江都王刘非 / Liu Fei, Jiangdu King (Western Han)

Overview

江都王刘非 / Liu Fei enters the wiki through Hanji 382-2 as 汉武帝’s elder brother, 汉景帝’s son, Jiangdu king, and 淖姬’s first royal partner. The page is disambiguated from 刘肥 / Liu Fei, Qi king and 刘飞, the modern podcast host.

Current Profile

The episode uses Liu Fei as the favorable contrast in Nuo Ji’s story. At fifteen during the Seven States Rebellion, he is said to request combat service from Han Jingdi, win merit, and receive an exceptional imperial banner. He is also described as physically strong, martial, fond of associating with haoxia figures, and admired as a heroic prince.

His role is also emotional and structural. The source describes him and Nuo Ji as a well-matched pair and points to an excavated lacquer plate bearing Nuo Ji’s name in his tomb context as a sign, in the host’s interpretation, that he cared deeply for her. His death at forty removes the protective patron under whom Nuo Ji had relative security.

Hanji 237 adds a less flattering qualification to that favorable contrast. Liu Fei is again described as strong and drawn to haoxia, but also as highly extravagant and active in palace construction. His martial image and Nuo Ji attachment therefore do not settle the quality or burden of his rule.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han Jiangdu king, Han Jingdi’s son, and Han Wudi’s elder brother.
• Remembered in the source for youthful military service during the Seven States Rebellion.
• Presented as strong, martial, haoxia-associated, and admired as a hero-like prince.
• Also described as extravagant and committed to palace construction.
• Nuo Ji’s first royal partner in the episode’s sequence.
• His early death exposes Nuo Ji to Liu Jian’s coercive seizure and later Zhao transfer.

Evidence

Royal identity:

• Hanji 382-2 says Liu Fei is Han Jingdi’s son, Han Wudi’s elder brother, and Jiangdu king.

Military image:

• Hanji 382-2 says Liu Fei asks to fight at age fifteen during the Seven States Rebellion and receives an exceptional imperial banner for merit.
• Hanji 382-2 describes him as strong, martial, and associated with haoxia.
• Hanji 237 repeats the strong and haoxia-associated profile while adding palace construction and severe extravagance.

Nuo Ji attachment:

• Hanji 382-2 says Liu Fei and Nuo Ji are a matched pair and reads a lacquer plate with Nuo Ji’s name from the tomb context as evidence of attachment.

Qualifications

This page does not reconstruct Liu Fei’s full reign, exact Seven States Rebellion command role, palace-building burden, tomb archaeology, or all children. The affectionate interpretation of the lacquer plate is source-scoped to Hanji 382-2. Hanji 237’s supplied “刘飞” is normalized to the received royal name 刘非; strength, haoxia recruitment, construction, and extravagance remain compact episode-attributed characterizations.

What Changed

• Qualified the favorable heroic profile with Hanji 237’s palace-building and extravagance claims.
• Added an overlapping account of strength and haoxia association while normalizing “刘飞” to 刘非.

Relationships

• 淖姬 / Nuo Ji (Western Han) - consort whose strongest protective setting is associated with Liu Fei.
• 江都王刘建 / Liu Jian, Jiangdu King (Western Han) - son and successor whose conduct is contrasted against Liu Fei.
• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - younger brother and emperor in the source’s Western Han family frame.
• 汉景帝 / Emperor Jing of Han - father whose Seven States Rebellion context gives Liu Fei his early merit.
• Princely Consort Dependency / 诸侯妃妾依附风险 - concept linked through the loss of protection after his death.