淮南国 / Huainan Kingdom (early Han)
淮南国 / Huainan Kingdom enters the wiki through Hanji 186 as 英布 / 黥布’s early 西汉 royal base. It is distinct from the earlier 九江国 branch under Xiang Yu’s settlement and from later Huainan-related textual pages such as 《淮南子》.
The source emphasizes Huainan’s semi-autonomous structure. Ying Bu has his own armed forces, appoints civil and military officials, and receives Han envoys as the ruler of a kingdom rather than as an ordinary local official. That autonomy is why 异姓诸侯王猜忌 matters: Huainan is both a reward for a major wartime defector and a surviving non-Liu power base after 韩信 and 彭越 have already been removed.
Hanji 186’s concrete Huainan crisis begins inside this royal court. 奔鹤 tries to use access to Ying Bu’s favorite concubine for personal advancement, flees after Ying Bu suspects him, and reports rebellion to 刘邦. When Han investigators arrive, Ying Bu reads the investigation through the Peng Yue precedent and consults advisers including 平原君诸建 and 梁富侯 before deciding to revolt.
Hanji 187 changes Huainan from suspected rebel base into a formally replaced kingdom. After Ying Bu captures Han envoys and raises troops, Liu Bang abolishes his title and names 刘长 / Liu Chang (Huainan king) as Huainan king. The source therefore adds the replacement side of the crisis: Huainan is not only the stage for investigation-driven rebellion escalation, but also a test case for replacing a different-surname king with Liu-family authority.
Hanji 188 closes Ying Bu’s old Huainan branch militarily. After defeating 刘交’s Chu defense, Ying Bu loses to Liu Bang’s coordinated attack near Qi County and flees across the Huai and Yangtze before dying in Poyang County. For Huainan, the episode completes the move from semi-autonomous different-surname kingdom to failed rebellion and Liu-family replacement.
Connections
- Hanji 188, 英布 / 黥布, 刘交, and 刘邦 - final defeat and death of the former Huainan king.
- Hanji 187, 英布 / 黥布, 刘邦, 刘长 / Liu Chang (Huainan king), and 同姓王分封 - open rebellion, abolition of Ying Bu’s title, and Liu-family replacement.
- Hanji 186 - source page.
- 英布 / 黥布 - Huainan king and coming rebel.
- 九江国 - earlier Ying Bu kingdom under the Chu-Han settlement.
- 西汉, 刘邦, and 同姓王分封 - founding regime, ruler, and replacement logic around non-Liu kings.
- 奔鹤, 内廷通道攀附风险, 平原君诸建, and 梁富侯 - internal trigger and rebellion debate.
- 异姓诸侯王猜忌, 调查推动式反叛升级, and 权力退场困境 - concepts governing the crisis.