai - Liu Hui - Liu Qin, from this point of view, Liu Xie is the twelfth grandson of Liu Fa, the Ding King of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty.
As for why we want to talk about the bloodline to the Jingdi period of the Western Han Dynasty, this is because Liu Bei's bloodline is also inherited from this generation. Liu Bei claimed to be a descendant of Liu Sheng, the King of Jing in Zhongshan, and Liu Sheng and Liu Fa were half-brothers. Liu Bei was Liu Sheng's grandson? One of the more conclusive accounts is that of the seventeenth grandson.
Han Jingdi film and television image
This argument was valid in the historical environment of the time. The reason is that Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing, was born in 165 BC, and Liu Bei was born in 161 AD, during which 326 years have passed, and the average interval between each generation is 19.1 years, which is in line with the facts of the time.
The reason is that most Han Dynasty men married around the age of 15 and gave birth before the age of 20. Liu Bei is liu sheng's seventeenth grandson, and Liu Xie is Liu Fa's twelfth grandson, in fact, Liu Bei is five generations lower than Liu Xie, and he is certainly not Liu Xie's uncle. Therefore, in fact, the statement of "Uncle Liu Huang" is a historical misunderstanding.
The reason why the illusion of "Uncle Liu Huang" is that Liu Bei is a full twenty years older than Liu Xie, which is exactly a generation apart. Moreover, Liu Bei appears in the novel as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and it is generally in line with everyone's cognition that the ministers who assist the emperor are older than the emperor. Moreover, Liu Bei's self-proclaimed identity as a descendant of the imperial family always gave people a feeling of cloud mountain fog, he was 20 years older than the emperor, and he would naturally be taken for granted that he was the emperor's uncle.
Wang Maolei version of Emperor Xian of Han
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