代国 / Dai Kingdom (early Han)
代国 / Dai Kingdom enters the wiki through Hanji 174 as a northern early Han kingdom granted to 刘喜. The source describes it as a fifty-three-county kingdom made from Yunzhong, Yanmen, Dai, and related commandery territory.
This page is distinct from 代国, the older Dai polity and Warring States remnant context. In Hanji 174, Dai is part of Liu Bang’s same-surname royal settlement and northern frontier map.
Hanji 178 part 2 adds the first failure of that appointment. After 韩王信 and 匈奴 pressure the Dai frontier, Liu Xi flees, and Liu Bang demotes him to Heyang marquis. Liu Bang then makes his young son 刘如意 king of Dai, keeping the region inside same-surname kingship while changing which Liu relative bears the frontier title.
Hanji 180 notes the next rotation: Liu Ruyi is moved from Dai to Zhao after 张敖 loses the Zhao kingship. The source does not specify Dai’s next holder in this excerpt, so this page records only that Dai’s named king changes role again as part of Liu Bang’s royal map management.
Hanji 182 adds Dai as the title and frontier frame 陈豨 claims after refusing Liu Bang’s summons. With the Dai kingship vacant in the episode’s setup, Chen Xi acts as the governing military officer and then declares himself Dai king, turning a same-surname frontier vacancy into the platform for 陈豨之乱.
Connections
- Hanji 182, 陈豨, 陈豨之乱, 赵国, and 匈奴 - vacant frontier kingship and rebellion platform.
- Hanji 174 - source page.
- Hanji 178 part 2, 刘喜, and 刘如意 - Liu Xi’s flight, demotion, and replacement by Liu Ruyi.
- Hanji 180, 张敖, and 同姓王分封 - Liu Ruyi’s movement from Dai to Zhao after Zhang Ao’s demotion.
- 刘邦, 西汉, and 匈奴 - grantor, founding regime, and frontier-security backdrop.
- 同姓王分封 - broader Liu-family title strategy.
- 代国 - older regional and political background intentionally separated from this early Han kingdom.