广川王刘海阳 / Liu Haiyang, Guangchuan King (Western Han)

Overview

Liu Haiyang is presented by Hanji 464 as a Western Han Guangchuan king removed in Ganlu 4 / 50 BCE after accusations of killing, sexual coercion, and conduct the court classified as bestial.

Current Profile

The sole source frames Liu Haiyang as a royal-kin impunity case rather than as an art patron. After fifteen years as king, he allegedly joined his brother Liu Diao in killing three members of a household, compelled a married sister into sexual conduct with a favored attendant, and staged a relatives’ banquet in a hall decorated with explicit images. The court abolished his kingship, sent him to Fangling, and converted the kingdom into Guangchuan Commandery.

The imagery matters because it is embedded in coerced performance and political condemnation. That setting differs from the instructional, marital, protective, funerary, or collectible functions grouped under 中国古代春宫图的社会功能.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han royal prince whose status is portrayed as enabling escalating household violence and sexual coercion.
• Removed from kingship in the episode’s Ganlu 4 / 50 BCE chronology and relocated to Fangling.
• His banquet turns sexually explicit imagery into part of compulsory spectacle rather than private instruction or consensual viewing.
• The court’s “禽兽行” judgment places the case inside a royal-discipline and legitimacy boundary.

Evidence

• Removal and punishment - Hanji 464 says the court removed Liu Haiyang, sent him to Fangling, and changed the kingdom into a commandery.
• Violence and coercion - Hanji 464 attributes a three-person killing, coerced intrafamilial sexual conduct, and the image-filled banquet to him.
• Image setting - Hanji 464 uses the banquet as its Zizhi Tongjian bridge into a wider account of erotic imagery.

Qualifications

The wiki currently has only this podcast summary for Liu Haiyang. It does not independently reconstruct his genealogy, his brother’s identity, the underlying accusation text, judicial procedure, or the exact relationship between the banquet images and later objects called 春宫图. The page therefore preserves the episode’s spelling, chronology, and allegations as source-scoped.

What Changed

• Created the profile from the Hanji 464 account of removal, violence, coercion, and compulsory spectacle.

Relationships

• 西汉 - dynasty and legal-political setting of Liu Haiyang’s kingship and removal.
• 中国古代春宫图的社会功能 - his banquet supplies the coercive-spectacle and moral-condemnation branch.
• 广川王刘去 - a distinct Guangchuan king whose royal cruelty and tomb violation form a related but separate case.
• 宗室谋逆法度边界 - adjacent royal-discipline problem, although this source concerns violent and sexual misconduct rather than a reconstructed treason prosecution.