Han Huidi

Han Huidi ( Chinese  漢 惠帝  /  汉 惠帝 , Pinyin Hàn Huìdì ; * 210 BC , † September 26, 188 BC ) was the second emperor of the Han dynasty . His real name was Liu Ying .

Huidi was the son of Emperor Han Gaozus and Empress Lü Zhis . After the death of his important father, the Empress murdered four of his sons, who had been fathered with concubines, and kept her son, who came to the throne in 195, largely out of the government through intrigues. He died in 188, after which his sons came to nominal rule. He is counted among the insignificant Chinese emperors.

youth

Huidi was born in 210 BC. Born as the son of the first Han Emperor and the Empress Lü Zhi. His father had already got Prince Liu Fei with a concubine or concubine before him, but he did not become Crown Prince because his legitimacy was in doubt. Instead, he became Prince of Qi . His father didn't like Liu Ying because he seemed too gentle to him. The prince also had to experience how his mother was temporarily imprisoned during his father's wars.

Domination

195 BC Liu Ying became emperor under the name Huidi. As such, he tried above all to stop his mother's intrigues and murder plots against family members, but only partially succeeded. Before that he married in 192 BC. Chr. Zhang Yan , who was now empress. The dowager empress Lüden, who was conceived with concubine Qi , wanted to have Gaozu's son Liu Ruyi and his mother killed. Huidi did not allow this, however, and the twelve-year-old Liu Ruyi stayed with him in the palace for some time. In the winter of 195 BC He was murdered while Huidi was on the hunt. Next, Lü Zhi's anger turned to Liu Fei, who was about to be poisoned with wine. However, Huidi grabbed the mug that was about to be used and pretended to drink. But his mother Lü prevented him and she soon made up with Liu Fei. During the years of his reign, Huidi became addicted to pleasure and occupied himself with drinking and women. He died young in 188 BC. Chr.

children

• Liu Gong, the future Emperor Qianshao

• Liu Shan, later Liu Hong

• Liu Chao

• Liu Wu

• Liu Jiang

• Liu Buyi

• Liu Tai

literature

• Josef Guter : Lexicon on the history of China. Seven millennia at a glance. Marix-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-40-1 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Gaozu	Emperor of China 195–188 BC Chr.	Qianshao