燕王刘定国 / Liu Dingguo, Yan King (Western Han)

Overview

燕王刘定国 / Liu Dingguo is the Western Han Yan king whose alleged sexual crimes and retaliatory killing are reported to 汉武帝 through 主父偃 in Hanji 284.

Current Profile

The episode says the brother of Feiru magistrate Yin Ren approaches Zhufu Yan after Liu Dingguo has Yin Ren killed on a fabricated charge. His report accuses Liu Dingguo of relations with his father’s consort, his brother’s wife, and his own daughters. Zhufu Yan forwards the case; after court deliberation, Han Wudi orders Liu Dingguo to commit suicide and abolishes the Yan kingdom.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han king of Yan and member of the imperial Liu house.
• Accused of multiple incestuous or otherwise prohibited sexual relationships.
• Accused of trying to bribe Yin Ren and then killing him through a fabricated charge.
• Dies by ordered suicide after central-court deliberation.
• His case becomes evidence of Zhufu Yan’s ability to threaten princely houses.

Evidence

Accusation and retaliation:

• Hanji 284 records the allegations and the claim that Yin Ren was killed after refusing money.

Central punishment:

• Hanji 284 says Zhufu Yan forwards the report, the court recommends death, and Wudi orders suicide and abolition of Yan.

Qualifications

This profile is bounded to one short podcast source. It does not independently verify the allegations, reconstruct the testimony and legal code, or establish whether every stated relationship and motive appears identically across the primary records.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 284’s Yan accusation and fief-abolition sequence.

Relationships

• 主父偃 / Zhufu Yan - court intermediary who forwards the accusation against him.
• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - emperor who orders deliberation and the final punishment.
• 齐厉王 / King Li of Qi (Western Han) - parallel princely target whose scandal and suicide heighten fear of Zhufu Yan.
• 宗室亲属丑闻审理 / Royal Kinship Scandal Adjudication - his case supplies a punitive royal-scandal variant.