楚幽王 / King You of Chu
楚幽王 / King You of Chu enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》109-2｜春申君被皇帝大舅哥全族灭门, where he succeeds 楚考烈王 after 李源 / 李元 has 黄歇 / 春申君 killed at the palace gate. In the episode’s reading, he is the crown prince produced by the earlier 孕身继承替换 plot and is treated as Chunshenjun’s biological son while legally occupying the Chu royal succession.
His political role in this source is mostly structural. He is the young ruler whose accession converts a hidden paternity scheme into the governing reality of 楚国, but actual court control is attributed to Li Yuan and 李源妹妹. The page therefore keeps him as a succession node rather than a developed biography.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》114-1｜今天聊聊 嬴政都有哪些残忍手段 adds his endpoint. After ruling for less than ten years in the source’s account, Chu Youwang dies; Chu people install his younger brother 熊昊 / 熊犹 / 楚哀王, but the older half-brother 熊负刍 / 楚王负刍 soon has him killed and takes the throne. Chu Youwang’s death therefore opens another unstable succession rather than closing the Li-family branch cleanly.
Connections
- 楚考烈王 - predecessor whose death opens the succession.
- 黄歇 / 春申君 - source-scoped biological father in the episode’s account.
- 李源妹妹 - mother and queen whose position makes the succession possible.
- 李源 / 李元 - royal in-law who kills Chunshenjun and controls the court after accession.
- 楚国, 孕身继承替换, and 未定继承人风险 - state and succession mechanism.
- Qinji 114-1, 熊昊 / 熊犹 / 楚哀王, and 熊负刍 / 楚王负刍 - post-death succession coup.