entity Updated 2026-08-23 Tags: Person, Western-Han, Liu-Clan, Ruler

刘长 / Liu Chang (Huainan king)

刘长 / Liu Chang (Huainan king) enters the wiki through Hanji 187 as the Liu-family replacement named after 英布 / 黥布 openly rebels. This page is intentionally distinct from 刘畅 / Liu Chang, the modern podcast speaker already present in the wiki.

The source gives Liu Chang only as a title appointment, not as a developed biography. After 薛公 / Xue Gong (Han adviser) predicts that Ying Bu will choose the lower rebellion strategy, 刘邦 abolishes Ying Bu’s title and makes Liu Chang king of 淮南国.

In wiki terms, the appointment extends 同姓王分封 into the Huainan crisis. The center does not merely suppress a different-surname king; it immediately marks the intended successor structure by replacing the rebel’s royal status with a Liu-clan title.

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