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The author of this article is Ma Qiaoling, a member of the Ji Inu Society Youth Association.
After Liu Bang's death, his sons who were not accustomed to Lü Hou tried their best to make them obedient or even submit, and Liu's descendants had the choice to rise up and resist, such as Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu, who chose to be patient, such as Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, and of course, there were also those who thought of resisting and eventually being vulnerable and chose to commit suicide, and Liu Hui, the king of Liang, belonged to the third type. Moreover, what is even more tragic is that Liu Hui was eventually destroyed and extinct because he rebelled against Lü Hou, so what is the process of truth?
Map of the Western Han Dynasty
Liu Hui was liu bang's fifth son, and his position and identity were not up and down, and after Peng Yue was killed in the rebellion, he used this to install his son here, so Liu Hui was crowned as the King of Liang. At this time, he was still just a child. Later, after Lü Hou became the ruler of the Han Dynasty, the princes surnamed Liu gradually suffered various blows, and seeing that two Zhao kings, Liu Ruyi and Liu You, died at the hands of Lü Hou, Liu Hui was also like a needle felt. What disturbed him even more was that Lü Hou suddenly changed his title to King of Zhao and let him go to the Zhao Kingdom to take office. In his opinion, King Zhao was an ominous title, which was the first blow given to him by Lü Hou.
The image of Lü Hou in the TV series "Beauty's Heart"
In order to supervise him, Lü Hou married Lü Chan's daughter to Liu Hui and made this Lü woman queen. Liu And Lü's two families had already had a deep grudge because of Empress Lü, and now they had the supervision of Queen Lü, and they also destroyed the lives of Liu Hui and his favorite concubines. This time, Liu Hui chose to resist and met with the concubine behind Queen Lü's back, but he did not expect that in the end, Queen Lü poisoned the concubine to death.
Liu Hui chose to compromise at the beginning, on the one hand, because he had no way to resist, on the other hand, he also wanted to achieve reconciliation through this compromise. However, Empress Lü's behavior completely trampled on Liu Hui's self-esteem as a prince, and he did not even have the right to be with his beloved concubine, let alone the three from four virtues advocated at that time, and he could not try to raise an eyebrow. Since then, in desperation, Liu Hui has sung sad songs for his concubines, recited mourning poems, and finally committed suicide.
Liu Hui (film and television stills)
In today's view, Liu Hui is an infatuated person, but in The eyes of Lü Hou, Liu Hui is a spineless person who can commit suicide for a woman. Since Liu Hui had no heirs before his death, Lü Hou did not have a child for him, and Liu Hui's branch was interrupted and he was extinct.
Liu Hui's end was caused by Lü Hou's obscenity, and it was also the victim of the political struggle between Liu and Lü's two families, and it was in the hands of three consecutive Zhao kings who killed Lü Hou that liu's descendants hated Lü Hou to the bone and attacked them en masse.
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Hua Xing Spring autumn
Editor: Member of the Youth Association of Ji Inu Society, Zhao Peiwen, Wang Xuehui