Liu Sheng ( simplified Chinese : 刘胜 ; traditional Chinese : 劉勝 ; pinyin : Liú Shèng ; died 113 BC), posthumously known as King/Prince Jing of Zhongshan ( Chinese : 中山 靖 王 ; pinyin : Zhōngshān Jìng Wáng ), was a king/prince of the Western Han empire of Chinese history. His father was Emperor Jing , and he was the elder brother of Emperor Wu of Han . His mausoleum is one of the most important archaeological sites pertaining to the Western Han imperial family.
8-444: Liu Sheng may refer to: Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan (劉勝; died 113 BC), Han dynasty king/prince Liu Sheng (Southern Han) (劉晟; 920–958), Emperor of Southern Han Liu Sheng (Ming dynasty) (柳升; died 1427), Ming dynasty general; see Lam Sơn uprising Liu Sheng (born 1956) (刘胜), Chinese politician Liu Sheng (footballer) (刘盛; born 1989) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
16-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan Liu Sheng was born to Emperor Jing of Han and Consort Jia, who also had another son, Liu Pengzu the Prince of Zhao. He was given the fief of Zhongshan by his father in 154 BC, and therefore reigned in the period right after the Rebellion of the Seven States , when
24-562: The bronze incense burner, known as a boshanlu ( Chinese : 博山爐 ) and Sheng's jade burial suit. The boshanlu resembles the sacred mountains of the Isles of the Immortals in the Eastern Sea. Han Daoists believed that the mountains were a path to everlasting life. It has a deep hemispherical bowl and an elegant base with classical Chinese intertwining dragons. There are wavy inlaid gold lines in
32-488: The political atmosphere was one of suspicion regarding the feudal states. Given this atmosphere Liu Sheng was one of the more successful feudal rulers. In the third year of the reign of Emperor Wu, his younger brother, Liu Sheng and several other princes were invited to Chang'an to feast; at the feast Liu Sheng wept and complained of the treatment of the feudal princes by centrally appointed officials, who made use of their role as monitors to constantly trump up charges against
40-522: The princes. Impressed by this petition the Emperor explicitly ordered that the unfair scrutiny of the princes should stop, and Liu Sheng became one of the most renowned of the feudal rulers of his time. He was known to indulge in alcohol and women, and is reputed to have had some 120 sons. Liu Sheng's tomb was discovered in 1968 by Wang Zhongshu at Mancheng in the Hebei Province , west of Beijing. He
48-403: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu_Sheng&oldid=1169266431 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
56-409: The work, which likely represent the Eastern Sea. Projecting from the jagged peaks are relief figures of humans and animals. The boshan is an attribution to both Sheng's immense wealth and the skill of Han bronze casting . Both Sheng and his wife were buried with intricated jade suits that each contained over 2,000 pieces of jade. Bronze casting Too Many Requests If you report this error to
64-525: Was buried along with his wife, Dou Wan . It was the first undisturbed Western Han tomb discovered. The two were buried in two caves inside a mountainside. Each cave contained two side rooms for storage, a rear chamber for the coffin, and a large central chamber with a tiled roof and wooden supports that has since collapsed. The tomb contained over 2,700 artifacts. In total, the following objects were excavated: The artifacts included gold and silver acupuncture needles, and decorative iron daggers. Two key items are
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